NEW THINKING IN HOUSING New research from the RIAI has identified a new “Low Rise Medium Density Housing” model capable of more than doubling own door dwellings per hectare The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) has written to Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien proposing that a new Low-Rise Medium-Density Housing model should be […]
MODULAR TENT DESIGN With more than 70 million people displaced in their own countries or living as refugees and half under the age of 18, the not for profit foundation Education Above All (EAA) saw a critical need for suitable infrastructure that could serve as classrooms, temporary housing and medical centres for displaced children and […]
JJ RHATIGAN ANNOUNCE AEC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COLLABORATION WITH TU DUBLIN JJ Rhatigan, a leading main contractor with over 65 years of experience, has announced a partnership with TU Dublin to develop Design + Construct, Ireland’s first Centre of Excellence in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) education and research. Upon completion, Design + Construct will […]
IRISH CEMENT CELEBRATES 85 YEARS MAKING HIGH QUALITY CEMENT The world has transformed over the past 85 years. Think back to Ireland of the 1930s, when our grandparents tell tales of walking to school barefoot, ponies and traps, black bicycles, and very few cars on the roads. By and large, they recall simpler times when […]
