Nelly Greig introduces Issue 1 of Architecture Today in Ireland: a monthly newsletter produced in partnership with Schüco.
Dublin City Dialogue brought together speakers from across the built environment to discuss the challenges facing Ireland’s cities today. The afternoon panel discussion chaired by Isabel Allen (far right) featured Stephen O’Malley from CIVIC, Jonny McKenna and Denise Murray from Metropolitan Workshop, Ali Grehan, former Dublin City Architect and current Chair of the Irish Green Building Council, and Tony Reddy, founder of Reddy Architecture + Urbanism, and former President of the RIAI (photo: Jason Sayer)
Architecture Today is delighted to share Issue 1 of Architecture Today in Ireland, produced in partnership with Schüco; a company that shares our commitment to interdisciplinary conversations. Last month AT and Schüco gathered together a range of experts working across the built environment to deliver Dublin City Dialogue, a discussion around the challenges facing Irish cities today. From architects and urbanists to engineers and façade consultants, the day’s soundtrack was a constant buzz of conversation as one theme became particularly clear: collaboration is key to making cities more healthy, successful and resilient.
On the morning of the event, some cycled into town, sharing the same crumbly bike lanes, a few got the same bus, and most of us walked down the same stretch of pavement outside the venue on Westland Row. The natural collaboration needed to navigate daily life was reflected in the day’s discussions, with representatives not only sharing ideas, but learning from one another. Irish cities are places of rapid change and exchange, and the industries with the potential to positively shape them are also developing at such a rate.
The Architecture Today in Ireland newsletter will give a platform to these continued dialogues, whilst shining a spotlight on the exceptional work being done to address shared challenges. We’ll introduce you to the clients creating opportunity for change – this month we talk to Conor Sreenan from the Office for Public Works – and share insights from the practices turning these spaces into valued urban communities. We’ll share event write-ups and tip-offs, along with our regular in-depth building studies. And we’ll be checking in with some of the diverse voices that are shaping Irish cities today.
