A tale of two cities where old meets new with style

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2005 / October 27

Dating back to Paris in 1990, RIAI (Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland) conferences have always been held in cites with a mix of contemporary and period architecture, but with so many conferences in so many cities since then - even as far afield as Chicago - the institute was running out of options and came up with the bright idea of taking in two in one go. Trieste and Graz were chosen for their historical connections and relative proximity. Trieste, after all, was the main port of the Austro-Hungarian empire for centuries, finally returning to Italy in 1954, while Graz is Austria's second largest city, with a historic centre so important that it became a World Heritage site in 1999.

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