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8 September 10

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Offaly international airport plan clears first hurdle
Plan to build an airport in Co Offaly has cleared the first hurdle after being granted “strategic infrastructure” status by An Bord Pleanala. The €200 million development is a private initiative led by Tullamore-based architect, Patrick Little of Axis Architecture.

Mountjoy Square to be named protected area
Dublin’s Mountjoy Square, claimed to be Dublin’s finest Georgian square measuring an equal length on all sides, is to be declared an architectural conservation area by Dublin City Council.

Winners unveiled at Galvanizing Awards 2010
The winners of the 17th annual Galvanizing Awards have been announced, with category finalists including a whiskey distillery, a Victorian warehouse extension and a listed Church porch gates.

Dún Laoghaire upgrade to include walkway over Dart
Work has begun on a project to improve pedestrian access in Dún Laoghaire including an overall upgrade to “the metals” walkway, Crofton Road and Marine Road.

The best of London Festival of Architecture 2010
A massive success again this year, take a look at some of the most interesting projects from this year’s Festival of Architecture in London including designs from Campaign, Hawkins\Brown and Jonathan Woolf Architects.
New office space for advertising agency
Dubbed “The Cole”, Featherstone Young has just completed the interior of this new office for space advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy in London, aimed to encourage collaborations with creative partners and their clients.

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The Longest Bench
Designers Studio Weave have installed a 324 metre-long bench on the seafront at Littlehampton in the UK.

PUPTENT
Slade Architecture has designed this cone shaped "modern indoor dog lounge" made of wood for an auction in New York.

Gipsy Furniture
Hungarian studio A+ Z Designers have created a range of items inspired by Gypsy culture.

Ireland’s participation at Venice Biennale launched
de Blacam and Meagher will represent Ireland at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice this Autumn with an exhibition that addresses the practice’s built and unbuilt portfolio of the last 33 years.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

€30m contract for St Patrick's College, Drumcondra gets green light

Building work is set to start on a new €30 million building project at St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin, after the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan, recently approved the contract for the project.

Opera and Cultural Centre
Danish architects C. F. Møller have jointly won a competition for a new opera house and cultural centre in Kristiansund, Norway. The proposal aims to integrate the centre with its surroundings by incorporating the existing buildings on either side and creating an urban space around the building, which will connect the cultural centre with the streets, squares and nearby park.

Alligator House
Designed by buildingstudio, this affordable home arose out of the post-Katrina re-housing effort in New Orleans for an inner city neighborhood in desperate need of new places to live.