Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is championing “the quarter hour city,” where Parisians can get everything they need within 15 minutes. It means rethinking a LOT, even in a city like #Paris, including street design. Watch this via Paris en Commun Pr Carlos Moreno | IAE-Paris Sorbonne

“Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, has announced plans to turn the city into a vast open-air cafe by giving over much of its public space to hard-hit bar & restaurant owners so they can put their tables outdoors & still observe #physicaldistancing rules.” theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…

Some of the students and tutors spoke to Laoise Neylon at Dublin Inquirer about the studio's "Effort to Kickstart Discussions on What's Next for the Sean McDermott Street Laundry". @AndreGoyvaerts Helena McFeely @Ka_ODonnell Denise_Murray plattenbaustudio @hughcampbellucd

Wheat sheaf enriched railings, Palace Row and Granby Row, Parnell Square. The former are excellent mid-20th century reproductions, the latter are the real deal: erected in 1784 around the former Pleasure Gardens of the Rotunda. These are amongst the finest railings in Dublin.

Evoking thoughts on how architects represent space

The Sean MacDermott Street laundry. At the end of the central corridor is the stair leading up to the convent. As the walls are deteriorating they expose the underlying layers, revealing a lot of the history of the place.

Photographs of Dublin's social housing 2006-2009, just when many of them were getting demolished or renovated. A lot has happened since. Especially interesting for us to see the changes at Killarney Court just next to the laundry. willemheeffer.nl/projects/dubli…

The staircase in the laundry on Sean MacDermott St with a dead pigeon and windows covered in newspaper.

Reaching the first floor of the convent there's another inscription on the wall. Faith is embedded in every inch of this building to constantly remind and foster the girls in the beliefs of the Church.

The Sean MacDermott St laundry. Convent corridor in plan, elevation and detail.

A detailed look at the rooms for the girls in the Sean MacDermott St laundry. #dublinhistory

If you missed last nights #RTENationwide featuring Yvonne Farrell & Shelley McNamara who are stars in the world of Architecture Grafton Architects - Go to bit.ly/2WbSHK7 now! UCD Architecture Architecture Ireland @DSA_TUDublin Architecture Ireland Orla Hegarty Royal Institute of British Architects AAI Pls RT

Is there no way to at least keep the structure and replace the facade etc? Agree it’s not the most beautiful building but surely there is another solution rather than complete demo + rebuild. Thinking of the way #lacatonvassal deal with existing structures

The website is live! Visit openheartcitydublin.ie for information about the history of the site, who is involved in the project and the upcoming events. You can also find support for survivors and links to further information about Ireland's history of gender-based abuse.

Council officials are calling on the public to help create the city’s first-ever tree map. It’s unclear how much it would have cost to get consultants to do it instead, as none would have the knowledge or access residents do, a council spokesperson said. dublininquirer.com/2020/05/13/cou…

Fantastic to see the real side of Ballybough on tonights RTÉ One with Bernard & Marty. Genuine community spirit at its best. Well done to the ladies of The Bough #martyandbernard #neic #LoveDublin #upthedubs RT

Read about the brilliant work of LLM International Human Rights Law clinic students on the openheartcity project led by Dr Maeve O'Rourke jointly with UCD Architecture + Dr K O'Donnell @UCDPhilosophy #OSWGALWAY2020

Delighted that the openheartcitydublin.ie website is up & running - it’s a privilege to be involved, along with students in the Irish Centre for Human Rights Human Rights Law Clinic, in this project aiming to honour people’s lived experiences in and around the Sean McDermott St Magdalene site.

Our competition is open to all ages - from 6 to 36 or 86! Just download any one or more of the 8 sections (or tiles) of our city drawings and simply draw-in what you would like to see in the space. We’re not looking for works of art - just a fun drawing ggda.ie/make-place-make

Minister Charlie Flanagan has today launched the first report of the Dublin Honours Magdalenes event. The report, principally written by Dr Katherine O’Donnell and Dr Claire McGettrick, born Lorraine Hughes of the Justice For Magdalenes Research group Justice for Magdalenes Research can be read at jfmresearch.com/wp-content/upl…