Regeneration and the ruins of modernity in Celtic Tiger Ireland

Through architectural and public policy research, i intend to illustrate how property developers in Ireland have adopted US-style methods of property development, particularly in the field of apartment schemes in Dublin. Through the prism of research, both statistical and visual, the blog will identify the overriding features of the rise of apartment complexes in Dublin's city centre and how much US influences affected Irish property developers. This work will be socio-economic, architectural and political in nature. Finally this work will seek to determine the long-term affects this will have upon Ireland. Finally i will examine the ruins of modernity in Celtic Tiger Ireland, a feature already present in other western countries. In my examples, i will use the current developments (proposed as well) in Dublin Docklands and Dun Laoghaire to illustrate American and International influences upon Irish property development.