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| Dublin City Airport: Flying Without Wings? |
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Irish Designs Shortlisted for Stirling Prize |
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The DAA plans to target the next generation of foreign direct investment with its €4 billion Airport City, but it has a few economic hurdles in the short run to overcome first, writes Oonagh Reidy.
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The shortlist for RIBA’s coveted Stirling Prize includes two Irish contenders - ‘The Sleeping Giant’ in Co. Dublin, designed by O'Donnell + Tuomey and the Living bridge at the University of Limerick.
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| Ballymore's Wood Wharf Unveiled |
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Rogers Stirk Harbour’s masterplan for Wood Wharf, a mixed-use scheme in the London Docklands has been unveiled as it goes to planning.
The 7ha riverside project is a joint venture between Sean Mulryan’s Ballymore Properties, British Waterways and the Canary Wharf Group.
It will include six buildings containing 454,000sq m of office space, six residential buildings with up to 1,668 homes, which will range in height from 206m to 33m.
The project also includes a new high street, a 120 room waterfront hotel and a new canal with moorings.
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| PPP's Have Been De-risked |
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Green Scheme to Roll Out in Full |
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The risk transfer now offered in Public Private Partnership contracts means the contractor has more room to manoeuvre and is not bound by tight terms and fixed prices, writes Oonagh Reidy.
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22,000 homes to install energy technologies under Greener Homes Scheme. This coincides with the revised building regs, which makes the installation of renewable energy systems compulsory.
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| Fosters Waterfront Designs |
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Foster + Partners revealed their designs for Rimini, a town located along Italy’s east coast.
Revealed at a public presentation, the design seeks to develop a greater connect between the town’s centre and the seafront.
The scheme comprises a new seafront promenade with a mix of related activities and public spaces including a hotel tower, which will extend Rimini’s historic beach culture and continue the existing urban grain.
The hotel tower’s curving form anchors the wider project, while the building extends out to sea along a new 300m long pier, continuing the dialogue between the city and the water and referring to Rimini’s tradition of piers.
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