The dlr LexIcon, the new Central Library and Cultural Centre in Dún Laoghaire is now open to the public. With 80,000 items in the adult and junior libraries, 60+ computers, 100 study spaces and a floor dedicated to Local Studies, … Andrée Dargan : DLR Lexicon
Nathalie Weadick, Director of the Irish Architectural Foundation, introduces the buildings and architects that help tell the story of Dublin politics and culture. From its Georgian library and residential squares to its new canal and seaside developments, Dublin has become … Nathalie Weadick : Dublin’s Buildings
Parnell Square Cultural Quarter will be a landmark destination which will complete Dublin City’s Civic Spine at its northern end. Work has commenced assembling and surveying the properties to house the new library and other cultural facilities. It is intended … Owen O’Doherty : Parnell Square Cultural Quarter
The Eileen Gray exhibition realised one of Gray’s last ambitions – to have her work brought back to Ireland. Regarded as one of the most influential 20th Century designers and architects, the exhibition includes important items such as the adjustable … Audrey Whitty and Jennifer Goff : Eileen Gray Exhibition
The Annual AAI Awards exhibition is Ireland’s longest running architectural awards programme, the only internationally peer-reviewed architecture awards in Ireland that publish the discussion which takes place among the adjudicators. As a result the awards give the public an unprecedented … Ann Mulrooney : VISUAL, AAI Awards Exhibition
Festivals Nine Lives is an exhibition showcasing the work of a new generation of architects who, together with curator Emmett Scanlon, were selected to represent Ireland at three international architecture festivals in 2015, as part of the New Horizon_architecture from Ireland … Emmett Scanlon and Carrie Lynam : Nine Lives
Architects working in Scotland have in the past complained about the chocolate-box preferences of rural planning departments, favouring a lazy pastiche of one and a half storey stone cottages. Here architect Mark Walker explains his struggle to introduce a different … Rebuilding Scotland : Mark Walker Architect
A film made in 1999 by the Television Trust for Scotland. Looking away from what architects and planners understand as valuable in buildings this clip identifies the best of Scottish architecture through the eyes and ears of those living with … Flesh + Stone
Justin Russell and Francesca Atkinson’s Cityscape on Edinburgh’s Architectural Association awards. Comprising interviews with Douglas Reid and winning architect Stephen Boyd of Lee Boyd the clip introduces a language for reading and evaluating architectural form. The winning building for Adobe … Cityscape : Edinburgh Architectural Awards 2001
Architect Andrew Mackay and Community Councillor Dave Rushton mull over how Edinburgh might be better connected to Leith for walkers. They draw on inspiration from Barcelona’s Las Ramblas, the tree lined avenue that very successfully links the City to its … Cityscape : Leith to Barcelona?
This episode of Cityscape explores the thinking behind Leith Ports Authority’s Ocean Terminal. Terry Frost outline’s the Authority’s objectives and anticipated market for shoppers and visitors while Councillor Steve Cardownie evaluates the employment opportunities and the complimentary shopping the Terminal … Cityscape : Ocean Terminal
All next week, we’ll be having an architecture special on the website called Building and Landscape. Throughout this series we explore the controversy that often surrounds the reuse of old buildings, and look at what goes into projects that aim to restore … Building and Landscape Archive
One of three Science and the City events organised by the Schop Institute with Summerhall. Oliver Chapman introduces Colin Hamilton who explores the sustainable features of the John Hope Gateway Building at the Royal Botanic Gardens. Tour of the John Hope Gateway Building
This edition from the Cityscape series from 2001 explores the requirements and constraints on extending the Scotland’s National Museum in Chamber Street. Cityscape : National Museum of Scotland
From Edinburgh Television’s Cityscape series, this programme looks at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh. Cityscape : Scottish Poetry Library
Feature from Edinburgh Television’s Cityscape series on the design of The Scotsman building on Holyrood Road. Cityscape : Scotsman Building
Ann McLuskey introduces an innovative community arts programme in Edinburgh’s Sighthill in this edition of CityScape from 2000. Cityscape : Sighthill
This edition of Cityscape from 2001 explores the refurbishment of Edinburgh’s famous concert hall. Cityscape : Usher Hall
