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: 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. Cork: November 28th (9am to 1pm). Dublin: December 1st (10am-2pm); December 12th (9am-1pm); December 15th (9am-1pm). Also available in-house. Details: tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691472.
Exhibition: New World Architecture Exhibition co-ordinated by the Chicago Athenaeum. Exhibition of 60 projects selected for the 2006 International Architecture Awards and the 2006 American Architecture Awards on display in the Architecture Centre, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm. Admission: free. Till January 10th, 2007.
IPAV
Awards: ceremony for graduates of IPAV's certificate in auctioneering and estate agency course. November 24th: Cavan Institute. November 27th: Athlone Institute of Technology. December 5th: Silver Springs Moran Hotel, Cork.
IAVI
Seminar: implementing EU energy performance requirements in Ireland. Speakers: Paula Rice and Catherine Mooney. Today, 5.30pm, Minerva Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Meeting: national council, November 30th, 2.30pm, 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
Lectures: BSc course lectures (first, second, third and fourth years). December 2nd, DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).
Lecture: residential and land agency course lectures. December 2nd, DIT Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).
Seminar: the regeneration of Grangegorman. Speakers: Prof Brian Norton and John FitzGerald. December 6th, 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 (six-month programme - 13 days). Recommences (January 2007): Cork, Dublin, and Galway.
Course: project management framework. Dublin: December 18th/19th. Email: ... info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie. Details: 01-6614677.
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.
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.
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.
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Lecture: relic cults and the origins of Romanesque architecture in Ireland. Speaker: Dr Tomas O'Carragain, NUI Cork. Today, 7.30pm. Venue: 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Details: 01-6761749.
Engineers Ireland
Awards: MEETA annual awards. Today. Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
Seminar: MEETA annual seminar. November 24th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD: quantities and estimating. November 29th and 30th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD: organisational skills for engineers. November 30th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD: method of measurement at roadworks (NRA). December 1st, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD: project management - module two (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, University of Limerick). December 5th and 6th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
Seminar: innovation seminar. December 8th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD: techie brekkie - marketing made simple. December 12th, Ulster Bank, George's Quay, Dublin 2.
CPD: technical report writing. December 12th and 13th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
Seminar: foreign professionals in construction - evening seminar and networking event. December 13th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
Society of Chartered Surveyors
Event: past president's dinner. November 24th, 7.30pm.
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Dinner: annual dinner, November 24th, 8pm. Dinner will be preceded by a pre-dinner drinks reception at 6.45pm. Guest speaker: Ray McLoughlin. Ticket: €100 each. Details and bookings: 01-7079739 or email ciarb@arbitration.ie.
Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers
Lecture: the Pat Benson memorial lecture - EPBD an update. Presented by Paula Rice. Convener: Ken Beattie. Today, 6pm for 6.30pm. (Light refreshments provided). Venue: DIT Bolton Street, Dublin 2.
Organic Centre
Event: Green Christmas Craft Fair. December 3rd, 11am to 5pm. The Organic Centre, Rossinver, Co Leitrim. Further details: 071-9854338. Email: organiccentre@eircom.net.
Dublin School of Architecture
Lecture: process - an architecture of response rather than an architecture of imposition. Speaker: Glenn Murcutt, Pritzker Prize winning architect and CRH professor. Today: 7pm. RDS Concert Hall. Admission: free. Details: www.dit.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
