Next week sees Fountain Street in Belfast transformed with art, guerrilla gardening, film, music, tango, BBQ and more! Check out the full event listing here - also look out for the booklets in various venues across the city. Come join us at PLACE for the special launch event on Wed 22nd July from 6pm-8pm, where we'll introduce the week's activities - all welcome; refreshments will be served!
Please note there are limited places for each event - BOOK NOW by calling (028) 9023 2524 (you can leave a message while we are closed!) or email info@place.uk.net
If you are interested in volunteering to help us out at the events next week, get in touch in the same way!
[PLACE's Garden has been developed in association with Brown & Bri, the Landscape Institute of Northern Ireland, La Boca Restaurant and with funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.]
MAG - Raising Standards
Published last week, Raising Standards is the first report on the work of MAG (the Ministerial Advisory Group on Architecture and the Built Environment).
Download it here [PDF, 419kb]
weePLACE - Eva Maher and Henrietta Williams
The weePLACE exhibition cabinet continues to display interpretations of the built environment from all walks of life.
weePLACE004 - Eva Maher
Coinciding with PLACE's Garden, Dublin-based Eva Maher presents her 2D and 3D works based on "the arduous experience that is moving house". Launching Wed 22nd July at 6pm.
weePLACE005 - Henrietta Williams
And in August, alongside David Turner in the Main Gallery, Henrietta Williams presents On the Threshold, a collection of photographs exploring the regeneration of the land that lies alongside interfaces in Belfast.
Upcoming in August - David Turner's Cross-Section and Scale
After a six-month residency at QUB School of Architecture in 2008, fine artist David Turner has developed an exhibition exclusively for PLACE.
The pencil drawings show physical cross-sections of buildings throughout Belfast City Centre which have been deconstructed by attacks during the Troubles.
Now available in the RIBA Bookshop at PLACE
AAI Awards 2009 - New Irish Architecture 24
The latest edition in this ever-popular series is now available, with profiles, illustrations, drawings, photography and in-depth analysis of the best new Irish architecture of the past year, as selected by the Architecture Association of Ireland.
£21.50
Magazines
The July/August issue of Perspective is now available, featuring the new Derry Playhouse, plus a special feature from the PLACE staff and a report on the UU students' intervention in Belfast's Holylands £4.00
Also now available at PLACE: Architectural Review (£9, monthly) and Architectural Record (£10.95, monthly)
Discount vouchers
Until the end of August, when you spend £30 or more you will receive a £5 discount voucher for use in RIBA Bookshops (including PLACE and the RSUA in Belfast).
Terms and conditions apply.
Keep up-to-date with the latest titles in the bookshop on the PLACE Homepage and on the blog: http://placeni.blogspot.com/search/label/Bookshop
PLACE Online
PLACE Homepage
News on our upcoming exhibitions and events, plus PLACE publications and archives.
www.place.uk.net
PLACE Blog
Recently on the blog:
From YouTube, a film about Best Products Co stores designed by SITE in the 1970s - click here to check it out.
Stay in touch with us on the blog for up-to-date news and thoughts about the built environment in Northern Ireland and further afield. Comments welcome!
http://placeni.blogspot.com/
PLACE Library Blog
Our team of voluntary librarians are moving on to the classification stage of our new library at PLACE. Keep up with them on their blog!
http://placelibrary.blogspot.com/
PLACE Facebook Group
Join us on Facebook for news and invites to upcoming events!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45343048548
Contact Us
PLACE will be closed from 15th - 20th July, reopening on Tuesday 21st July.
To book for any of the upcoming PLACE's Garden events, simply email us at info@place.uk.net or call (028) 9023 2524 and leave a message.
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