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In this article, Brian Kelly proposes that architects prioritise community-led making as a means of translating complex issues into more tangible and accessible forms. Drawing on insights from two personal projects, he argues that change must be ‘made’ through time, passion, and conversation with others.
ReadNorman Price reviews 'The Studio Sessions of A2 Architects,' a series of discussions and recorded podcasts created and produced by Orla O'Kane. The series had seven sessions across July and August 2026. It celebrated the twenty years since the establishment of A2 Architects with conversations between Peter Carroll and curated guests. Discussions took place across two venues in Dublin and one in Spain. The Studio Sessions podcast was supported by the Arts Council through a 2026 Project Award.
ReadIn this article, Joseph Kavanagh explores the resurgence of the rural one-off house, its polarising legacy, and whether the typology could be reimagined as a vehicle for collective living to support rural communities.
ReadGeorg Leidenberger explores Hannes Meyer's radical functionalism-widely-understood - which resulted in architecture that was not only economically accessible to the masses but that also generated built environments attending to all aspects of human life, and speaking to social and natural belonging.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #274 focuses on the theme 'innovation in education'.
UTOPIA 7 is a published a study of utopian settlements in Ireland by students in the Dublin School of Architecture.
2ha #02 explores the relationship between photography and suburban space. Three essays respond to the intimate link between the medium of photography and the spaces we occupy.
Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #322 focuses on the theme of ‘density’.
2ha #01 explores the potential of mapping in understanding the suburban condition.
Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #301 focuses on the theme of ‘Community & Place’.
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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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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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 #10 considers the impact of capital on the shaping of suburban space. Three essays describe how the architecture, society, and culture of a city can be influenced by the flows of finance.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #277 focuses on topics such as the housing crisis, and celebrating O'Donnell and Tuomey's Royal Gold Medal.
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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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Domestic is a reflection on the design of domestic spaces by architect Dominic Stevens.
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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 second of the two volumes, The Dublin Region: Advisory Plan and Final Report (Part II) examines the social, economic and physical resources of county Dublin and its environs with a view to guide the use of land and public and private building works for the following thirty years.
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Thirty-Three Churches explores the potential of altering Dublin’s existing stock of church buildings to include housing, while still functioning as a place of worship. Published as part of the Housing Unlocked exhibition in 2022.
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This publication documents a 1983 colloquium concerned with the need for an Irish national strategic plan to provide the physical, economic, and social infrastructure required by the end of the 20th century.
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This paper explains the nature of dimensional deviation in prefabricated elements and that the development of designs should include a clear approach to accommodate or control deviations when they do occur.
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