Mud Island Community Garden

Dublin City Council’s Area Offices are the key to coordinating the delivery of services in communities across the City’s five administrative areas. The Area Offices provide a broad range of services including local housing services, communities development projects, street repairs, dealing with litter and graffiti and sports development among others.

D-Light Studios

This fourth post about our 2020 project programme sets out the work that Team 5 in City Architects will be carrying out on behalf of the Council’s Area Offices. As well as this programme, Team 5 also covers a broad range of work including house extensions for people with disabilities, traveller accommodation and services for Dublin Fire Brigade.

Community Event in the North East Inner City
Image Credit: Chris Shelley

An important focus of the Area Office programme is the North East Inner City, where the team have been involved in projects that include the redevelopment of a landmark historic building, Rutland Street School as a hub for local community groups, initiatives to address urban blight and plans for local public realm improvements.

The following list’s Team 5 Area Office programme projects by name and location, description, team, and 2020 target. Abbreviations of design team roles are explained at the end of the list.