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Get your house in order

Ben Murray reviews ‘Architecture 2026: Home Truths’, the 2026 conference of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects. The conference was held at Queen’s University Belfast on 3 September 2026.

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Carrying Forward!

In this article, Ananya Jain reflects on how different educational and professional environments shaped her sense of belonging through her journey from Delhi to Belfast, and the role mentorship, migration, identity, and belonging has played in her navigation of both architectural education and practice.

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Present Tense

The making of change

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.

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One Good Idea

Retelling retelling

Norman 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.

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Architecture Ireland 322

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #322 focuses on the theme of ‘density’.

urbanism, urban design, city growth, urban growth, density, residential, school, education, university, theory, review, exhibition.
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Architecture Ireland 292

Editor: Dr. Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #292 focuses on architecture in Co. Cork.

architecture review, book review, interview
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Architecture Ireland 306

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #306 focuses on the theme of 'Waterford'.

Patterns of space: Understanding Waterford’s urban fabric, A warehouse of ideas: The role of a school of architecture in the city, Generating urban life: Retail, culture and inhabitation, The Waterford region - How spatial thinking is shaping the country’s towns, A disruptive tradition - Waterford as a university city, Home and back again, Framework for living/thinking - On drawing as a springboard into practise, Merrion Cricket Pavilion, Ballsbridge, Policies for practise - An interview with Martin Donnelly, The workshop as a pedagogical model, What is a ‘claims made’ policy, An international context for the practise of architecture, Carlo Scarpa and Castelvecchio Revisited, Correspondence, Between nature and architecture, One matter, two minds, CoHousing Here, In her place, Complex harmonies, Creating places for people - The RIAI Town and Village toolkit, St Mary’s Parish Church, Crumlin, Richard Murphy, Martin Donnelly, Thomas O’Brien, David Leech, Sou Fujimoto, McCullough Mulvin Architects, Shaffrey Architects, McDonnell and Dixon
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RIAI Bulletin 36

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 Report, Diary, Cryptoporticus and Partners, Hardcore, President’s Inaugural Address, European Passive Solar Competition, From The Schools, Industrialisation, Review, And now for something completely different, European Architecture Students Assemble, Slide Library, Architects Ball 1982, Structures, Regs illustrated, Council, Conference 1982, Southern Report, Professional Competence Examinations, Western Report, Northern Report, Architectural Review, Francoise Henry, Frixos Joannides, Rolf Loeber, A biographical dictionary of Architects in Ireland 1600-1720, Derryhivenny Castle, Renaissance Year Exhibition, Arbitration Course, Maloney, O’Beirne, Guy + Hutchinson, Locke & Monk, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, competition, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland,
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2ha: the journal of suburban design #02

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 4.00 

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.

photography, suburbia, representation, visual essay, Garry Winogrand, Stephen Shore, America, medium, technology, The Cedar Room, a machine for seeing in
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UCD Architecture 2006

