6.30pm June 27th, 2007
Irish Architectural Archive
45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
The Irish landscape Institute election manifesto was luanched today
by Institute president Aidan J. ffrench.
The ILI calls on all political parties to include in their manifestos
key actions to protect and manage the country's landscapes, especially
those under current threats from speculative development, urban sprawl
and neglect.
Download ILI Manifesto
The manifesto compliments and elaborates on The Urban Forum's
election manifesto, 'A Better Quality of Life for All';
See Urban Forum Manifesto
Dublin City Council invites applications from suitably qualified Landscape Architectural Consultant firms for inclusion on their Panel of Landscape Architectural Consultants. Firms are invited to apply by forwarding a completed application form (available on http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ or from parks@dublincity.ie and relevant company details.
Firms on the existing panel shall be contacted directly and need not respond to this notice.
Applicant firms will be assessed and shortlisted for inclusion on the panel on the basis of information received on their duration in business,
landscape architecture qualifications, relevant experience, proven landscape architecture design ability, financial standing, capacity and resources, project management skills, capacity to deliver and references. Interviews may also be used for assessment and shortlisting purposes.
Applications should be marked: Panel of Landscape Architectural Consultants, and addressed to: Senior Executive Landscape Architect, Parks & Landscape Services Division, Dublin City Council, Ground Floor, Block 4, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 Ireland.
The latest date for receipt of applications for this notice shall be 12.00hrs on Monday 21st December 2009. The closing date is for administrative purposes
only and companies can submit applications for the duration of the panel.
The Irish Landscape Institute Design Awards 2009 will take place on Thursday November 12th 2009 at 6.30 pm, at the Rotunda, City Hall, Dublin 2.
The ceremony will be launched by Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, and all ILI members are invited to attend.
Please RSVP to ili@irishlandscapeinstitute.com
We think that great design ideas can make things work even better. One Design Fix for the Future challenges you to prove us right, whether you are an architect, interior designer, product designer, landscape designer, graphic designer, communication designer.
We're looking for ONE design fix you can make now in your designed environment, the products you use, your home, your workplace, your city, or any commercial application, that, in scale or as inspiration, can improve our future. To enter, provide one small (but brilliant and elegant) fix leading
to an incremental (or dramatic) change in sustainability. Your fix needn't have anything to do with "environmentalist engineering" to make
a difference. Concentrate on what you know best, are aching to improve in a way that deploys your training and imagination.
Deadline: January 29, 2010.
Visit www.metropolismag.com/nextgen for the rules, application form, frequently asked questions, and more.
The Continuing Professional Development Working Group of the Irish Landscape Institute have invited Fionnuala Rogerson to speak on the topic of universal access in the design of landscape and to discuss the limits of the regulations on the capacity to deliver universally accessible public spaces.
Fionnuala Rogerson is on the Council of the RIAI and is a member of its Accessibility Task Force and has over 30 years experience in architectural practice working mainly in the areas of public housing, community facilities and urban design. In recent years her practice has extended to include Accessibility Consultancy to public bodies, developers and other architectural practices. Fionnuala lectures at the National University of Ireland on the subject of Accessibility & Inclusive Design.
Pearse St Library, 138-144 Pearse St, Dublin 2, 6.15pm, Thursday, November 26th 2009
Andrew is a Director in JDS Architects, leading the Copenhagen office. JDS is a multidisciplinary office that focuses on architecture and design, from large scale planning to furniture. The design approach of JDS is to turn intense research and analysis of practical and theoretical issues into the driving forces of their design. The practice has obtained numerous honours and awards for their work such as the Maaskant Prize 2009, three Mies van der Rohe nominations, a Golden Lion at the 2004 Venice Biennale, the World Architecture Festival Award 2009 for Best Housing, the AR+D Award, and two Forum Prizes for best Nordic project.
Andrew graduated from the Dublin School of Architecture DIT and has worked for OMA in Rotterdam, FKL Architects in Dublin and PLOT in Copenhagen.
He has won the inaugural EUROPAN site in Dublin.
Pearse St Library, 138-144 Pearse St, Dublin 2, 6.15pm, September 28th 2009
The design and management of naturalistic herbaceous vegetation in urban public landscapes in the UK by Dr James Hitchmough, Professor of Horticutural Ecology, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield, UK.
Pearse St Library, 138-144 Pearse St, Dublin 2, 6.15pm, August 11th 2009
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Free Landscape is the theme of Irish Landscape Institutes 2009 lecture series, drawing on paradoxical perceptions of landscape as
both an abundant, pervasive natural resource and an exploited, scarce commodity. ILI is therefore pleased to announce the second of 2009s public lectures, continuing the series with a talk on public space design in the free market economy.
