Title & Author:

Des/IRE : designing homes for contemporary Ireland / edited by Gemma Tipton.

Publication:

Kinsale : Gandon Editions and the National Sculpture Factory, 2008.

Description:

232 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
"Published to document and develop the themes of the conference of the same name presented by the National Sculpture Factory in Cork in 2007."
"Published to document and develop the themes of the conference of the same name presented by the National Sculpture Factory in Cork in 2007".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Whose design is it anyway? Living with architecture -- Changing the Climate for Design / John Sorrell -- Design in the Planning Process / Hendrik W. van der Kamp -- Soaked in the Spirit of Architecture / Emmett Scanlon -- Thoughts on the Cultural Aspects of Social Housing / Sean Griffiths -- It's Not Style, Just Good Design / Richard Simmons -- Home Improvement / Sarah Browne -- 2. The Lie of the Land: how we live now -- On the Doorsteps / Micheal Martin -- Architectural Politics / Frank McDonald -- Making Sense of Place in the Irish Suburb / Mary P. Corcoran, Jane Gray and Michel Peillon -- Their Hearts' Desire / Shane O'Toole -- Vox Pop / Donagh 'O hArgain and Mike Hannon -- 3. People: making space and making place -- The Regeneration of Ballymun / Mick McDonagh -- When People Move in / Evelyn Hanlon, Mick McDonagh and Lynda Ward -- Influences on Housing Design / John O'Connor -- Building Communities / Dominic Stevens -- Tackling the Void / Alan Mee -- Untitled (Under Construction) / Apolonija Sustersic -- A Viewing / Agency ̃and Cherie Driver -- 4. Into the Future: learning to live -- A Time for Heroes: Planning and Design / Wayne Hemingway -- How We Live and How We Might Live: Notes on Housing Design in Schools of Architecture / Gary A. Boyd and Michael Pike -- Joined Up Design for Schools / John Sorrell -- Into the Sprawl Zone / Hugh Pearman -- Ford Boxes: A Project By Bik Van Der Pol / Owen O'Doherty and Lisa Godson -- With Love to the Island of des/IRE / Elizabeth Hatz.

Summary:

"Should the standard of housing in Ireland reassure us or be a cause for grave concern? Against the 'luxury lifestyle' backdrop of Celtic Tiger Ireland, did we really build the right sort of homes and communities? And what about a future, less affluent Ireland? What challenges face us in this changing climate?" "Bringing together leading architects, planners, politicians, sociologists, writers, artists, designers and developers, this book looks at where we have come from, and offers some ideas on where we might be going. As, right across the country, villages expand to the size of towns, housing estates spread into the hinterlands, and one-off housing fills the spaces in between, questions about how we live, how we should be living, and how we would like to live have never been more urgent." "Based on a conference organised by the National Sculpture Factory in Cork in May of 2007, des/IRE is a thought-provoking, response to one of contemporary Ireland's most serious issues."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

9780948037542 (pbk.)
0948037547 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic Ireland Congresses.
City planning Ireland Congresses.
Architecture, Domestic.
City planning.
Ireland.

Form/genre:

Conference publications.
Conference papers and proceedings.

Added entries:

Tipton, Gemma.
National Sculpture Factory (Ireland)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261517
Call No.: BIB 192536
Status: Available