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

Architecture student, exhibition, Richview, Architecture, Landscape, Civil Engineering, material, structure, environment, detail, strategy, thesis, organisation, urban space, drawings, collage, photography, cultural concerns, Timothy Brick, Lisa Cassidy, Claire Chawke, Ciaran Conlon, Alexander Crean, John Crowley, Brendan Dalton, Rachel Delargy, Michael Doherty, Leonie Fitzgerald, Denis Forrest, Alessandra Fugazzi, Katy Giblin, David Hannon, Riona Hartman, Carla Harte Hayes, Leah Hogan, Alison Hyland, Rachel Jennings, Elaine Johnson, Fergal Joyce, Sorcha Kenneall, Anthony Lambert, Elspeth Lee, Cillian Magee, Alva Maguire, Brian Massey, Meabh Mc Carthy, Patrick Mc Glade, Laura Moran, Conor Morrissey, Maria Mulcahy, Mark Murphy, Kieran Murray, Matthew Nagle, Banbha Nic Canna, Aisling Ni Dhonnchu, Aedamair Ni Ghallchoir, Donncha O Brien, Maurice O Brien, Samuel O Brien, Luke O Callaghan, Jennifer O Leary, Conor Pendergrast, Patrick Phelan, Orla Phillips, Sarah Prendergast, Patrick Roche, Conor Rochford, Cian Scanlon, Sean Schoales, Enida Skalonjic, Ruth Stewart, Robert Tobin, David Walsh, Su Wang, Tiago Faria, Mary Laheen, Fiona McDonald, Max O’Flaherty, Mark Price, Brian Ward, Caroline Constant, Christopher Cuniffe, Jamie Doyle, Yvonne Farrell, John Feehan, Amanda Gibney, Anna Hanley, John McLaughlin, rural, farmer’s market, midlands, domesticity, Matthew Beattie, Gary A. Boyd, Gerry Cahill, Kevin Donovan, Niamh Hogan, Fiona Hughes, Michael Pike, Simon Walker, Alan Atlee, Carlos Casablancas, Yvonne Farrell, Mike Haslan, Orla Murphy, John Parker, Matthias Reese, John Tuomey, Brian Barber, Gillian Brady, Elizabeth Burns, Blaine Cagney, James Casey, Amelie Conway, Peter Cosgrave, Cait Elliott, Dara Farrell, Sean Finegan, Amy Fitzgerald, Joseph Flood, Padraig Flynn, Paul Flynn, Danielle Fox, Shea Gallagher, Patricia Gavin, Edin Gicevic, Ciara Grace, Aideen Hannon, Eimear Hanratty, John Horrigan, Patrick Hunt, Raphael Keane, Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Kiernan, Dominic Lavelle, James McBennett, Dermot McGlade, Liam McInerney, Claire McMenamin, Padraig McMorrow, Steven McNamara, Sarah Maguire, Beatrice Moran, Eoin Murphy, Niamh Murphy, Enda Naughton, Roisin Ni Bhuadain, Aine Nic an Riogh, Ronan O’Boyle, Colm O’Brien, Iseult O’Clery, Tapologo Odubeng, Lisa O’Kane, Blathmhac O’Muiri, Hugh Queenan, Alison Rea, Cliodhna Rice, Katya Samodurova, Deirdre Spring, Joseph Swan, Martin Tiernan, St. John Walsh, Brendan Ward, James Young, project, social, technical, aesthetic, LUAS Red line, Connolly Station, Tallaght, left-over space, community sports centre, spatial planning, Madrid, thresholds, Roisin Aherne, Jennifer Belton, Timothy Blackwell, Maurice Brooks, Myles Burke, Elizabeth Casey, William Casey, Shuo Chen, Elizabeth Clyne, Anna Cooke, Bokao Ditlhong, James Doran, Melissa Doran, Paul Durcan, Morwenna Gerrard, Alice Gibson, Faela Guiden, Elaine Hanna, Damien Hannigan, Elaine Harris, Timothy Hartnett, David Healy, Jack Hogan, Helen Kelly, Siobhan Kelly, Shane Kennedy, Ronan Kenny, David Ledwith, Joanne Lyons, Aoife Magner, Aisling Maher, Elizabeth Matthews, Anne Mc Getrick, Lynn Mc Mahon, Paul Murray, Emma Murtagh, Elaine Ní Dhonnchadha, Michael Nolan, Therese Nolan, Laura O Brien, Ivan O Connell, Donal O Herlihy, Sorcha O Higgins, Aoife O Kelly, Sean O Neill, Lucy O Reilly, Ekaterina Papkovskaia, Kevin Quinlan, Michael Stack, Timothy Varian, Aisling Walker, Aoife Warren, Brendan Whelan, Patrick White, Julia Barrett, Edith Blennerhassett, Michelle Fagan, Mary Laheen, Alan Mee, Niall McCullough, Michael McGarry, Finola O’Kane Crimmins, Liam Ronayne, Emmett Scanlon, Sarah Sheridan, John Tuomey, Wendy Barrett, Rachael Chidlow, Will Dimond, Eileen Fitzgerald, John-Barry Lowe, Jim Murphy, Ruth O’Herlihy, Sarah Sheridan, Cork, city library, utopian, history, theory, ecology, Ancient Greece, modern architecture, political context, cultural context, house, garden, city, Gary Boyd, Vandra Costello, Loughlin Kealy, John Olley, Finola O’Kane Crimmins, vernacular evolution, climate, comfort, thermal and auditory environments, ventilation, indoor air quality and health, Paul Kenny, Irena Kondratenko, Patxi