Shortlisted projects designed for variety of usesSOCIAL HOUSING and innovative private sector schemes feature on the shortlist for Ireland’s premier housing design award, the…Wed Apr 22 2009 - 01:00
ESB competition for world-class redesign of HQTHE ESB intends to use the opportunity provided by the redevelopment of its head office in Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, which …Mon Apr 20 2009 - 01:00
State must back metro financing, says bidderTHE GOVERNMENT would have to underwrite the financing risks associated with the public-private partnership (PPP) project for …Tue Apr 14 2009 - 01:00
Gormley requests end to purchasing carbon credits abroadEMISSIONS TARGETS: MINISTER FOR the Environment John Gormley has requested that the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA…Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
Croke Park leads design field with RIAI medalIF CROKE Park had not won the gold medal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI), President Mary McAleese …Wed Apr 08 2009 - 01:00
Department says 7,000 units of social housing can be provided despite cutHOUSING/INFRASTRUCTURE: THE DEPARTMENT of the Environment claimed yesterday 7,000 homes could be provided this year for people…Wed Apr 08 2009 - 01:00
The last hurrah: awards celebrate Irish architectureThe Architectural Association of Ireland’s 2009 awards recognise more architects than ever beforeThu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
Croke Park up against pumphouse for architects' Gold MedalA SCHOOL in Co Galway, civic offices in Co Meath and Co Offaly, a library in north Dublin, two university buildings and a pumphouse…Fri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
Environment agency calls for Europe-wide water chargesTHE EUROPEAN Environment Agency has called for all water use throughout Europe to be metered and charged after finding that use…Wed Mar 18 2009 - 00:00
Global Green New Deal needed to save planetANALYSIS : Scientists are no longer mincing their words on the dangers posed by global climate changeWed Mar 18 2009 - 00:00
Downturn 'could halve carbon emissions'CLIMATE CONFERENCE: THE CURRENT economic downturn could result in carbon emissions worldwide falling by as much as 40 to 50 …Fri Mar 13 2009 - 00:00
Climate experts urge engineering solutions to 'directly cool the planet'CLIMATE EXPERTS have urged scientists and engineers to find radical answers to global warning, suggesting they might even explore…Thu Mar 12 2009 - 00:00
Call for urgent rainforest action to slow warmingREDUCING DEFORESTATION in the world’s tropical rainforests is “essential” to limit the rise in global average temperatures to…Thu Mar 12 2009 - 00:00
Sea could rise 1m by 2100, say scientistsCLIMATE CHANGE: SEA LEVELS are set to rise twice as much as previously expected – by as much as a metre or more before the end…Wed Mar 11 2009 - 00:00
Brakes are on and plans are on hold, but Treasury says it's in it for long haulTREASURY HOLDINGS: Even in a recession and with the commercial property market in the doldrums, Treasury Holdings is building…Fri Mar 06 2009 - 00:00
High flyer still optimistic despite bleak outlookAt its peak, Ballymore had a development plan worth £15bn in Britain, Ireland and EuropeThu Mar 05 2009 - 00:00
Tough year for man once lionised as a 'wizard'BERNARD McNAMARA: Clare-born developer Bernard McNamara took the public ‘hit’ for the collapse of PPP schemes in DublinWed Mar 04 2009 - 00:00
Top name in urban renewal is now virtually idleLIAM CARROLL: The facade began to crack last July with news of a €20 million Aer Lingus share lossTue Mar 03 2009 - 00:00
Tenders for Metro North to be lower due to falling costsFOUR TENDERS for Metro North received by the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) last Friday are likely to be substantially lower…Mon Mar 02 2009 - 00:00
Will solar-powered desert city be a shining example?Abu Dhabi is going down the sustainable route to development and is planning the world’s first ‘zero carbon, zero waste’ city…Thu Feb 19 2009 - 00:00
How An Bord Pleanála shot down Dunne plan and buried Celtic TigerDeveloper Seán Dunne is now left nursing huge debts with little to show for themSat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
High-rise areas set out in latest draft planDUBLIN CITY Council's planners are to refine and clarify their latest draft policy on high-rise development before going for …Tue Jan 06 2009 - 00:00
Environmentalists disappointed more was not achievedUN MEMBER states are to move into full negotiating mode in 2009 with a view to reaching an agreement aimed at avoiding dangerous…Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
State must change into 'low carbon' society - GormleyIRELAND “MUST now press on with the serious task of transforming ourselves into a low-carbon society”, Minister for the Environment…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Climate change conference ends acrimoniouslyTHE 14TH UN Climate Change Conference ended acrimoniously last night with environmental groups lining up to denounce the EU's…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
