Beware the gleaming, purpose built headquarters: C Northcote Parkinson’s Law of Buildings
From the Johannes de Berlaymont blog a few years back, here is a piece on C Northcote Parkinson, prophet of administration. I have a sense that the world of…
Tag: architecture
Architectural urban myths: mixing up the plans in Dungannon and Enniscorthy
Reading the Wikipedia page on Dungannon, Co Tyrone I came across this: An interesting feature of the town is the former police barracks at the top right-hand corner of the market square…
Brian Anson – “a revolutionary for social justice” buried in Magheragallon Cemetery, Gweedore, Donegal
In Mahgeragallon cemetery, where my father, uncle, maternal grandparents and maternal great-grandparents are buried, I came across the grave of Brian Anson. It is beside eight commonwealth war graves (three…
“our work, though perhaps smart, was by no means wise”
The geodesic dome was the brainchild of Buckminster Fuller, a polymath perhaps noted best for the number of his ideas than the successful execution of any of them. Geodesic domes are…
Séamus Sweeney 