Hernandez, Daniel Sudhershan, Vivienne Brophy, Tiago Faria, Brian Gallagher, Jeana Gearty, Pierre Long, Andrew Morrison, John Parker, Seoirse MacGraith, Joseph Gannon, Paul Hughes, Michael Murphy, Building Technology, Building Laboratory, mass production, Amanda Gibney, Mark Richardson, structural design, Newtons Laws, equilibrium, limit-state design, eccentric pads, strips, combined bases, rafts and piles, sizing, Chris Boyle, Peter Cody, Philip Comerford, Peter Carroll, Miriam Dunn, Sheila O’Donnell, Ryan Kennihan, Emmett Scanlon, Peter Tansey, Roland Bosbach, Pat Boyle, Gerry Cahill, Hugh Campbell, Michelle Fagan, Dermot Foley, Noel French, Elizabeth Hatz, Mark Hennessey, Paul Kelly, Andrew McLaren, Tom de Paor, John Tuomey, Finbarr Wall, Jerome Breslin, Niamh Burke, Sinead Cahill, Fiona Carroll, Gordon Chrystal, Sinead Collins, Ann Marie Cooke, Maire Costello, Jacinta Curley, Jose de Groot, Opelie Etang Sale, Evis Etelaniemi, Andreas Fah, Matthew Fagan, Graham Fitzpatrick, Alan Flood, Piers Floyd, Brian Flynn, Francois Gleyze, Brian Hagan, Eimear Hassett, Justin Hayes, Gary Hoban, Gary Holt, Mathias Holzer, Sinead Hugh, David Hutter, Deirdre Keeley, Orla Kennedy, Edwina Kinsella, Hilda Markey, Mercedes Martinez, Aoghan Mac Domhnaill, Barry McNaboe, Olivier Mie, Marcus Mulvihill, Trevor Nolan, Mark Noonan, Lucy O’Connor, Ronan O’Connor, Cathal O’Fearghail, Suzy O’Leary, Nicholas O’Shee, Nicola Power, Richard Quirke, Brendan Redmond, Robert Salmon, Tina Schia, Clara Seeballuck, Sandra Sibley, Milosz Stopinski, Paul Van Den Berg, Lily Vechulst, Christopher Whelan, Ruth Wiberg, decentralisation, work, living, OPW, Office of Public Works, Trim, Meath, RIAI Travelling Scholarship, M50 motorway, Sinead Burke, Sarah Carolan, Clodagh Cawley, Louise Clavin, Isabel Cogan, Maria Conroy, Paul Conway, Desmond Cooper, Daniel Costelloe, Lorraine Couglan, Barry Downes, Eoin Egan, Eamon Fitzpatrick, Sinead Gargan, Declan Hackett, Leonie Heskin, Grace Hickey, Christine Kennelly, Danyal Ibrahim, Paul Jeffries, Laura Johnstone, Eamon Keane, Michael Knight, Jane Larmour, William Lavelle, Siobhan McCafferty, Eoin McCarthy, Roisin McDowell, Aoife McTague, Ronan Maguire, Damian Meehan, Michael Mescal, Enda Nolan, Tobias Nystrom, Kate O’Daly, Claire O’Donnell, Susan O’Driscoll, Padraigh O’Flynn, Niall O’Healaithe, Karol O’Mahony, Orla O’Kane, Catherine Opdebeeck, Hala O’Reilly, Óran Ó’Siocháin, Diarmuid Phelan, Justin Power, Vicky Shields, Louise Souter, Anna Stawjewska, Chris Thompson, Kathleen Tierney, Cillian Warfield, Hugh Campbell, Colin Caprani, Peter Cody, Tom de Paor, Michelle Fagan, Tiago Faria, David Leatherbarrow, Donal Lennon, Ciaran McNally, Conor Moloney, Aoibheann Ni Mhearain, Michael Murphy, Finola O’Kane Crimmins, John Parke, Michael Pike, Bob Sheil, Stephen Tierney, Dominic Stevens, Chris Boyle, Miriam Delaney, Feargal Doyle, Brian Gallagher, Roisin Henegan, Mary Laheen, Shelly McNamara, Ken Meehan, Jim Murphy, Shi Fu Peng, Max O’Flaherty, Esmonde O’Briain, John Olley, Mark Price, Anna Ryan, John Tuomey, Simon Walker, Marcus Donaghy, Elizabeth Shotton, Exodus, polemical investigation, 2:1:2, Les Grandes Ateliers, Trangression from Drawing to Making, charette, conversion, Peter Flynn, Emmett Scanlon, Irena Kondratenko, Paul Kelly & Gary Lysaght, FKL Architects, Aidan Madden, Arups Consulting Engineers, Brian O’Brien, Solearth, Conservation Techniques, Advanced Facade Design, Advanced Materials, Heavyweight Structures, Performance Analysis, Dorothy Jones, Paul Arnold, Ed Burke, John Cahill, Mary Clark, Jackie Donnelly, Lisa Edden, Jason Ellis, Dr Aubrey Flegg, David Griffin, Aideen Ireland, Frank Keohane, Donal Lennon, Alistair Lindsay, Charlie Lyons, Daniel McInervey, Paul McMahon, M. McParland, Emily Moore, Rachel Moss, Conor Murphy, Ciaran O Brien, Dr Freddie O Dwyer, Mona O Rourke, Aighleann O Shaughnessy, Sara Pavia, Margaret Quinlan, Noel Riordan, Susan Roundtree, Pat Ruane, Linzi Simpson, David Wall, Hugh Brady, Peter Clinch, Philip Geoghegan, Loughlin Kealy, Alan Mee, Conor Norton, Derry O Connell, Michael Creegan, Douglas Gordon, Seamus Mc Gearailt, John Prosser, Sarah Rock, Aine Ryan,
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Architectural Survey 1972

