Capital Ideas: Dublin needs to stop changing the height restrictions on buildings

Dublin Port Company chief criticises RIAI president over ‘mischievous’ suggestions

Dublin Port relocation ‘a golden opportunity to create a modern high-density city within the city’

Los Angeles development, erected in just three weeks, could be a model for Dublin

Construction of 54 properties at St Teresa’s Gardens to cost almost €500,000 each

A change is urgently required to the wording of the existing building completion certificate

Scott Tallon Walker displays ‘an exemplary renovation of two Georgian buildings’

Friday interview: president of the Royal Institute of the Architects in Ireland David Browne

Bocconi University has been critically acclaimed and won the world building of the year award in 2008

There is a clear divide between the business and industry sectors and the political sphere

There’s a danger that quick-fix ‘solutions’ to the housing crisis will create new problems

Builders, renovators and those who simply like looking at the lastest style in mops are heading to the RDS this weekend

From colour schemes to €6,000 loos, visitors can get advice on all aspects of home renovation

Architects’ body says it can take three years for new houses to come on stream

Architects donate €90 fee for consultations held during Open Door week to charity

One-time flax mill and munitions factory is public choice in Irish Architecture Awards

Buyers will quiz agents on energy efficiency but they still want their own fireplace

Home Front: interiors, design, people, property

Club shows money is not insurmountable obstacle if organisation and spirit is right

Remember to read plans and, if you don’t understand them, find someone who does

Inchicore NS renovation and extension brings nature close to the classroom

Nobody wants to turn their house into a nursing home but there are some relatively simple ways to future-proof a home against old age and possible illness

Design review includes a revamped Dalymount park and redevelopment of the shopping centre

RIAI president Carole Pollard wishes more public bodies, particularly county councils, placed a value on hiring architects

The international online home-design phenomenon is launching in Ireland

Now in its 12th year, the campaign has proved exceptionally popular having raised more than €500,000 to date

1916/2016: a miscellany

Institute calls for appointment of architects to have responsibility for groups of towns

Minister for the Environment ‘flummoxed’ by negative reaction to new regulations

Alan Kelly should respond to RIAI by publishing any Department of the Environment research on apartment sizes

‘Not possible’ to design apartments to new minimum sizes as smaller rooms won’t fit

Smaller apartments would not reduce prices or increase the supply, says architects’ group

The flats were signed off on by an architect employed by the developer

Opinion: Upcoming review of building regulations is an opportunity to introduce Latent Defects Insurance for developers before they sell

Annual fundraiser sees RIAI-registered architects offer one-hour consultations

John Mulcahy, former head of property at Nama, advises architects at annual conference

The annual Simon Open Door consultation day offers an inexpensive way to get an expert opinion on your project, while helping the organisation that helps the homeless

Kevin Desmond has restored a listed Georgian house, once a finishing school for girls, to its former glory. Period restorations require hard work and expert advice he says

Ruairí Quinn sought deferral on basis rules could delay construction of 25 to 30 schools