Visions of Ireland: ideas to end sprawl of suburbs

SEASONAL sinkable homes in the sea, ‘caravanserai’ boats bringing people to cities along our rivers and planning laws which forbid building outwards in favour of building up and down.

Those are just some of the ideas created by nine of Ireland’s top architects as means of halting the ever-increasing suburban sprawl in Ireland.

The architects make up Ireland’s entry to the Venice Biennale 10th International Architecture Competition, which will be held in Italy from September 10 to November 19, 2006.