SofA at SAUL End of Year Show!

Some of SofA's members were rewarded for their hard work during the year at SAUL's end of year show last Friday the 15th of May. Sinead Long 1st year, Philip Dawson 2nd year and Ian MacDonald 3rd year all received awards for their integration of their module work into their design studio projects. 4th year Billy Smith won the Hacketts drawing prize for his work which was greatly admired by visiting critic Thomas Muller. Many thanks to Techrete www.techrete.com , Glen-Dimplex www.glendimplex.com and Hacketts jdh.ie, who sponsered prizes for the winners.

Symbols

Another post in our series of student writing, the following is an extract from a third year student's dissertation on architectural symbolism.

Irish Times article

SofA was delighted to get itself a mention in Frank McDonald's recent article on Limerick('Limerick changing for the better, building for the future' The Irish Times, Thursday May 7th). You can read the full article for yourself at the link below: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/property/2009/0507/1224246042333.html

Modernism and its regard to context

The above is an extract from a student dissertation on Bóthar Buí, Robin Walker's summer home that was recently visited by a group of SAUL students and staff.

Architectural Review redesign

Last month saw the publication of the first issue of the new, redesigned Architectural Review magazine (see cover above). This is more than a superficial facelift though; the content has also been revised and now includes improved coverage of related arts and cultural events and publications, as well as an increased focus on construction details of selected projects. April's issue includes a feature on the Madinat Al-Zahra Museum in Córdoba by SofA veterans Nieto Sobejano, and a review of the Tate Museum Triennial by our own Kazys Varnelis.