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The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) and the Simon Communities of Ireland have launched the seventh annual RIAI Simon Open Door Weekend.

The Irish Georgian Society (www.igs.ie) and conservation officers from Galway and Clare county councils are partnering to deliver a seminar on energy efficiency in historic houses. This half-day seminar will be held from 1pm today (Thursday) at the Loughnane and Quinn Memorial Hall, Labane, on the Galway to Gort road.

An architects’ conference held in Westport at the weekend has found that Ireland is “facing a crisis in terms of infrastructure and environment” and that failure to provide for future generations will militate against the development of a ‘smart economy’.

A Mullingar-based architecture project is among the 55 projects on the shortlist for this year’s Irish Architecture Awards, which was recently announced by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI). The Westmeath County Buildings and Library was designed by Bucholz McEvoy Architects and was completed last year.

Two Athlone architecture projects are among the 55 projects on the shortlist for this year’s Irish Architecture Awards, which was recently announced by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI). The projects are the Engineering and Informatics building in Athlone Institute of Technology, designed by McCullough Mulvin Architects; and the Athlone Army Memorial, designed by Keith Williams Architects. Both were completed last year.

The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) and the Simon Communities of Ireland recently launched the sixth annual RIAI Simon Open Door Weekend campaign.

The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) annual Architecture Awards exhibition will be on view to the public at MacDonagh Junction in Kilkenny from October 9- 28.

Anyone hoping to build, renovate or extend their home may be interested in the following initiative. The Simon Community and the RIAI have teamed up to provide a one hour architecture consultation in return for a donation of €75 to the charity. The event is to take place on Saturday March 7. Five architecture practices in Mayo are taking part in the fundraiser: Axo Architects, Cox Power and Associates, Mark Stephens, McGann Scahill and Studio Plus Two Architects.

The shortlist for the prestigious RIAI Silver Medal for Housing was announced this week and includes Cluain Padraig Housing in Westport. Designed by Galway based architecture practice, Simon J Kelly and Partners, Cluain Padraig is one of five housing projects shortlisted for the Biennial Silver Medal, the RIAI’s premier housing award which encourages and celebrates excellence of design in housing.

More than 170 architects, architectural graduates, and students already have registered their interest in submitting their ideas for the redevelopment of the Centre Pier in Galway Harbour.