Belfast Architecture
Theatre, Belfast
Bright spark … TiNY by Replay theatre company. Photograph: Neil Harrison When I tell people that I make shows for babies, and that the youngest audience member for Replay’s work was just four days old, they often look incredulous. The look is swiftly followed by a lot of questions: “How does that work?” “What’s the point?” And, most of all, “But they’re not going to remember!” Here’s the thing. They are. Neuroscience has proven that the first three years of life don’t just affect our behaviour, they actually change how our brains are formed. As…
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The Lyric, Belfast has developed some of Northern Ireland’s greatest theatrical talents. Its replacement – on a problematic riverside site – needed to inspire the next generation. When the brief is to create a space that can be both intimate and epic, that presents a considerable challenge. A new building of restricted height that requires flying capabilities makes the problem trickier. Solution The Lyric has two auditoria: a main 400-seater theatre and a smaller studio. But that was not the simple solution to the ‘ both epic and intimate’ requirement…
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Over the last five centuries and more, we’ve constantly worked to push the boundaries of what’s possible. We’ve fostered the talents of seven Nobel laureates, two Prime Ministers and Scotland’s inaugural First Minister. We’ve welcomed Albert Einstein to give a lecture on the origins of the general theory of relativity. Scotland’s first female medical graduates completed their degrees here in 1894 and the world’s first ultrasound images of a foetus were published by Glasgow Professor Ian Donald in 1958. In 1840 we became the first university in the…
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World-leading research expertise at the University spans a range of subjects – history of art, veterinary medicine, cancer studies and accounting and finance are all rated in the UK’s top five for research excellence. View our video to experience a day in the life of three Glasgow University students set to music. The University of Glasgow is the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world. Since opening our doors in 1451, we’ve dedicated our time to inspiring great minds throughout history, from the father of economics, Adam Smith, to…
read moreArchitectural hardware Belfast
KCC Architectural has its origins in the 1998 management buy-out of the Ingersoll Rand Groups Irish operation. Since then KCC Architectural has become the leading provider of Facades, Partitions, Doors, Architectural Hardware, as well as Automatics & Access Control in Ireland. In 2005, KCC acquired Skelly Doors, changing the name to Skelly Opening Solutions in 2007. With over 35 years in the Irish door market, Skelly Opening Solutions is a forerunner in the supply of opening solutions for fire, security and environmental requirements. In…
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The Department of Architecture, established in 1865, is the oldest architecture department in the United States and is consistently ranked as one of the top programs in the U.S. It is a place where the individual creativity of a student can be cultivated and nurtured in a framework that is humanistically, socially, and environmentally responsible. The Department offers degree programs in the areas of Architectural Design, Building Technology, Design Technology, History, Theory and Criticism and the Visual Arts. Other opportunities for study within…
read moreLike Architects, Belfast
Based in Belfast, Michael Martin and Ciaran Deazley lead the LIKE team bringing more than thirty years’ experience in retail, leisure, commercial, conservation and residential design. ‘We believe that each project must belong to its place and time, tread lightly on the environment and inspire its users – and we have consistently sought to articulate these core values in all our work. Our responsibility to our clients runs in tandem with our responsibility towards a sense of a shared collective. We are passionate about good design. In a constantly…
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Courtesy of Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects +20 From the architect. On September 24th 2012, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain marks the official opening of the University of Aberdeen New Library in Scotland. The building, won in an architectural competition in 2005 by schmidt hammer lassen architects, is replacing the University’s former library from 1965 – the Queen Mother Library. Courtesy of Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects The 15, 500 m² new library, which provides a 21st century learning and research environment for students…
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Sheffield Architecture, Photos, English Projects, Property, Proposals, Designs, News South Yorkshire Building Developments, north England, UK Sheffield Architecture News Sheffield Architecture Tours photo © Adrian Welch Sheffield Architecture Walking Tours The city is located in South Yorkshire, in the north of England, on the River Sheaf. The city is famous for architecture such as the Park Hill Housing, the Winter Gardens building, the Crucible Theatre building, St Paul’s Place and the former National Museum of Pop Music. Famous architects with…
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It is 3 months since we have been working a shorter week by concentrating 5 days of work into 4.The pros and cons have been much debated in the office but the anonymous decision is to continue for another 3 months, maybe for a full year. The adjustment has been more difficult then we envisaged. The system does not work for staff who are commuting, some of us have not been able, or willing, to free Fridays of work, and long days are very tiring. There are concerns about productivity since we are all counting hours much more and overtime is impossible…
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