URBAN DESIGN & LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Urban Design, Planning and Landscape Architecture have been an integral component of Murray O’Laoire Architects (MOLA) since the firm was founded over twenty years ago. Since that time, MOLA has actively engaged in some of the most significant and groundbreaking Planning and Urban Design projects in Ireland.

Today, MOLA’s dedicated Urban Design and Landscape Architecture Unit is equipped with the skills and experience needed to provide a broad spectrum of services. The multi-disciplinary Unit synthesises planning, urban design, landscape architecture, architecture and graphic design and is part of one of the largest and best known architectural firms in Ireland.

Visionary
The Urban Design and Landscape Architecture Unit’s ability to combine innovation and vision with sound management and financial skills positions our clients at the forefront of current best practice. MOLA has acquired broad recognition as a thought leader in the urban design and planning fields, earning particular acclaim for its projects in new and emerging sectors.

MOLA has undertaken work for local governments throughout Ireland in regional, urban and rural contexts on a range of scales in the areas of Comprehensive Master Planning, Urban Regeneration, Arts and Cultural Development and Sustainable Development.

In addition to the company’s work in the public sector, the Unit boasts a record of excellence working for private developers, investors and financial institutions for whom they have successfully completed projects ranging from feasibility studies for commercial developments to urban design frameworks.

 
SELECTED PROJECTS
Selection of ongoing and completed schemes in the Urban Design & Planning sector...
     Selected Projects - Urban Design & Planning
 
ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS, LECTURES & RESEARCH PAPERS
Featuring/written by members of MOLA
The implementation of the Smoking Ban has stimulated new life outdoors and provides a momentum for potentially immense urban environmental improvements.
MOLA's Urban Design Unit presented a paper on this topic at the International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP) Conference, Portland Oregon, 22-25 May, 2005...
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Sean O’Laoire, speaking at a major conference on the Belfast Dublin Economic Corridor, outlined a vision of a thriving metropolis of Newry and Dundalk achievable over 20 years, part of the Dublin Belfast Corridor 2025 Conference’ held on 11 & 12 September 2003... (more)
In a recent Irish Independent feature from 27th May on the topic of improving the city as a place to live, a number of prominent citizens of Dublin were asked what they would do with the city if they could wave a magic wand. Sean O'Laoire offers some interesting comments... (more)