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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.

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Working Hard / Hardly Working

The Houses of Guinness

Felicity 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.

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Static policy for a dynamic coast

The 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.

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Future Reference

Making space for stories

Annamae Muldowney reviews Noel McCauley’s lecture on Duncan McCauley's work, part of the Conversation Club lecture series presented by the Office of Public Works 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 272

Editor: Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #272 focuses on the theme of 'the year in architecture'.

architecture review, book review, irish architecture
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Architecture Ireland 289

Editor: Sandra O'Connell
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€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #289 focuses on current RIAI news, projects such as the Palestinian Museum, Birzeit, and London Design Week.

architecture review, book review, london design week, museum design, gallery design
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Dublin School of Architecture Yearbook 2016

Editors: Philip Duffy, Anne-Lise Olivier, Julia Vivien Rober, Colin Mac Suibhne, Stephen Johnston.
Book
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An annual yearbook featuring student work from the Dublin School of Architecture, TU Dublin.

Grangegorman, TUD, Technological University for Dublin, Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT, Morrison scholarship, Architectural education, BIM, building research, architecture & community, architectural technology, QQI standard, PDAP, Leon Van Schaik, Vitruvius, thesis, theory, praxis, model making, photoshop, drawing, hut, wattle and daub, yurt, office, supermarket, mixed use, universal access, BIM model, legislation, Parker Morris, studio typology, minimum space, DCC, dwelling, Galway city, suburban edge, joinery, jewellery box, marquetry panel, metaphysical subtleties, architectural habitus, style council, stylistic hierarchies, economic base, architectural superstructure, architectural ideology, Heideggers, thesis, Henry J Lyons, Noonan Moran Architects, Bluett O’Donoghue Architects, NDBA Architects, Moloney O’Beirne Architects (MOB), O’Keeffe Architects, Scott Tallon Walker Architects (STW), Teroco, Carey Associates Architects – Project Managers & Energy, O’Mahony Pike Architects (OMP), Conroy Crowe Kelly Architects & Urban Designers (CCK), O’Connell Mahon, David Wright Architects, Jones Engineering, Niall Smith Architects, Robinson Keefe & Devane Architects (RKD), Montessori, playschool, early education
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Office Location and Regional Development: Proceedings of a Conference

Authors: Dr. D. F. Moore, Michael B. Lawless, Michael J. Bannon, John Goddard, Bertil Thorngren, Jan Toby, George Yannopoulos.
Book
€ 7.95 

This publication documents a two-day conference from 1973 discussing office location and regional development. Topics include reviewing the existing pattern of office location, considering future policies, and referencing international practice.

An Foras Forbartha, Dublin, economic growth, policy, Local Authority, IDA, EEC, Government, Civil Service, conference, common, government, census, Gottmann, growth, the irish situation, current research, distribution, services, conclusion, questions, discussion, Mr. J Killeen, Managing Director, Industrial Development Authority, dispersal policies, redistributing, civil service department, P. O hUiginn, population density, law selective investment regulation, C. P. Farrell, Public Works, Induced, Consumption, land use, M Flannery, County Council, Local Government, LSE, Operations Research, Study Group,
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RIAI Bulletin 27

Editor: J. Owen Lewis.
Journal
€ 4.75 

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.

The Status of Membership, Council Matters reported by the General Secretary, RIAI/RIBA Relations, Hospital Fees, Northern Report, Annual Conference, Output, Employment, Occupational shortages in the Building Industry, Raymond McGrath, Kevin Fox, After Modern, This Century in Irish Architecture, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, competition, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, Comment, RIAI Report, Diary, Review of the Building Industry, Lapse of Planning Permission, Architects in the Local Authority
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RIAI Bulletin 25

Editor: J. Owen Lewis.
Journal
€ 4.75 

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.

Comment, RIAI Reports, Diary, Review, Irish Concrete Society Awards, Architects in Salaried Employment, Architectural Competitions, News from the Schools, Practice notes, 1980 Council, RIAI Council, Calendar for 1980, Education, Public Affairs, Administration, The RIAI and the Profession, Kitchen Planning and Design: 1 Theory, Kitchen Planning and Design: 2 Case Studies, Peter Douglas, Documentation in UCD, RIAI RIBA Visit UCD, Ryan’s, Parkgate Street, Jim Horan, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, competition, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, standards, UCD, University College Dublin, RIBA,
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RIAI Bulletin 3

Journal
€ 4.75 

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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2ha: the journal of suburban design #11

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
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€ 4.00 

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

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Architecture in Ireland - vol. 1, no. 8

Editor: Tomás O’Beirne.
Journal
€ 5.95 

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.

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Architecture Ireland 321

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #321 focuses on the theme of 'wood'.

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Architecture Ireland 312

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
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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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2ha: the journal of suburban design #14

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
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2ha #14 considers the ways in which public art is made and consumed within the suburbs. Four essays describe divergent approaches to project commissioning and implementation, highlighting the varied contexts and conditions that determine a work's lasting impact.

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This is Content. This is Theory. This is Craft.

Editors: Tim Connell, Emma Kavanagh, Peter MacClancy, Adam McLoughlin, Michael Sykes.
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An annual yearbook featuring student work from the Dublin School of Architecture, TU Dublin.

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DSA 2020

Editors: Stephen Allen, Mark Chester, Romy Marren, Lasairíona Power.
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An annual yearbook featuring student work from the Dublin School of Architecture, TU Dublin.

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Celebrating Pugin

Editor: Colum O'Riordan. Author: Roderick O'Donnell.
Book
€ 10.00 

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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LINE 01

Editors: Caoimhe Power, Gabriella Brady, Helen McFadden, Lauren Forde.
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An annual yearbook featuring student work from the Dublin School of Architecture, TU Dublin.

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living in town ... conserving the future

Book
€ 7.95 

A pamphlet documenting the papers presented at the National Housing Conference held at Leopardstown, Co. Dublin, in October 1974.

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UCD Architecture 2006

Editors: Gary A. Boyd, Hugh Campbell, Pierre Jolivet, Jim Murphy, Elizabeth Shotton.
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An annual yearbook featuring staff and student work from the UCD School of Architecture.

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