Making the grade
AT Editor2025-11-24T15:28:01+00:00Kingfisher Louvres discusses the performance and aesthetic benefits of its high-quality louvre systems for education projects.
Kingfisher Louvres discusses the performance and aesthetic benefits of its high-quality louvre systems for education projects.
tún Architects have designed a new primary school in the southside of Dublin that introduces a new kind of flexible learning to inner city schools. AT hears from David Jameson and Rose Bonner, co-founders of tún alongside Paul Fox, about what they've been up to since.
From the AT Schüco Dublin City Dialogue event, John Tuomey, who was recently awarded the RIAI Gandon Medal lifetime achievement award alongside Sheila O’Donnell, reflects on the barriers facing emerging Irish architectural talent, the need to build true neighbourhoods rather than unit numbers, and why he remains optimistic about the future of Irish architecture.
Kevin Roche’s only completed commission in his home town survived bureaucratic infighting, spiralling budgets and public disdain to become a catalyst for the revival of Dublin’s Docklands as a thriving business district.
In this issue: Learning from the local with Piers Taylor; Revisiting Kevin Roche’s Dublin catalyst; expert insight into specifications from Nick Schumann; Atelier Ten on the adaptive reuse of Space House; Josh McCosh on low-impact practice; Bovenbouw Architectuur and David Kohn Architects’ Hasselt Beguinage; alma-nac’s new library at Dulwich College; Allies and Morrison’s Passivhaus student village for Cambridge; Materials Library with tp bennett and more.
The winners of the 2025 Architecture Today Awards for buildings that stand the test of time were announced on Thursday 13 November at Space House London. See who were the winners in each of the 11 categories for this year.
In its 20th year the Irish Architecture Foundation chose 'Future Heritage' as the theme for Open House Dublin. AT asks Emmett Scanlon, Director of IAF, how the festival has evolved to reflect contemporary Irish cities, and what's still left to see following the festival's opening week.
Walters & Cohen Architects’ Ideas Hub and new main entrance for North London Collegiate School weaves between four curtilage-listed structures to create a warm, collaborative environment for innovation, design, engineering, art and science.
A six-storey timber extension stitched into the fabric of The Old Vic transforms one of London’s oldest theatres into an inclusive, low-carbon home for learning, rehearsal and community life.
HOK in collaboration with Reddy Architecture + Urbanism have completed a new hospital in Ballysimon, Limerick, that uses light and landscape to foster a collaborative approach to contemporary healthcare.
Winners of the 2025 RIAI Emerging Practice Award, Islander Architects, speak to AT about the benefits of an interdisciplinary practice, their involvement in HouseEurope!, and how this campaign has influenced them as architecture educators.
Josh McCosh of van Heyningen and Haward argues that meaningful progress on low-carbon construction demands immediate legislative action, a shift to natural materials, and industry-wide accountability for real building performance.