The urgency of finding private investment and public-funding strategies to bring life back into the many vacant historic buildings in the capital was highlighted by policy makers and financial experts at a conference in Dublin last week.The audience of mainly architects heard about some exciting new refurbishments of commercial and residential buildings in the city at the Historic Places – Living City Spaces conference in Dublin’s Mansion House. Dublin City Council conservation architect Nicola Matthews said there are about 100 historic buildings in Dublin city centre that have been semi-vacant or derelict for several years. “There is still a high level of vacancy and dereliction in parts of...
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