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Celebrated architect John Meagher dies aged 73 Co-founder of de Blacam and Meagher Architects was ‘invaluable to our culture’
Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 10:44
The death has occurred of architect John Meagher, one of the founders of the well-known firm de Blacam and Meagher.
Mr Meagher, who died aged 73, studied at the Dublin Institute of Technology school of architecture (1966-71) and at Helsinki University of Technology school of architecture (1971-72).
He established de Blacam and Meagher Architects with Shane de Blacam in 1976.
In 2010 de Blacam and Meagher represented Ireland at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice .
In 2018 the firm received the outstanding contribution to architecture prize at the Building and Architect of the Year Awards.
Kilkenny-based Design & Crafts Council Ireland co-host first Irish events as part of New European Bauhaus initiative
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Images from New Horizon - architecture from Ireland exhibition at Shenzhen, China which featured in the Nine Lives Exhibition as part of Kilkenny Arts Festival );
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Industry webinars hosted by the Kilkenny-based Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) are taking place to explore how Ireland can benefit from a landmark new initiative that will shape the future of Europe.
The New European Bauhaus project by the European Commission is a cultural movement that aims to make Europe carbon neutral by 2050 and to renovate 35 million buildings across the continent by 2030. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has described New European Bauhaus as a movement to act as “a bridge between the world of science and technology and the world of art and culture”. The project seeks to create a European Green Deal a