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Irish isle's designs on Venetian isles (IrishCentral)

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 06:47:05 PDT

Regular as the tides, another cultural acqua alta is washing over Venice now in the form of the Biennale Architetttura 2012 The theme this time is "Common Ground" and joining the many international firms exploring that theme in this cosmopolitan design petri dish are four from IrelandThe country's official representative is the Dublin-based heneghan peng (no caps--it's a design thing), a firm already on global design map with such projects as bridge at the London Olympics, Giants Causeway Visitor Center in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and new museum at the Pyramids in Egypt"Shifting Ground" photos by Marie Louise HalpennyIn "Shifting Ground" the firm has created a site-specific sculptural exploration in the languages of architects, with references to materials, balance, numbers, projective geometry, and to the ebb and flow of Venice's tides READ MORE

Ireland punching above its weight in design, too (IrishCentral)

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:50:14 PDT

Curse you shimmering, trend-setting Frank Gehry designed museum in Bilbao Curse you gorgeous seaside and mountains setting of Cape Town with your peppy BRICSA economy Dublin is right back at you with its new Kevin Roche designed Convention Centre and so much more! Ireland has been pulling off a few upsets in international sporting competition (rugby, okay, but cricket?), and has already confound the odds by making the shortlist of three, along with Bilbao and Cape Town, for the international designation in 2014 of “World Design Capital,” an honor previously bestowed on Seoul and Torino and which will next go to HelsinkiWorld Design Capital is a biennial designation awarded through a competition held by The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, which will make the official announcement of the 2014 World Design Capital designated city on October 26 READ MORE

Seven Irish buildings nominated for architecture awards (IrishCentral)

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:02:51 PDT

By: DANIEL O'CARROLL

Seven Irish buildings have been shortlisted for the prestigious World Building of the Year 2010, which will be judged at the World Architecture Festival awards in early November.