Jurgen Weidinger, landscape architect, established Weidinger Landschaftsarchitekten in 1994. Based in Berlin, Weidinger has succeeded in many competitions
and gained several prizes for realized projects of different scales throughout Germany.
Looking at place and urban context Weidinger will offer some guidelines for contemporary landscape architecture. Theoretical planning and design
principles will be discussed in relation to recent projects of Weidinger Landscape Architects.
Pearse St Library, 138-144 Pearse St, Dublin 2, 6.15pm, May 20th 2009
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The Irish Landscape Institute are pleased to announce the first date of the 2009 CPD lectures, commencing the series with a talk on the design of landscape
for civic wellbeing. Free Landscape is the theme of this years lecture series, drawing on paradoxical perceptions of landscape as both an abundant, pervasive natural resource and an exploited, scarce commodity.
The global population has reached an important milestone — more than half of all humanity now reside in cities — it falls to design professionals to consider the impacts of urban environment on the mental and physical health of its citizens and on civil society at large.
Anna Bengtsson will be sharing some research on the impacts of landscape design and planning on human health.
National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Sq, Dublin 2, 6.30pm, April 7th 2009
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The Serbian Association of Landscape Architects are hosting an Exhibition of Landscape Architecture from September 2-14 in Belgrade. Submissions for inclusion in the exhibition are now invited.
Deadline for submissions; Monday, May 15th, 2009
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The aim of the Conference is to bring together people from non-profit making organisations, Local and Regional Authorities, and ecomuseums who are in support of the European Landscape Convention together with those who wish to learn more about the local, practical implementation of the ELC and how community based groups can help with this.
Nove Hrady, South Bohemia, Czech Republic, May 27-30, 2009
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From 18-22 October ISOCARP (International Society of City and Regional Planners) will organize its 45th international congress in Porto, Portugal, in cooperation with the FEUP (University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering). The topic is 'Low Carbon Cities'. The planning and delivery of low carbon cities is a hugely important topic with massive implications for the future of our planet. The congress explores the role of planning, and of all those involved in the planning and development process, in the drive to achieve less resource intensive, low carbon cities.
Porto, Portugal, October 18-22nd, 2009
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ILI members can avail of a 20% discount by choosing the ticket option "host and supporters" at the online registration tool and select "IFLA" from the drop down list.
Stuttgart / Nuertingen, Germany, May 25th - 27th 2009
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13th International Seminar of the Garden and Landscape Designers Association (Ireland) takes place on Saturday February 21st in UCD, Dublin.
Saturday February 21st 2009, Astra Hall, UCD, Dublin
Visit www.glda.ie for details
Dublin Docklands will be hosting three lectures in association with the Architecture Association of Ireland, the Irish Architecture Foundation and the Irish Landscape Institute, on the theme of The Urban Landscape.
The first lecture is by a Rotterdam-based practice, West 8, best known for Borneo Sporenborg in Amsterdam and who have worked on a number of
strategic projects for the Authority.
Boston-based Martha Schwartz will also deliver a lecture on her work. A trained print-maker, Schwart'z use of colour and geometry places her
some way between a visual artist and a landscape architect. Her practice designed Grand Canal Square for the Authority.
Agence Ter, a Paris-based architectural practice co-founded in 1986 by Olivier Philippe, Henri Bava and Michel Hoessler will also give a lecture on their work. In 2006 they won the RIAI competition for a Linear Park along the Royal Canal in Docklands and in 2007 they were awarded the Grand Prix du Paysage.
Lectures will be held in the chq building on North Wall Quay on the following dates:
- 12th February 2009 - West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture
- 5th March 2009 - Martha Schwartz Landscape
- 26th March 2009 - Agence Ter Urban Design & Landscape Architecture
All lectures commence at 7.30 pm
The proceedings of the Green Infrastructure Conference held in Malahide, Dublin from November 4-5th 2008 are now available to view on the website of Fingal County Council.
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The ALCI have organized a seminar to assist landscape contractors in managing their business through the challenging time in which we find ourselves.
2-5pm, November 25th 2008, The Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
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The Urban Forum has developed a continuing professional development course for professionals involved in placemaking. The CPD will be presented in an innovative and engaging format, combining hands-on workshops focused on developing urban design skills with discussions and seminars involving eminent thinkers and practitioners in Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and the Environment. The course will bring public and private practitioners up-to-date with the latest policy tools available as well as providing a unique opportunity to further develop and refine urban design skills and techniques in a supportive environment including analysis, design, communication, sustainability, concept planning and masterplanning...
November 10 & 11th 2008, Dublin
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The Academy of Urbanism in association with the Royal Insitute of British Architects (RIBA) Trust are hosting an international symposium on the
21st century city.
