Belfast’s new leviathan echoes the form of the ships once visible from the drawing offices where they were designed, writes Marianne O’Kane-Boal
The iconic focus of Titanic Quarter, ‘Titanic Belfast’ is essentially the diamond in the rock, a glistening centrepiece sited in the former industrial brownfield grounds of Queens Island. The area is in a process of becoming and this building is regarded as a catalyst of development and regeneration for Northern Ireland as well as Belfast. The Titanic Quarter is an interesting area of the city and the locus of large ambition in its development plans. Consisting of 250 acres of land, with one mile of linear waterfrontage, the entrance to the quarter is only fifteen minutes’ walk from City Hall.
Stephanie McBride examines the startling imagery of Richard Mosse who has made infrared film his signature medium
From a rural setting in County Antrim, Basil Blackshaw has contributed a new chapter to the story of Irish art, writes Brian Fallon as the retrospective at the F E McWilliam Gallery marking Blackshaw’s 80th birthday continues.
Frederick O’Dwyer follows the evidence to unearth the design sources for Dublin Airport’s original terminal at Collinstown