RIAI Exhibition: Building Better Communities by Design Exhibition. Letterkenny Public Services Centre, Neill T Blaney Road, Letterkenny, Co Donegal. Monday-Friday: 9.30am-6pm. Saturday: 10am-6pm. Admission: free.
Course: RIAI refresher course 2006. Places available for Dublin, November 7th. Members only. Contact: tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691472.
Course: practising architecture in Ireland. Introductory course for foreign architects working in Ireland or Irish graduates recently returned from abroad. Dublin: November 28th-30th from 4pm to 8.45pm. Contact: tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691472.
Course: health and safety - designing for safety. Half-day programme to support architects in meeting new requirements. Developed by the RIAI and Douglas Wallace Architects. Dublin: November 7th (4pm to 8pm) and 8th (9am to 1pm), 8 Merrion Square. Galway: November 14th. Limerick: November 21st. Cork: November 28th. All 9am to 1pm. The programme is also available on an in-house basis. Details: tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691472.
Exhibition: Erich Mendelsohn (in association with the OPW and the Goethe Institute) on display in the Architecture Centre, RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Monday-Friday: 10am to 5pm.
Event: entries for the RIAI silver medals for conservation and restoration 1999/2000/2001 available at 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 or www.riai.ie. Closing: November 10th. Details: Jill Jacob (01-6691463) or email jjacob@riai.ie.
IPAV
Seminars: members professional development seminars. Paula Rice, Sustainable Energy Ireland, on implementation of the EU Energy Performance of Building Directive. Ruth Cannon, barrister-at- law, on commercial lettings. Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Galway, November 6th.
Meeting: national executive council, November 3rd, 4.30pm, IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6785685.
Meeting: examiners and lecturers to the part-time certificate in auctioneering and estate agency courses, November 18th, 9.45am, IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6785685.
Awards: awards ceremony to graduates of IPAV's certificate in auctioneering and estate agency course. November 10th: Senior College Dún Laoghaire. November 24th: Cavan Institute. November 29th: Cork College of Commerce.
IAVI
Lectures: BSc course lectures (first, second, third and fourth years). November 4th and November 18th. Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).
Seminar: money laundering - the third directive. Speaker: Dermot Keane, Department of Finance. November 9th, 5.30pm, Minerva Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Seminar: commercial day. Various speakers. November 21st, 10am to 5.30pm, Minerva Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Meeting: Northern Ireland regional meeting and seminar. Topic: wayleaves and compensation issues. Speaker: Alan Hanna. November 21st, 7.30pm, the Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast.
Seminar: implementing EU energy performance requirements in Ireland. Speakers: Paula Rice and Catherine Mooney. November 23rd, 5.30pm, Minerva Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Bray Institute of Further Education
Courses: interior design. FETAC level five one-year course. BTEC higher national diploma - two-year course with progression to degree.
Course: furniture design. FETAC level five.
Course: garden design. FETAC level five.
Course: graphic design. BTEC higher national diploma.
Course: fashion design. FETAC level five one-year course. BTEC higher national diploma. Details: 01-2866233.
Institute of Project Management
Course: diploma in applied project management. Cork, Dublin, and Galway.
Course: international certification. Details: 01-6614677. Email: info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.
College of Further Education Dundrum
Course: interior design. FETAC level five.
Course: floristry and garden design. FETAC level five. Details: 01-2985412/01-2951376 or www.cfedundrum.com.
Senior College Dún Laoghaire
Morning course: health and safety. One-year course leading to higher national certificate.
Morning course: interior design - one, two and three years. RHODEC Assoc diploma, higher national diploma, progression to degree at DIT.
Course: garden design for one or two years, leading to higher national diploma.
Course: auctioneering (IPAV), two years for certificate. Two-year progression to degree.
Course: landscape design (one or two years) for higher national diploma. Details: 1800-2655343. Email: info@scd.ie or www.scd.ie.
Irish-American Fulbright Commission
Awards: applications for the Irish Fulbright Commission's annual awards programme for 2007-'08 academic year closing November 17th. Awards of €15,000-€20,000 for postgraduate studies in the US. Post-doctoral scholar awards up to €10,000 for one academic year. Applicants must outline a course of study or research and must obtain their placements in the US. Details: www.fulbright.ie.
Society of Chartered Surveyors
Conference: too much money chasing property? November 3rd, Four Seasons Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Details: Gwen Wilson, 01-6765500.
Irish Architectural Archive
Exhibition: Temple Bar 15 exhibition in partnership with Temple Bar Cultural Trust marks the 15th anniversary of the architectural competition to find a framework plan for Temple Bar. Till January 2007. Irish Architectural Archive's Gallery, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Tuesday-Friday: 10am to 5pm. Admission: free. Details: 01-6633040. Email: info@iarc.ie. Web: www.iarc.ie.
Event: symposium on the role of culture in urban regeneration, Irish Film Institute, Eustace Street, Dublin 2, November 8th. Speakers: Tim Jones, chief executive officer, Toronto Artscape; Liz Davidson, director of Glasgow Merchant City project; and Dick Gleeson, Dublin city planner and board member of Temple Bar Cultural Trust. Bookings: 01-6772255 or email gmccullough@templebar.ie.
Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 675 8037;
e-mail: mhetherington@irish-times.ie
