Architects left debts of over €10m
Murray O’Laoire, the award winning firm of architects that closed down last month,
New blow to Liberty Hall skyscraper
City planners have demanded that Siptu justify why they want to demolish Liberty Hall in favour of a taller skyscraper.
Irish architecture exhibition to open in Brno
Irish architecture will be exhibited for the first time in Central Europe when the 2009 AAI Awards will be on show at the Architecture Centre in Brno from 28 April until 4 June 2010.
€22m Dart station to give Clongriffin a boost
Ireland’s newest town at Clongriffin, on the north-eastern edge of Dublin city,
Desmond appeals against developer’s Hume House plan
Financier Dermot Desmond has appealed to An Bord Pleanála against developer Seán Dunne’s plans to demolish and rebuild Hume House,
Dominic Stevens: ‘Architecture is about making a society’
Dominic Stevens knows where every inch of his latest, almost-finished house has come from.
Three entries for ESB building redesign in final stage
Three groups of architects, comprising mainly Irish practices, have been chosen to go on to the final stage of the competition to redesign the ESB’s headquarters on Lower Fitzwilliam Street,
Designs for new ESB HQ kept secret
State-owned ESB insisted it cannot reveal shortlisted designs for the redevelopment of its controversially-sited headquarters.
Architects’ contribution must be recognised
The Government needs to take the crisis in architecture seriously if more liquidations are to be avoided Sean O’Laoire has been a friend of mine for many years.
‘Armageddon’ for architects as new projects grind to a halt
The collapse last Friday of such a prominent architectural practice as Murray O’Laoire shows how bleak the outlook is for many professionals in the construction sector –