EU 'compromises' anger green lobbyDEVELOPED COUNTRIES, including Ireland, will all have to "put their cards on the table" next April and show how far they are …Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Amazon 'die-back' could be devastatingDEFORESTATION AND "die-back" caused by climate change could devastate the Amazon rain forest, with the loss of more than two …Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Nearly one-fifth of coral reefs lost and more threatenedTHE WORLD has already lost nearly one-fifth of its coral reefs and many of the remaining reefs could be denuded of life over …Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Stopgap nature of Poznan underlinedTHE INTERIM nature of the 14th UN climate change conference in Poznan was underscored yesterday with European Union and United…Tue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
Brussels meeting will decide EU stance on climate changeEUROPE’S LEADERSHIP role on climate change will be determined this week, but not in Poznan.Mon Dec 08 2008 - 00:00
Ireland accused of being 'in denial' on gas emissionsAS THE latest UN climate change talks got under way yesterday in the Polish city of Poznan, Friends of the Earth Ireland (FoEI…Tue Dec 02 2008 - 00:00
Heritage body says new road in Kilkenny intrusivePLANS FOR a major road in Kilkenny, with a new bridge across the River Nore, have been strongly criticised by the Heritage Council…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Emissions in industrialised nations still rising, says UNTWO WEEKS ahead of the United Nations climate change conference in the Polish city of Poznan, the conference's permanent secretariat…Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
Docklands body warned of legal threat to master planDUBLIN DOCKLANDS Development Authority (DDDA) has been warned that its latest draft master plan, which carries a €4Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
Turning the corner in social housing designYORK STREET flats were the last real slums in Dublin to survive into the 21st century, and probably provided a setting for films…Thu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
First-time loan plan subject of complaintTHE GOVERNMENT'S new "Homechoice" loan scheme for first-time house purchasers is being challenged in Brussels on the basis that…Thu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
BMG plan for private facility in Beaumont approvedTHE BEACON Medical Group (BMG) has welcomed An Bord Pleanála's decision to approve plans for a co-located private hospital adjoining…Thu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
Plan for 'eco-district' in west Dublin approvedAN BORD Pleanála has approved a masterplan for the development of more than 11,500 new homes at Clonburris, in west Dublin, with…Mon Nov 10 2008 - 00:00
Gormley challenges council's builders listDONEGAL COUNTY Council's plan to draw up a list of small builders and guarantee them planning permission for up to two "one-off…Mon Nov 10 2008 - 00:00
Board chairman critical of lawyers' 'histrionics'SOME LAWYERS participating in An Bord Pleanála oral hearings have been accused by its chairman, John O'Connor, of "engaging in…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
'Excessive zonings' must be reversedLOCAL AUTHORITIES will have to undo some of the "indiscriminate and excessive zonings" of land that are "now completely out of…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Renovated RHA building a real work of artPATRICK MURPHY, director of the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), remembers breaking into its gallery on Dublin's Ely Place in the…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Developer makes major changes to Carlton site planPLANS TO redevelop the Carlton cinema site on Dublin's O'Connell Street have been substantially revised by Chartered Land to …Wed Nov 05 2008 - 00:00
Roche rejected advice on Clarence Hotel proposals from departmentFORMER MINISTER for the environment Dick Roche rejected a strong recommendation from his department's heritage officers that …Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Green firm says carbon scheme 'rewards polluter'GENEROUS ALLOCATIONS of carbon emissions to cement manufacturers at a time when the economy was booming mean that they can now…Mon Nov 03 2008 - 00:00
Praise for Irish firm's designTHE NEW Irish-designed faculty building for Bocconi University in Milan, which won the World Building of the Year award last …Sat Nov 01 2008 - 00:00
Irish firm scoops top award for university in MilanThe ultimate accolade of World Building of the Year has been scooped by Grafton Architects for a major building in Italy, writes…Thu Oct 30 2008 - 00:00
Piped floodwater proposed for DublinONE OF the options being considered in a major study of Dublin's water supply would involve taking water from the Shannon when…Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
Dublin firm wins global architecture awardDUBLIN-BASED Grafton Architects, run by Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell, have scooped the first World Building of the Year…Mon Oct 27 2008 - 00:00
UN climate-change body holds first Irish meetingTHE FIRST meeting in Ireland under the auspices of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) opened yesterday in…Wed Oct 22 2008 - 01:00
