Webinars

On this page you can find Video Resources produced by Dublin Civic Trust, including updates relating to our ongoing project at 18 Ormond Quay and 67 Arran Street East.

Our Educational Webinars on a wide variety of conservation topics are available for pay-per-view access once the video is edited and uploaded, typically two days following a live webinar event.

This online library is supported by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

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191 mins

Historic Interiors - Understanding Materials & Finishes, and Practical Approaches to Conservation

This three-hour seminar led by conservator, Darren McLean of McLean Conservation Associates, Glasgow, explores the elements, materials and finishes used in historic interiors and explore approaches to their repair and conservation.

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178 mins

Facade Repairs to Heritage Buildings - Brick, Stone & Render

This three-hour webinar explores the composition and repair of historic facades with one of Ireland’s most experienced building conservation contractors, Oldstone Conservation. 

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230 mins

Traditional Timber Windows - History, Repair & Thermal Upgrading

This three-hour webinar explores the history, design and conservation of historic Irish windows, with an emphasis on the timber sash tradition, with two expert speakers from academic/technical and joinery trade perspectives.

Webinar

181 mins

Terracotta, Faience & Brick Specials Approaches to Repair & Reproduction

This webinar is led by Shane Nolan, Director of Nolan’s Group conservation contractors who have developed a specialism in the repair and manufacturing of bespoke brick and clay products for building conservation works.

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196 mins

Repair and Specification of Traditional Interior Plasterwork – Walls and Ceilings

This half-day seminar, led by a building conservation specifier and a lime plastering practitioner, focuses on the history and repair of traditional interior plasterwork, with an emphasis on wall and ceiling ‘flatwork’ and modest decorative elements.

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189 mins

Traditional Staircases - History, Structure & Approaches to Repair

This webinar explores the historic evolution, construction techniques and appropriate repair methods for traditional timber staircases of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries with four expert speakers.

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202 mins

Historic Roofs – Design, Conservation & Repair

This webinar explores the history and design of historic roofs in Ireland and approaches to their conservation and thermal upgrading, with an emphasis on traditional slating.

Webinar

178 mins

Climate Adaptation for Built Heritage - Meeting the Challenges

This three-hour webinar explores the challenges facing Ireland’s built heritage in the context of climate change. Two leading speakers, award-winning writer Roger Hunt and architect, environmentalist and broadcaster Duncan Stewart, discuss the global context of climate change, how it affects Ireland and its buildings, and explore practical and sensitive solutions for thermal upgrading of traditional buildings.

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180 mins

Traditional Paint and the Use of Colour 1700-1955

This webinar provides a unique opportunity to learn about the composition and use of traditional paint from a leading expert in the field; Patrick Baty of London-based specialist colour firm Papers and Paints.

Webinar

164 mins

Historic Timber: Identification, Decay and Approaches to Conservation

This webinar explores the identification and properties of timber in historic buildings and discuss approaches to its conservation and repair. Led by leading wooden object conservator Sven Habermann of Conservation Letterfrack, the seminar highlights the types of timbers traditionally used in old buildings and how they can be correctly identified.

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181 mins

Reimagining the Irish Town: Approaches to Heritage-Led Regeneration

This webinar focuses on the historic evolution of the Irish town and how urban conurbations can be regenerated through heritage and conservation-led initiatives. Four speakers explore the morphology and varied origins of towns in Ireland, examples of design-led planning and housing delivery, individual building conservation case studies, and policy context for rejuvenation.

Webinar

188 mins

Repair and Thermal Upgrading of Metal Windows, Doors, Screens and Rooflights

This webinar provides a stimulating opportunity to learn about the fast-developing field of metal window, door and glazed rooflight repair, conservation and thermal upgrading, from the leading firm in Ireland operating in this field.

Webinar

183 mins

Traditional Dublin Shop Buildings Approaches to Conservation & Repair – 4 Case Studies

This half-day seminar led by architect James Kelly, Conservation Grade I, explores the history, construction and use of shop buildings in Dublin in the 18th and 19th centuries through four building case studies that recently involved major conservation and repair works.

Webinar

243 mins

Energy Efficiency Improvements for Traditionally Constructed Buildings

This webinar explores practical solutions to improving energy efficiency in traditional and historic buildings in the context of global climate change and the growing body of research in the field developed by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) over the past 15 years. HES has been an international leader in developing best practice solutions for thermal upgrading of historic buildings and has informed policy guidance in many countries across Europe, including in Ireland.

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182 mins

Thermal Upgrading of Traditional Buildings: Management Solutions and Fabric Upgrade of Walls & Suspended Timber Floors

This webinar explores two complementary approaches to thermally improving traditional buildings: through economical, low-intensity management solutions and through primary fabric upgrade, with two authoritiative speakers in their fields.

Webinar

133 mins

Structural Repair of Historic Buildings

This stimulating set of lectures focuses on best practice repair and structural consolidation of historic buildings. It explores considered engineering principles that promote the retention of historic fabric and special character, based on correct identification of structural defects and their causes.

Webinar

185 mins

Historic Floor Surfaces Approaches to Repair, Cleaning & Conservation

This three-hour webinar explores the composition, cleaning and conservation of historic floor surfaces under the guidance of a leading conservator, Darren McLean of McLean Conservation Associates, Glasgow.

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163 mins

Irish Wallpaper - History, Design and Conservation

This webinar explores the history, production and repair of wallpaper in Ireland with the country’s leading expert conservator, David Skinner. Drawing on his extensive experience both as a maker and a researcher of historic wallpapers, David charts the evolution of patterns used to decorate Irish houses from the early eighteenth century until the demise of the Irish ‘paper-staining’ trade at the close of the nineteenth century.