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Bespoke Sintered Stone surfaces specified for cool and contemporary Costa Bravan Hotel For award-winning architect Pau Llimona, the Mediterranean Sea has always possessed a romantic mystique. The centre of the world for many classical civilisations, its rugged coastlines and azure waters have informed its unique cultural identity, inspiring …
Cork’s newest bridge, the 165 tonne Mary Elmes Bridge, will be transported by barge from the Cobh shipping yard where it was assembled to its city centre location next month. The pedestrian and cycle bridge, which will connect Patricks Quay and Merchants Quay and will be used by …
Notre-Dame Cathedral, one of the most beloved Gothic landmarks in Paris and Europe, is engulfed by flames this evening as a major fire broke out on the cathedral’s roof. As detailed by The Guardian, it is believed that the fire may be linked to restoration works currently underway. …
Neolith® announces launch of pioneering treatment of slabs Each year an average of 37.3 million people are seriously injured due to trips, slips and falls, in both public and domestic environments. Putting this into perspective, the calculated cost to the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) to deal with …
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD, today announced details of a €2.2m package to assist 12 Coastal Local Authorities undertake and complete 39 development and repair projects on harbours and slipways owned by them (see table below for details). The package provides funding …
Dublin City Council will begin works on three major cycleway projects in the city centre this year, at an estimated cost of between €35m to €40m. Works on the Clontarf to city centre cycleway – one of the busiest cycling spots in the city – will begin around …
Change isn’t happening fast enough for women in architecture says Jeanne Gang, who suggests that all firms should be set a target to close their gender pay gap. Speaking to Dezeen at the end of 2018, the Studio Gang founder said that more needs to be done to …
Sheila O’Donnell of O’Donnell + Tuomey has been named Woman Architect of the Year 2019, with DnA founder Xu Tiantian winning the Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture. The two architects have been recognised during the 2019 Women in Architecture Awards, an annual celebration held by the Architects’ …
Arata Isozaki has been named the 2019 laureate of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture. Isozaki, who has been practicing architecture since the 1960s, has long been considered an architectural visionary for his transnational and fearlessly futurist approach to design. With well over 100 built works to his name, …
Kevin Roche, the Dublin-born architect who died on Friday, at the age of 96, was a designer of modernist buildings, at once bold and refined, that gave striking new identities to corporations, museums and institutions around the world. He was one of the rare architects who was admired …
