European Landscape Architecture: Best Practice in Detailing

Ireland Project history This public space was the subject of a design competition in 1997, following a brief from the City Plann ...

Smithfield, Dublin Along the eastern boundary, adjacent to existing government offices, a new hotel was developed at the same ti ...

Ireland ...

Smithfield, Dublin 2.5 Smithfield: detail plans showing paving treat- ments at significant junctions between materials ...

Ireland their shields and post-top braziers, delineate the site from the western boundary and have provided a recognisable and h ...

Smithfield, Dublin moisture from the air (or, in times of drought, is watered during construction) creating a semi-rigid rather ...

Ireland 2.8 Smithfield: perspective sketch 2.9 Smithfield: diagram showing lowering of the light- ing masts ...

Smithfield, Dublin as pedestrianised, despite the necessary vehicle movements in front of the hotel. The scheme has been hindere ...

Ireland The dramatic lighting columns with their pole-top braziers are unusually high for the width of the open space. This emph ...

Case study GPO Plaza, O’Connell Street, Dublin Project data Project name: GPO Plaza (Phase 1 of the O’Connell Street improvement ...

Ireland Project history In February 1998, Dublin Corporation, concerned that O’Connell Street had been in decline since the 1960 ...

2.12 Presentation plan of O’Connell Street Improvement Scheme Phase 1, Dublin City Council GPO Plaza, Dublin ...

Ireland Design philosophy Mitchell & Associates is a multi-disciplinary practice founded in 1989, combining architectural, l ...

The designers wanted to create a level surface around the GPO which could be shared between pedestrians and traffic, creating th ...

Ireland the large-scale stone structure of the General Post Office. These units are, however, deeper than those previously speci ...

2.16 Lighting column carrying seven lighting units GPO Plaza, Dublin ...

Ireland Evaluation Dublin’s main street is a potential prime retail loca- tion and the major entrance to the city from the north ...

2.18 Pleached trees emphasise the pedestrian space. Note the ‘spot’ stones. GPO Plaza, Dublin ...

Ireland points increasing to kerb depths of 75mm within the plaza and 150mm outside the plaza. It was observed that the route be ...

Landscape architecture in France France has a long tradition of landscape architec- ture. The famous seventeenth-century parks c ...