Architecture

What can we change to help consume less of the earth’s precious resources – and in doing so, improve our lives?

Soapbox on May 26, 2020, 1:50 pm

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Joan McCoy is President of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects and writes in support of #OurChangedPlaceNI – a campaign which asks people what they’d change about the built environment During lockdown, I have been entertained by receiving and sending memes commenting on the current situation – some funny, some less so. One has stuck in my mind though – it was a cartoon of the earth, battered and bruised and coved in bandages – beside an almost equally large …

Day two of Xchange Summer School – walking & talking about the shape & nature of the city #xss16

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on June 17, 2016, 6:41 pm

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THE SHAPE OF BELFAST – Xchange Summer School looking at the architectural heritage of the city and what could be done to improve the city in the future.

The Waterfront Hall: Now you see it…

Mick Fealty on January 30, 2014, 9:08 pm

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So here it is. This is what the ‘new’ Waterfront Hall will look like after the £29.5m conference centre is built. The Council is providing £11m, DETI’s European Regional Development Fund is pitching in £14.5m along with £4m from the tourist board. Here’s the architect’s plan with a view from the river: Hmmm… so the Waterside Hall is not going to be so beside the water as it is currently. Although interestingly that’s not where the original idea …

The Sad State of North Belfast’s Riverside

Gerry Lynch on February 21, 2013, 3:15 pm

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A bright, cold, day earlier this week saw me head out for a constitutional along what is now rather a pleasant route along the banks of the Lagan past the Odyssey and up to the Titanic Museum. With the hazy afternoon sun making the East Belfast bank of the river look particularly pretty, and the tourist information signs informing me of the Belfast Maritime Trail, I changed my mind and instead turned left at the Lagan Weir and decided to …

POTD – Early morning light

Moochin Photoman on August 20, 2011, 10:25 am

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It’s an ugly building but i liked the light Moochin PhotomanPhotographer and visual artist based in Belfast. I have facilitated community based workshops with groups as diverse as visually impaired individuals in Dungannn, Travellers across Northern Ireland, Young Offenders and many community groups across Belfast. My work has exhibited extensively here in Northern Ireland in group and individual shows and has been shown in North America and i had my first solo international exhibition in New Zealand. I have been …

Photograph of the Day – They don’t make em like this anymore

Moochin Photoman on September 5, 2010, 12:20 pm

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Next weekend is European Heritage Open Days which is always good for a nosey. I don’t think this particular building is part of it but it might be familiar to some……. Moochin PhotomanPhotographer and visual artist based in Belfast. I have facilitated community based workshops with groups as diverse as visually impaired individuals in Dungannn, Travellers across Northern Ireland, Young Offenders and many community groups across Belfast. My work has exhibited extensively here in Northern Ireland in group and individual …