By presenting architecture only through slick final images, we undersell the true complexity and value of the profession, argues Dr Rebecca Jane McConnell.
ReadStephen Mulhall reviews the Architectural Association of Ireland's Critic's lecture 'The Architecture of Softness,' delivered by Phineas Harper on April 16th, 2026.
ReadWalking through the streets of Dublin and London, Luke Dillon reflects on the evolution of blind windows as an architectural motif and their ambiguous performance as both practical requirement and deliberate compositional tool.
ReadWhile acknowledging photography's role in shaping narratives of the “failure” of social housing, Sarah Churchill suggests that lens-based media can also dismantle the myths that may yet threaten working-class housing security in the future.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #300 focuses on the theme of ‘FREESPACE, La Biennale di Venezia'.

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.

UTOPIA 7 is a published a study of utopian settlements in Ireland by students in the Dublin School of Architecture.

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #285 focuses on topics such as the 1916 Rising and recent architecture projects such as Loreto's Sport Centre.

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.

2ha #11 considers the idea of architectural failure in the popular perception of suburban worlds.

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #303 focuses on the theme of ‘health and wellbeing’.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #324 focuses on the theme of ‘Galway’.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #304 focuses on the theme of ‘local authority’.
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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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Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #284 focuses on the theme of 'housing & place'.
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Financed by Irish Raleigh Ltd., this report is a general study of the efficiency, usage, and safety of the bicycle as a mode transport. As well as bicycle safety, this study considers housing estate layout in suburban areas and how it can minimise the adverse impact of motorised traffic on urban neighbourhoods.
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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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Carried out by An Foras Forbartha, this study was conducted to develop linkages between local, regional, and national planning in Ireland.
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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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