PLACE will be hosting the continuation of their Urban Library Series on 31st January at 6.30pm at PLACE, 40 Fountain St, Belfast with Professor Michael McGarry as he explores the urban literature that shapes the local built environment and influences … Continue reading
ASA DIT Lecture: Denis Byrne Architects 5th Mar
The ASA architectural society of DIT is hosting a lecture by Denis Byrne Architects under the theme Urban: Landscape on Tuesday 5th March. Denis Byrne Architects is a Dublin-based design practice producing contemporary architectural works of quality. They were founded … Continue reading
Schools of Thought Lecture 7th Feb
The Architecture Student Association DIT presents the second part of their Schools of Thought programme starting at 5pm on Thursday 7th of February. There will be four speakers: Commonage will discuss their operations and their place in the education of … Continue reading
Visita Guiada / Guided Tour 1st Feb
As part of Dance Ireland’s 21st anniversary celebrations Cláudia Dias will perform Visita Guiada (Guided Tour) on February the 1st in the Project Arts Centre. Dias uses her body and small props to explore and engage us with the architecture … Continue reading
Made in Dublin: Triple Bill – 2 1st & 2nd Feb
As part of Dance Ireland’s 21st anniversary celebrations Spanish dance company La Veronal will be performing two short dance pieces based on two cities Siena and Moscow, creating an analogy between dance and landscape. These performances, which link landscape, architecture … Continue reading
AAI / RIAI Mentoring Forum: Steve Larkin Architects 8th Feb
The AAI are hosting a series of lunch-time Mentoring Forums at darc space, where practitioners of any level of experience can drop in and meet with colleagues to chat through any legal, contractual, design, client or business issues. The next … Continue reading
IGS Lecture: New Life for Churches in Ireland 5th Mar
IGS Board member, Primrose Wilson, CBE, chairs the Ulster Historic Churches Trust which has launched the book New Life for Churches in Ireland, good practice in conversion and reuse. Her lecture will draw attention to a difficult and contentious issue … Continue reading
Citizen Urbanists Exhibition 7th Dec – 2nd Feb
PLACE seeks to encourage citizens to take an active role in improving their built environment. In a digitally super-connected era, what are the new opportunities for citizens to challenge the status quo, to highlight the projects they support and question … Continue reading
Film Screening: The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces 9th Feb
PLACE Built Environment Centre are screening William H Whyte’s witty original 1980 study of the open spaces of cities and why some of them work as social spaces while others don’t. Beginning at New York’s Seagram Plaza, one of the … Continue reading
