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.
As Hawkins\Brown embarks on Phase 1 of Parnell Cultural Quarter, Colin Mackay gives AT a first look inside the new centre for cultural exchange, and catches up with Colin Mackay, Partner at the Dublin office.
Conor Sreenan, State Architect and Principal Architect at the Office of Public Works in Ireland talks to AT about the opportunities and challenges of leading public architecture in a time of national transformation.
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.
Sited on the edge of a reed bog in Cork, Ireland, Fuinneamh Workshop Architects’ rammed-earth eco pavilion provides a quiet space for reflection, education, and community gatherings.
Clancy Moore Architects’ wastewater treatment plant at Arklow, County Wicklow, transforms a vital piece of infrastructure into a civic landmark – balancing pragmatism with poetic expression on a prominent coastal site.
Keith Williams Architects' library and art gallery in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, is a critical building block in the town's social infrastructure and a well-used civic space.
Proctor & Matthews Architects has delivered a new model for higher-density family housing in Dublin, inspired by the area's historic rural clachans.
Tom dePaor's enigmatic retrospective at Carlow's VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art captures the spirit of a practice that defies categorisation and refuses to be pinned down.
The director of Clancy Moore and Professor of Architecture at Kingston School of Art on childhood memories of Woodford, Ireland.
On the banks of the River Liffey, Quayside Watersports Centre by Urban Agency, delivered for Dublin Council, transforms a stretch of the North Quay into an active, accesible and resilient public space.
Lawrence + Long Architects’ O House in Rathmines, Dublin, reimagines the constrained mews site by carving an internal courtyard from a square, timber structure to create a house nested around a garden: carefully balancing privacy and openness within a tight urban setting.
