The Bantry Bay Port Company, which commissioned the report, say they hope it will act as a catalyst for the future development of the Cork town, and underpin efforts to secure funding to realise the vision.

Tommy Barker hails a home with genius slices of architectural clear-sightedness, set close to Cork City

IT’S soaring in popularity as an urban pastime and crane-counting was very firmly on the agenda when I took up a challenge to find out just how much I could pack into a 24-hour architectural and interiors fact-finding mission in Dublin.

Eve Kelliher looks at the world of art, architecture and interiors.

Green was the colour this week as a talented team of architects scooped enviable prizes for energy efficiency and innovation.

The chairman of the Land Development Agency, John Moran, has called for the public to support plebiscites for directly elected mayors in Cork, Limerick and Waterford.

Eve Kelliher looks at what’s happening in the worlds of art and interiors.

Gráinne McGuinness delievers more consumer advice.

From March 31, 2019, if you are applying for planning permission, your house must comply with Nearly Zero Energy Building rules, says Kya deLongchamps.

Rose Martin takes a look at the innovative and imaginative designs among the winners of this year’s Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland Architecture Awards.

Consumer advice with Gráinne McGuinness

“So you’re Brad Pitt? That don’t impress me much” might be the reaction to the actor’s interior pieces for the Pitt-Pollaro range says Rose Martin.

The design brief was to reimagine and renew the public space at Fr Matthew and Morrison’s Quay — the historic centre of Cork, but also one of the most flood prone areas of the city.

Amid the housing crisis, architects’ industry group, the RIAI has raised questions about the best

Mould of any kind is symptomatic of a damp problem and black mould can have serious effects on the health of asthmatics, writes Kya deLongchamps.

Two Irish architecture practices have won awards in a prestigious international competition, one for the design of a new secondary school in Donegal, the other for work on a parish hall in Malahide, north Dublin.

A group of sheds that have been transformed into the new O’Donoghue Centre for Theatre, Drama and Performance at NUI Galway has been selected for a top architecture award.

This is a great opportunity to see what’s happening in architecture in Ireland, says Rose Martin, and to have an input into the built environment.

1. Eat Fit

One of the country’s most audacious school renovation projects has been recognised in this year’s RIAI architecture awards.

Architects working in the public sector have been hailed after civic schemes scooped the top three awards in the popular vote section of Ireland’s architecture Oscars.

Consumer advice with Gráinne McGuinness

Construction industry professionals are at odds as to whether new regulations, introduced after the Longboat Quay development had been built, would prevent similar safety problems emerging.

The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland has launched a housing policy which could help to deliver sustainable housing solutions as the country’s population grows to almost 6m over the next 30 years.

This distinctive property near Kinsale has plenty of potential for prospective buyers, writes Tommy Barker.

This distinctive property near Kinsale has plenty of potential for prospective buyers, writes Tommy Barker.

A Cork-based architecure firm has won accolades for its work on the stunning dlr Lexicon Library in Dun Laoghaire, writes Carol O’Callaghan with the prospect of more to come on the world’s stage.

The Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland has warned that public safety and building standards could be compromised if the requirement to comply with building regulations for single houses or extensions is removed.

Regeneration of Waterford receives a boost with recognition of its Medieval Museum, says Marjorie Brennan.

A lover of model planes. ’Fantastic’ knowledge of computers. A predilection for knives. What did we learn of Graham Dwyer? Noel Baker reports.

The tide is turning quickly — the country again needs building professionals to meet the demands of the uplift in construction.

A gem of an extended house in an extraordinary coastal setting is set to make a splash both here and abroad, says Tommy Barker.

THE building culture in Ireland has been altered forever, and, all going well, events like the Priory Hall scandal, in Dublin, are far less likely to happen.

West Cork Arts Centre’s new, €3.5m, 10,000 sq ft Uillinn building is a feature in Skibbereen, says Noel Baker.

IT’S that time of year when the annual RIAI review is published and although it feels like a familiar annual event, (it arrives at Christmas), the 150-page, fully illustrated booklet, the Review, has been in print only since 2010 — ironic really that it coincided with the lowest point in our slough of despond, but also marked the moment of recovery, perhaps.

Size: 334 sq m (3568 sq ft)

In 2012 when the topic of housing in Ireland came up for discussion, the terms ‘negative equity’ and ‘ghost estate’ were bandied about with numbing frequency.

Sq m: 240 (2,590 sq ft)