Dublin By Design: Architecture and the City

No single book can capture the multifarious characteristics of a city. Dublin by Design, by celebrating the citys architectural and urban works, reveals a fascinating story of the making and remaking of its fabric. Marking one hundred years since the citys trajectory shifted as it emerged as the capital of a newly minted free state, the contributors reveal some of the layers of this complex tapestry that provide the back story to its iconic structures, streets and spaces. Lending reason to the haphazard, and clarity to the interplay of culture, science, technology, religion and politics, a new brightly lit capital city is revealed. Interwoven through this story are images of the significant contribution that architecture has made to the public realm. If the last one hundred years are a measure, the next hundred will see Dublin impacted by economic, environmental and physical challenges. Contributors Dr. Mary Clark (City Archivist), Grinne Shaffrey, Frederick ODwyer, Dr Brian Ward, Anthony Reddy, Dr Ellen Rowley, Frank McDonald, Shane OToole, Paul de Freine, Jackie Bourke, Dr Lorcan Sirr, Gerry Cahill, James Pike, anna N Lamhna, Dr Denis Byrne, Sean OLaoire, and Shelly McNamara & Yvonne Farrell (Grafton Architects) Heavily illustrated with plans, drawings and photographs. In association with The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI). Table of Contents Foreword Mary Robinson Introduction Noel Brady & Dr Sandra OConnell From Whence We Came Civitas to Metropolis Dr Mary Clark Main Street Ireland Grinne Shaffrey Victorian Foundations Frederick ODwyer Neo-Georgian Dublin Dr Brian Ward City of Opportunity Tony Reddy A Phoenix Reborn Mid-twentieth-century Architectonics Dr Ellen Rowley Condemnation, Damnation & Salvation Frank McDonald A Small But Significant City Shane OToole History of the Future The Movement of People Moving Iron and Soul Anne Kiernan Mobilising an Urbanised Capital Ciaran Cuffe The Foundation for Health The Healthy City Paul de Freine Children in the City Dr Jackie Bourke The Gathering of Community Housing Success From Failure Dr Lorcan Sirr Creating Communities of Care Gerry Cahill The Polycentric City James Pike The Green City Trees, Rivers, Parks, Islands, Shore anna N Lamhna Phoenix Park: An Anthropogenic Odyssey Dr Denis Byrne The Place of Culture Annalivia Sean OLaoire The Measure of a City Grafton Architects Next Generation Architecture Notes