Seán Harrington Architects & Urban Design, Dublin, Ireland

Innovative Design for Irish Skies: Temple Bar’s Meeting House Square is Now Convertible

There is a saying in Ireland that you can have ‘four seasons in one day’ – from warm spring sunshine to intense summer light, and from lively autumn gales to a sudden wintry shower. Because Irish skies are constantly changing, Seán Harrington Architects was commissioned to design an innovative solution to provide a convertible weather covering over a popular public square in Dublin’s Temple Bar area
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Recent planning success

We are very pleased to announce that several of our projects have recently been granted planning permission.
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‘Flash Feast’ on Millennium Bridge

A ‘flash feast’ happened on Millennium Bridge on August 3rd over the Liffey in Dublin to mark the launch of the Street Feast, a nationwide day to celebrate community on 28 August.
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Ballymahon Community Library official opening


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OPUS AWARDS 2010

We are very pleased to announce that the practice has just won the 2010 OPUS Award for Housing, for the redevelopment of St. Andrews Court and the Affordable Housing building on Holles Street in Dublin, for Dublin City Council.
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1st International Festival of Green-Innovation in Buildings, Moscow

Seán Harrington has been invited to talk at the 1st International Festival of Green-Innovation in Buildings in Moscow on 16 November 2010, about the practice's York Street project.
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Creativity & Innovation in the N. Ireland Construction Industry Conference

Seán Harrington has been invited to talk at the Creativity & Innovation in the N. Ireland Construction Industry Conference in Belfast on 16 November 2010, about the practice's York Street project.
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Architects Council of Europe 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Brussels

The practices' York Street Social Housing project in Dublin has been selected for the Architects Council of Europe 20th Anniversary Exhibition on Sustainable Architecture, in Brussels.
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York Street project features in German Greenbuilding magazine.

The practice's York Street eco-social housing project features in September's edition of the well respected Berlin-based Greenbuilding magazine.
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SCS Annual Conference

Seán Harrington is due to speak at the annual conference of the Society of Chartered Surveyors at the new National Conference Centre on 15th October.
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Slow Architecture and Place

The practice has been selected to participate in the "Slow Architecture and Place" exhibition.
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Green Building Course at Cultivate

Seán Harrington is due to speak at the forthcoming Green Building Course at Cultivate.
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Open House 2010

For anyone interested in having a look around the York Street project, Dublin City Council have generously agreed to allow the building to participate in Open House 2010.
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Irish Landscape Institute Design Awards 2009

Tallaght Zip, a dedicated pedestrian and cycleway, and Tallaght Village Plaza both received a commendation at the annual Irish Landscape Institute Design Awards.
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2009 Irish Architecture Awards

We are delighted to announce that two of our three shortlisted projects have been successful at the 2009 Irish Architecture Awards.
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Irish Council for Social Housing Awards 2009

York Street housing has just received an award for ‘Best Regeneration Project’ at the Irish Council for Social Housing Awards 2009.
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LAMA Awards 2010

The practice has just won the ‘Best Architect’ Award in this years LAMA Awards, (Local Authority Members Association), for all our work for Local Authorities over the last year.
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Opus Awards 2009

York Street Housing has just received an award in the ‘Housing’ category of the Opus Architecture and Construction Awards 2009.
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York Street Housing published in Construct Ireland

York Street Housing has just been featured in the latest edition of Construct Ireland magazine, a leading publication that promotes sustainable building design.
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York Street on Architecture Now

York Street, 2009 RIAI Best sustainable Project is featured on the Architecture Now website. You can read the article here: http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=577
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National Housing Conference

If you happen to have attended the National Housing Conference in Sligo on 28 & 29 April 2009, you will have heard Seán’s lecture on the importance that capital expenditure on public projects has on the profession’s continuing professional development. This is particularly critical at a time when legislation is about to change rapidly to reduce the world’s carbon output. If you would like further information on this lecture, please contact us on +353 (0)1 873 3422 or by email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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