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An interview with Matthew Blunderfield, host of Scaffold podcast, that touches on architectural media, podcasting, and the value of long-form content in a distracted world.
ReadFelicity Maxwell reviews an illustrated lecture by Adrian Tinniswood, author of 'The Houses of Guinness: The Lives, Homes and Fortunes of the Great Brewing Dynasty'. The lecture took place in the Hunting Room of Castletown House, on May 9th, 2026, and was presented by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in association with The Castletown Foundation.
ReadThe coast is not a fixed line; it is a dynamic, shifting environment shaped by erosion, accretion, tidal rhythms, and human intervention. However, while the coast moves, our policies remain static.
ReadAnnamae Muldowney reviews Noel McCauley’s lecture on Duncan McCauley's work, part of the Conversation Club lecture series presented by the Office of Public Woks in partnership with the National Library of Ireland. The lecture was held on Thursday April 30th in the Joly Theatre of the National Library of Ireland.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #317 focuses on the theme of ‘housing as a public good’.
Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.
2ha #12 considers the power of local, national, and international governance in determining suburban morphology. Three essays focus on the multiple means by which bureaucratic structures and political ideologies control the ways, rules, and regulations in which suburban development takes place.
First published in 1978, Architecture in Ireland was a magazine which featured ‘news, views and reviews’, architecturally significant buildings, and descriptions and illustrations of proposed developments.
Thirty-Three Churches explores the potential of altering Dublin’s existing stock of church buildings to include housing, while still functioning as a place of worship. Published as part of the Housing Unlocked exhibition in 2022.
Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #313 focuses on the theme of 'Limerick'.
Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #312 focuses on the theme of 'small works'.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #298 focuses on the theme of 'adaptive reuse'.
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Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
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Beginning in 1972, the RIAI Bulletin was a monthly newsletter to inform Institute members of the wide range of matters with which the RIAI was involved.
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Beginning in 1972, the RIAI Bulletin was a monthly newsletter to inform Institute members of the wide range of matters with which the RIAI was involved.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #316 focuses on the theme of ‘value’.
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An annual yearbook featuring student work from the Dublin School of Architecture, TU Dublin.
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An annual yearbook featuring student work from the Dublin School of Architecture, TU Dublin.
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Celebrating Pugin features a selection of drawings by 19th-century architect A. W. N. Pugin, displayed as part of an exhibition in the Irish Architectural Archive marking the bicentenary of his birth. The book also includes an essay by Roderick O'Donnell providing an overview on the role of Pugin in Ireland.
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This working paper documents research undertaken to discover residents’ views on their housing environments to identify those elements associated with overall satisfaction and to make such information available to designers and policy makers.
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The Sprawling Newspaper emerged during the production of The Sprawling Octopus of an Elevated Highway, a documentary film which centres around a public campaign against the B.K.S. traffic plan for Cork in 1968.
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An annual yearbook featuring staff and student work from the UCD School of Architecture.
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