November 25-27th 2008, Liverpool
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This two-day conference highlights the latest experience in green infrastructure planning in North America, the rapidly developing green infrastructure agenda in the UK, and experience in continental Europe in the development of ecological networks and green structure plans. The conference also examines how green infrastructure planning can be developed in Ireland.
November 4th and 5th 2008, Grand Hotel, Malahide, Ireland
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Smithfield Market will be transformed into a vibrant, colourful animated space with large planters, picnic area, flower boxes, interactive performers, dancers, musicians, markets, gardening and quirky life in your own garden demonstrations suitable for urban living. Children welcome,no admisison charge. Organised by Dublin City Council.
Saturday July 12th Smithfield Plaza, Dublin, Ireland.
The World Landscape Architecture Month exhibition of Contemporary Landscape Architecture in Ireland enjoyed a well attended and
successful launch on Tuesday April 22nd. The exhibition was formally opened by Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
John Gormley.
The exhibition is running from April 21 - 25 and April 28 - May 1 in the Atrium of the Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin.
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Imagine Ireland with 8 million people in 2030... Imagine the effects that would have on planning, governance, society and the environment... Imagine people with different values and expectations...
This study was undertaken to instigate thought and provoke discussion about the
long-term future of the eight Irish gateways designated in the National Spatial
Strategy of 2002. Their designation as national centres of growth means that
they need to consider, and be prepared to accommodate, higher rates of growth
and the ensuing spatial, economic, social and environmental consequences.
The study, commissioned by the Urban Forum, was carried out by The Futures Academy in conjunction with the School of Spatial Planning, at Dublin Institute of Technology.
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"Respecting Nature and Environment in Urban Extensions", Florence May 30th 2008.
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The ILI Professional Practice Exam will be held on the 26th April 2008. The submission date for applications for this years exam is now closed. Closing date for the 2009 exam is 1st November 2008.
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The 45th World Congress of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) will take place at the Orpheus Congress Centre, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands from 30th June to 3rd July 2008. The theme of the conference is 'Transforming with Water', Adrian Guezze of Rotterdam based practice West 8 will be a keynote speaker.
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further details click here
The city of Copenhagen in collaboration with the Architect's Association of Denmark has launched an open ideas competition for the
rejuvination of a prominent city square in Copenhagen. Dealine for entries is May 14th. Deadline for questions is April 1st.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is hosting a series of climate change lectures. The seven part series will explore key aspects of climate change science, predictions, impacts and options for action to deal with this global challenge. Speakers will include top international experts in science, economics and technology.
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Foley & Salles, a talented Irish and French landscape architect duo have won an international competition to design the two largest
parks in Adamstown. Foley & Salles fought off stiff competition from 12 other international entries including companies from the UK,
Europe and the USA to win the prestigious landscape architecture competition.
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The annual conference of ECLAS, the European Council of Landscape Architect Schools (ECLAS) is to be held from September 11th to the 14th 2008 at the Swedish, University of Agricultural Sciences, ALNARP, SWEDEN.
Conference themes:
- New landscapes-new lives
- New challenges in landscape planning, design and management
- Design in new urban contexts
- New regional and global perspectives
- Cultural heritage of future landscapes
- Planting design, construction and management
- Communicative approaches and stakeholder participation
- New approaches to teaching landscape architecture
Abstracts (max. 500 words) for oral/poster presentations should be submitted by email to eclas2008@slu.se
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The Council and sub-committees of the Irish Landscape Institute were selected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in the Architectural Archive, Merrion Square, Dublin on July 18th. Deirdre Black was appointed as President. On appointment Deirdre paid tribute to her predecessor Aidan ffrench for his immense contribution to the Institute over the previous two years.
The Council of the ILI has been expanded from to 11 persons, to accommodate the expanding brief and activities of the Institute. Mark Boyle remains as Sectretary, as does Tim Austen in the role of Honorary Treasurer. Kieran O'Neill and Tony Williams continue as council members and are joined for the first time by; Margaret Egan, Daibhi Mac Domhnaill, Daithi O Troithigh and Mette Roesegaard. Tony Williams remains on the Education sub-committee where he is joined by Dermot Foley. Daibhi Mac Domhnaill and Mark Boyle remain on the Editorial Committee and are joined by D O Troithigh and M. Roesgaard. Margaret Egan remains in her role as Sponsorship Officer. The ILI delegation to the Urban Forum for 2007 will be; David Bagnall, Dr. Christy Boylan and Aidan J ffrench. Thomas Burns and Lucy Carey will continue to oversee the annual Professional Practice Examinations.
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New forms of public work contracts and new terms of engagement for consultants are now in use by local authorities. Information is provided on the Department of Finance website and Engineers Ireland are providing CPD courses.
The Irish Landscape Institute postal address is now:
P.O. Box 11068, Dublin 2, Ireland
All correspondence and memebership application forms should be forwarded to the above address