Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Irish Architecture Now


morning breeze, a bit hungry not really, just like yesterday I barely eat small portion of instant noodles once in a day, well I'm in love just like I used too, see how much of weight I will lose this time just like when it happened in 2004 just scanning my e-mail and I found this...

Architects of Ireland's leading contemporary three practices will present their work and discuss issues about the architecture of Ireland as part of Architecture Ireland Now - featuring the first ever Irish architecture in the U.S., which is part of Imagine Ireland, Irish culture in Irish art in the United in 2011.

Merritt Bucholz and Karen McEvoy of Bucholz McEvoy Architects; Niall McCullough of McCullough Mulvin Architects, and Shih-Fu Peng architects Heneghan lawyers, three of the six companies on a U.S. tour this fall. The architects will discuss their practices and the latest work in a symposium to be held at The Cooper Union presented by the Architectural League.

The presenters:


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Merritt Bucholz and Karen McEvoy Architects Bucholz McEvoy in projects such as the County Halls to Fingal County Council Dublin, Limerick and Westmeath, Ireland, trying to bring "ecological intelligence" to civilian life of Ireland. Bucholz McEvoy presented their Limerick County Council HQ at the Venice Biennale in 2002. Bucholz has taught at schools of architecture in America and Ireland, where he currently serves as Professor of Architecture at the University of Limerick. McEvoy, also teaches in the U.S. and abroad, he served as a visiting professor at Harvard University, and has taught at architecture in DIT Bolton Street School of Architecture and University College Dublin.


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Niall McCullough is a co-founder, with Valerie Mulvin, of McCullough Mulvin Architects, architecture and urban design practice. Their projects include Ussher Library, the Long Room Hub, and the Dublin Dental Hospital in Trinity College, Dublin. Cultural and civic buildings, including Waterford City and Library Source Arts Centre in Thurles. Working McCullough Mulvin Architects' has been exhibited widely in Germany, Britain, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. Among many other awards, the company's work was nominated for the Mies Van Der Rohe Award last year.


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Shih-Fu Peng will be speaking on behalf of architects Heneghan lawyer. The company was founded in Dublin in 2000, and has subsequently participated in international competitions, including those for the Grand Museum of Egypt, the largest in the world, the company won in 2003. Heneghan lawyer architects have won a competition for additional Mittelrhein Bridge in Germany and the School of Architecture at Greenwich, England.

Raymund Ryan, who has curated the tour, is the curator of the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. Ryan has been and continues to contribute to Blueprint (London), The Architectural Review (London), Architecture Ireland (Dublin) and Plan (Bologna). He served as Commissioner for Ireland's participation at the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2000 and 2002.

Kazys Varnelis has been Director of Network Architecture Lab at the Graduate School of Architecture, Art and Planning, Columbia University since 2006. He also became a Senior Lecturer in the History of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Limerick since 2005.

Tickets are required for entry into the League program. Free tickets for the League members, $ 15 for non-members. Members can reserve tickets by email: rsvp@archleague.org. Member tickets will be held at check-in desk, a ticket is claimed to be released fifteen minutes after the start of the program. Non-members can purchase tickets here.

Architecture Now Ireland is part of Imagine Ireland, Irish culture in Irish art in America in 2011, and curated by Raymund Ryan, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, which is produced by the Architecture Foundation of Ireland, Dublin and funded by Culture Ireland. Visit www.imagineireland.ie and www.architecturefoundation.ie for more information. A list of other locations and architects in Ireland Architecture Now tour can be found at the Irish Architecture Foundation website.

All League program is made possible, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, State Board; and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

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