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| 'Piling goes Energy-Efficient as Demand Rockets' |
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Balancing Act |
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Geothermal piling is one trend that is certain to become increasingly popular in the energy efficiency era, where it will be multi purpose – heating the house as well as providing a foundation.
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Probably one of the best examples of a practical ‘green’ design, the Mid-Louth Civic Services Centre is proof that creativity doesn’t have to be sacrificed for a sustainable ethos.
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| Floating Park on Royal Canal |
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The new design for the Royal Canal Linear Park features spectacular floating gardens, pavilions and bridges for the area stretching from North Strand Road to the River Liffey.
The park, designed by Paris-based architects, Agence Ter, will provide a visually striking public amenity green space covering six hectares in the North Lotts area of the Docklands. Agence Ter’s design blurs the separation between bank and canal, and considers the body of the park as a whole, treating it as a single space.
One of the main features of the amenity will be the floating gardens. While they will be moored to the canal banks, the gardens can vary in placement, arrangement or density according to the seasons.
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| Development to Complete Cork's Quayside |
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Costs Update: Facades |
Cork city’s proposed quayside complex will help ‘finish the area’, says local architect. It includes a 19th-century gateway to be incorporated into the new development located on Kyrl's Quay near Cornmarket Street.
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Glass façades are an increasingly popular solution to modern design needs, as well as promoting natural light and ventilation. Tomàs Kelly at Davis Langdon PKS and Duggan Systems looks at the cost drivers.
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| Irish Entrants Top the Bill at Brick Awards |
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Five projects designed and built in Ireland have been shortlisted in the International category for the prestigious 2008 Brick Awards.
The five Irish entrants include Iveragh Renewal Project in Killorglin, Co Kerry, designed by architects Murray O’Laoire and built by brickwork contractors Eamon Costello, and Cork’s Breastcheck Clinic, designed by architects Cullen Payne and built by Wallis Construction.
The other three buildings are located in Dublin - a commercial building at Lincoln Place, by architect McCullough Mulkin, and built by Hassett Construction, the Fuse project at Lennox Street, designed by Box Architects and Irish Conservatories and a private house in Killiney.
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