Lawrence and Long Architects reimagine traditional approaches to constrained mew sites by carving an internal courtyard from a square, timber structure, creating a house nested around a garden: carefully balancing privacy and openness in a tight urban setting.
Based in rural Donegal, but shaped by decades of life and work across Europe, Sosie Pasparakis and Ronan Friel reflect on listening as a design tool, the quiet intelligence of a rural practice, and how memory, landscape and craft meet in projects that sit lightly and thoughtfully in their landscape.
Belfast Central Station by John McAslan + Partners opens to the public, supporting 20 million journeys annually as the largest integrated transport hub in Northern Ireland.
Howells’ 40-acre Sea Gardens masterplan in Bray, County Wicklow, is set to deliver 1,200 new homes alongside shops, cafés and parks. With phase one now complete, project lead Daniel Mulligan reflects on what this former golf course will bring to Bray’s future – and how the team approached such a sensitive town extension.
AT catches up with Rachel O'Grady and Chris Upson to find out what's next for Belfast-based OGU Architects, and hear about their use of demountable structures to trial urban change, engaging communities in their city's future.
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 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.
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.
Denise Murray from Metropolitan Workshop talks to AT about balancing delivery and design quality amid Ireland’s housing crisis — and why public understanding of architecture is key to lasting neighbourhoods.
An AT event, supported by Schüco and hosted by the Royal Irish Academy of Music, explored the challenges and opportunities facing Irish cities, and what can they learn from each other and from best practice abroad.
On the banks of the River Liffey, Dublin's first public watersports centre by Urban Agency, transforms a stretch of the North Quay into an accessible and resilient public space, recasting the river as an active and usable asset to the city.
