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Happy New Year

A New Year is like a blank sheet of paper and the pen is in your hands - It is your chance to write a beautiful story for yourself. Happy...

An Architecture Guide to the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals

The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals represent the aspiration of the people of the United Nations for a more sustainable future. The I...

What will 2019 bring?

I think we will experience even more focus on the design of our urban environment in 2019. This will include Climate Adaptation and Unive...

Let's Talk about Kildare Town and Kildare Village.....

Kildare Town Market Square - how it could look as a rejuvenated urban space. Kildare Town Market Square as it is now. At the outskirts of...

How can Local Communities Respond to Climate Change?

The way that we design our rural and urban areas has and will have great significance as to how well we respond to our changing climate. ...

Hand the Roads Back to the Children!

My 10 year old boldly stated the other day, that he would give up all of his computer games, if he could just cycle to school! While he m...

Let's Talk About Newbridge....

There is one reason why I occasionally drive to Newbridge 10km from my home - The Whitewater Shopping Centre. Newbridge hit the jackpot w...

What can the Microcosmos of the Aran Islands teach us about Place Making?

A few weeks ago I returned to Inishmore the largest island of the three isles making up the Aran Islands, situated a one hour (choppy !!)...

9 Steps to Creating a Masterplan around a Green Structure

Masterplans are most often created through ideas of how the road network and building mass is set out. If roads and buildings overly defi...

Safe Cycling Infrastructure Leads to 94% Drop in Injuries.

As the dangers cyclists face in the cities is being increasingly highlighted it is important that the solution is not just building exclu...

Lets Talk About Naas....

Naas is the 'big' town where I live. On paper it has everything – shops, restaurants, hair dressers, a race course, a motorway, Aldi, Tes...

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