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Fades and Blades
Retail design , the national flag, entrepreneurship, interior decoration, all these things make a picture. Fades and Blades 2018 .
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From Box to Anti-Box
Berkeley Library celebrates its 50th construction Anniversary . From Box to anti-box investigates the construction and design process of this important building. Curated by Donal Hickey Architect the exhibition collects drawings from the Architectural Archive along with archival photographs and contemporary photographs. The contemporary photographs were produced by Paul Tierney Photography as part of a project researching twentieth century architecture commissioned by Dublin City Council. The photographs of the present day building augment the original construction photographs . John Donal also provides architectural images of the completed project. This images date from the late 1960’s. Of interest in this exhibition is the parallel development of Chandigarh in India by LeCorbusier and also the comparision with the adjacent Museum building by Deane and Woodword( link to Museum Building )
The exhibition runs in the Architecture Gallery of the Irish Architectural Archive from Thursday 12 October 2017 to Friday 5 January 2018. The Architecture Gallery is open to the public from 10am to 5pm, Tuesdays to Fridays.
More details here.
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Architectural Photography of Passive House Portmarnack
Passive house plus ( a really excellent magazine) recently published some images of a passive house by OA studios in Portmarnock. The Architectural Technologist and designer Des Crabbe explains the design and construction of the house in the lastest edition of Passive house Plus (issue 23). The images turned out well showing panoramic views of Lambay island and the sea. The house is constructed of clay blocks. The contractors were Pannocelt ltd. For information of green technology , passive house and good coverage of construction and the environment Passive house Plus is highly recommended.
More details can be found in Passive house Plus
https://www.pannoncelt.com/
http://www.oastudios.ie/
https://passivehouseplus.ie/
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Tenement Museum 14 Henrietta Street Dublin
The Tenement Museum situated on Henrietta street Dublin. The building was built in 1748 by Luke Gardiner who had acted as a developer for much of the Georgian City. After the act of union in 1801 the house became offices for the legal profession. The house became a tenement in 1883 with 17 Families, it remained a tenement until the 1970s . A more complete explanation of the project is given in this Irish Times article. The photographs of the project show the modern additions aswell as the existing condition of the building. The building images distinguish between the new interventions and the existing fabric. An interesting aspect of the pictures is that they reveal layers of occupation over time. Wireless switches and routers were used in the building to minimise the alteration of the material. The floor void was used to incorporate fire protection, heating, network services and structure. This was to minimise the disruption of the fabric.
The project is an essay in contemporary conservation, restoration and preservation. It is a testament to grand vision of Dublin City Councils Heritage Department.
https://shaffrey-architects.squarespace.com
https://shaffrey-architects.squarespace.com/henrietta-street
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The Spaces of the Imagination at the Mermaid Arts centre
Recent art photography for Melissa O’Faherty for her exhibition ” The Spaces of the imagination”. This was a very compelling exhibition. Melissa has an interest in photography and her artwork engages in ideas of scale and space. Thematically it was interesting to photograph photography and work with the ideas that were presented by the exhibition. This is the text from the exhibition: This is her first solo show at Mermaid Arts Centre. While Melissa is trained in the classical skills of drawing the main focus of her artistic practice is exploring and pushing the boundaries and physical materials of drawing. Her work process is both experimental and focused.
For her upcoming show at Mermaid called “ The Spaces of the Imagination’, she exhibits visual diaries which look at the drawing thought process and also new work which imagines the environments of new planetary worlds where the scientific actuality and the artistic imagination may meet.