Gaia-Ecotecture In The Media

Our practice has featured regularly in both Irish and foreign media throughout the years. Here is a selection of these:

"Making a difference" The Irish Times - Saturday, January 13, 2007

“Sustainable Buildings in Practice:What the Users Think”
By Prof George Baird, Wellington NZ: ISBN: 978-0-415-39932-6 Routledge January 2010
“The Arts in the West since 1945”; Prof Arthur Marwick: Oxford University Press 2002
“Rencontra a l'horizon”, 'La Maison Ecologique' Dec.-Jan2003 , , interview with Paul Leech by Yves Sant-Jours,, illustrated with several of our ecohouses; see http://www.econovateur.com/rubriques/anticiper/habitat0503.shtml
“Beyond Sustanable Building; Balancing between best practice and utopian concepts” Technical University of Eindhoven : 2002;ISBN 90-6814-565-7 Paper by Leech ”Sailing to Utopia using best practice as a navigating tool; incorporated also in Forward and Synthesis; CD and ‘bouwstenen’ published proceedings.
25th Passive and Low Energy Architecture : PLEA International Conference; Dublin UCD October 2008; Paper 443 by Paul Leech
Sustainable Building World Conference 2002; proceedings ; Oslo 2002; Paper by Leech” Eco Office timber tower see web link
www.rakli.fi/uutisia/Lehdisto/452leech.htm ; see also www.sb02.com
Proceedings of www.sb05.com , Sustainable Building World Conference 2005 Tokyo
Poster Paper 01 136
Proceedings of www.sb08.org Sustainable Building World Conference 2008 Melbourne, Australia: Oral Paper by Paul Leech SB1213
Engineers Ireland ;Lecture series ; Lectures by Paul Leech in Dublin and Cork , Autumn 2008
Paul Leech - Energy Efficiency in Large Buildings - New Thinking
Lecture by Paul Leech http://www.vimeo.com/2354349
“The Irish Today;Profiles in Excellence”: Cadogan London 2000: Several illustrated completed projects.
“Architecture Today”: Prof. James Steele, School of Architecture, University of Southern California LA., Phaidon London 1997,
ISBN 0 7148 3617 6.
“The Architecture of Ecology” Academy Editions London 1997, ed. M. Toy, Architectural Design.
“In Search of Natural Architecture”, Gaia Books, London 1994,
ISBN 1 85675 0469.
“Green Design: Sustainable Building for Ireland” OPW/ RIAI/ ERG, Govt. Publications 1996.
ISBN 0 7076 2392 8: Pub No. EUR 16859 of the European Commission: Leech on steering/ editorial committee and part author.
“Green Vitruvius: A Manual of Sustainable Architecture” EU Commission 1999, part editor/ review group member.

“Developing a Government Policy on Architecture– A Proposed Framework & Discussion of Issues” chaired- Paul Leech, Dept. of Arts, Culture & Gaeltacht 1996; policy subsequently adopted by Government

“The Healthy House” Sydney Baggs PhD, Harper Collins, Sydney 1996, ISBN 0 7322 5753 0. Thames and Hudson, London 1996,
ISBN 0 500 27920 9.

“The New Natural House Book: Conran Octopus” 1998 2nd edition,
ISBN 1 85029 985 4
“The Climatic Dwelling” James & James, London 1996,
ISBN 1 873936 39 7
“Our House” Duncan Stewart, Folens, Dublin, with TV series; several projects featured

“Spirit & Healing in Design: Awards” EcoDesign Vol. III, No. 3

“Building on the Edge of Europe”, ISBN 0946641 749: 1996. “L’Imaginaire Irlandais” Paris: 1996

“By Design” TV Series, Little Bird/ Create Films for RTE 1997

Lexus Magazine #4 “Eco Structures– Green Architecture has grown sophisticated”
Construct Ireland for a Sustainable Future; Issue 11 Volume 2

“About the House” ; RTE TV Series 10, 2009, featuring our Dublin Airport House. See below for videos of this programme.

http://constructireland.ie/Articles/Design-Approaches/Redefining-Building-Boundaries.html  
Architektur &Technik May 2008 Switzerland :
http://www.architektur-technik.ch/Web/internetaxt.nsf/0/962F3C9B828B5044C12574B2003168D3?OpenDocument&parm=parm

“Leargas” RTE television / Telifís na Gaeltachta: November 2001: the future of housing in Ireland.

See below for YouTube videos of this programme.

 

Sunday Times article about the Trefoil House



 

RTE 2001: Leargas:

The following three YouTube videos feature this programme. Paul Leech appears at the very start of Video 1 and 3, and our eco-house in Bandon appears in Video 3.

Video 1
Video 2
Video 3

 

RTE 2009: About The House:

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

 

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