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Architectural Design

Win €10,000: calling for ideas to rebuild the community

‘Hometown Architect’ is an initiative encouraging community groups and local architects across Ireland to team up and submit projects to improve their local town or village

Property Insight

European planning practice should be our vision for the future – Tony Reddy

Replacing the British model with the continental approach of our European neighbours would do much to address the problems of our current system

Commercial Property

Cherrywood developers see potential to raise heights and build more homes with SDZ plan

Council proposes to increase housing densities from an average of 82 units per hectare to an average of more than 100 per hectare in an amendment to the Strategic Development Zone parameters

Public consultation opens on €10m Balbriggan parkland redevelopment

Fingal Co Council has launched a plan to revitalise the centre of the north Co Dublin town with linear park, multi-use plaza area and canalisation of the river Bracken

Future of Merrion Square café, gallery and toilets uncertain

Construction was due to start in late 2021, but a decision as to whether the project will go ahead will now take place in March

State should remove parking spaces to ‘actively discourage’ car ownership

The National Economic and Social Council will tomorrow brief politicians on the benefits of a new system of urban development

Seána Glennon: We need to take back our city and make it a safe space for all

The capital has become a hostile environment but changing that requires meaningful action by the authorities not just on policing but also on the design of our public places

Aidan Regan: Brexit an awful reminder of what happens when you turn your major city into a playground for global capital

Excluding apartments from the new legislation on bulk-buying was a big mistake and shows the complete lack of a long-term vision for Dublin as a city where ordinary citizens, and not just the transient rich, can live

Construction of café and public toilets at Merrion Square to start this summer

The building works on the north west side of the famous Dublin park will take a year to complete

Pandemic offers an opportunity to rethink the shape of our cities

While offices won’t disappear, the move to remote working means there is now a chance to put people and sustainability at the heart of urban planning