LOWER LEESON STREET MEWS HOUSE Sympathetically designed by Fergal McGirl Architects, this 3-storey mews house sits within the curtilage of a protected Georgian townhouse 40 Lower Leeson Street is a terraced Georgian townhouse constructed in about 1820 as part of the extension of Leeson Street from Stephen’s Green at the time. The mews plots to […]
THE NEW HOUSING – A PLACE FOR MICROCARS Modern technology is providing us with new methods of personal mobility such as electric cars and scooters, but we have yet to properly consider how microcars might contribute to achieving both a low carbon economy and compact efficient settlements, writes John Deaton What are microcars? As the […]
IN SEARCH OF HY-BRASIL Ireland’s representation at this year’s La Biennale di Venezia investigates the culture and diversity to be found in our remote islands Entitled ‘In Search of Hy-Brasil’, this year’s exhibition is curated by a team of five architects – Peter Carroll, Peter Cody, Elizabeth Hatz, Mary Laheen and Joseph Mackey. In Search […]