Editor: Patrick M. Delany.
Journal
€ 4.75 

Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.

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Architecture Ireland 314

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #314 focuses on the theme of 'leisure'.

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Architecture Ireland 293

Editor: Dr. Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #293 focuses on the theme of 'designing Ireland's commercial infrastructure'.

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RIAI Bulletin 2

Editor: Peter Ferguson.
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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RIAI Bulletin 45

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.

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Architecture in Ireland - vol. 1, no. 3

Editor: Tomas 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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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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The Dublin Region: Advisory Plan and Final Report (Part I)

Author: Myles Wright.
Book
€ 7.95 

The first of the two volumes, The Dublin Region: Advisory Plan and Final Report (Part I) 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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Ireland in the Year 2000

Book
€ 7.95 

This paper documents the proceedings of a colloquy on Ireland in the Year 2000, held in Kilkea Castle in February 1980.

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Rural

Author: Dominic Stevens.
Book
€ 5.90 

Rural is a collection of projects and essays on contemporary issues facing rural modes of inhabitations and ways to reimagine their potential future.

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Back to the Street

Author: Gerry Cahill.
Book
€ 6.00 

Jointly published by the Housing Resarch Unit at the School of Architecture in University College Dublin and Cement-Roadstone Holdings Ltd., Back to the Street records Dublin inner-city housing at the beginning of the 1980s and proposes a strategy of urban renewal through the provision of housing to deal with city dereliction and decay.

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20 Irish Buildings You Should Know

Editors: Róisín Bean, Tim Connell, Brian Gargan, Paul Kelly, Adam McLoughlin, Jack Prendergast.
Book
€ 0.00 

Twenty twentieth-century Irish buildings that students of architecture should know, as chosen by TU Dublin fourth-year architecture students.

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