In 2008 the Arts Council commissioned research into 'Public Engagement with Architecture in the Republic of Ireland'. This report was commissioned with the intention of advancing the commitments set out for architecture in Partnership for the Arts. The report which was recently published includes a number of proposed options for enhancing support for public engagement with architecture whic ...

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The Lives of Spaces exhibition will open on Thursday 11 February in the Ormeau Baths Gallery in Belfast. The Lives of Spaces began as an installation at the 11th Architecture Biennale in Venice in 2008 and has been touring ever since. The exhibition contains 9 film based projects, each exploring the central role of space in society, from domestic to public and social to personal. Also e ...

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The Butler Gallery, in partnership with Kilkenny County Council and Kilkenny Borough Council have announced that McCullough Mulvin Architects have been appointed as the architectural firm to oversee the Gallery's relocation to the Evan's Home. Barrack Lane, John Street in the centre of Kilkenny City. The development of a 'cultural quarter' by the Kilkenny local authorities has been prioriti ...

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This year's Open House Dublin event will take place over the weekend of 7-10 October 2010! Now in its FIFTH year, the biggest celebration of architecture in Ireland will explore the city scale - Big, Small and Global. 2010 will be an exceptional year in Irish architecture as its sees the completion of several large-scale projects in Dublin city. Open House Dublin plans to give citizens a ...

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The Royal Institute of British Architects  (RIBA) will present 'The Lives of Space: Inside Irish Architecture' during the month of April in their gallery in Portland Place, London. This will be the final opportunity to see Ireland's fascinating entry to the 11th Architecture Biennale in Venice in 2008. The exhibition involves new collaborations and experiments, which open up new ways of envis ...

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The world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai (renamed the Burj Khalifa) designed by American architecture firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) has opened in Dubai. At 828m, the building is over 300m taller than its nearest rival the Taipei 101 in Taiwan. The towering skyscraper rises up endlessly in the desert landscape, dwarfing 'normal' height skyscrapers surrounding it. Bill B ...

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Pecha Kucha Night #4 will take place on Thursday 4th February in the Sugar Club in Dublin. Doors at 7pm. First speaker at 8pm. The formula: 10 speakers. 20 slides each. 20 seconds per slide. 6 Minutes and 40 seconds and it's done. Admission is €5 and all profits will go to 1 worthy cause - Red Cross Haiti Emergency Fund. The presenters: Brian Ward - Lecturer in Architectu ...

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CALLING ALL ARCHITECTS Are you interested in participating in an art work with the potential to recycle place and material? Artist and architect Blaithin Quinn is now seeking drawings of unrealised buildings for use in a current work. All drawings used will appear in an altered form and will therefore not be recognisable in any way. The drawings can be sent in shredded form. To partic ...

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