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A space for public opinion and debate, engaging with a broad range of contributors in architecture, landscape, urban design, planning, and beyond.

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 Woks 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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Drafting Identity: In Practice

In this article, Julia Przado continues our mini-series ‘Drafting Identity’ which focuses on the experience of women in Architectural Education from both personal and professional perspectives, supporting the FIAE movement. Julia explores the underrepresentation of women in senior roles within the architectural profession, and the importance of representation, recognition and mentorship.

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Present Tense

Show the system, not just the render

By presenting architecture only through slick final images, we undersell the true complexity and value of the profession, argues Dr Rebecca Jane McConnell.

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One Good Idea

Leaving the door open

Stephen Mulhall reviews the Architectural Association of Ireland's Critic's lecture 'The Architecture of Softness,' delivered by Phineas Harper on April 16th, 2026.

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RIAI Bulletin 30

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.

Delaney Mac Veigh & Pike, Comment, RIAI Report, Diary, Cryptoporticus and Partners, Hardcore, European Congress of Salaried Architects, Letter, Liaison Committee Publication, Irish Concrete Society Awards 1981, Major Solar Conference, Irish Concrete Society Award for Roecrete, Council for 1981, Committees and Representation, Professional Conduct Committee, Accreditation Board, Fellowship Jury, Technicians Committee, Representatives on Outside Bodies, Northern Report, Southern Report, Pre-Budget Submission, Institute of Clerks of Work in Ireland, Council, Planning Conditions, Annual Dinner, Material availability, UIA news, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, competition, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, UIA, AAI, Architectural Association of Ireland,
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Architecture in Ireland - vol. 1, no. 6

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.

RIAI Conference, Structural Engineers, Low Cost Churches, Planning Appeals, How Not to, The Irish Concrete Society, Technicians’ Exhibition, No Architect!, Home Extension – Dublin 4, Peter and Mary Doyle, UIA In Mexico, Agricultural Credit Corporation, Michael Kearns, Pieterse Davison International, Merry Nisbet and Partners, Fairhurst Garland and Partners, Varming Mulcahy Reilly Associates
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RIAI Bulletin 18

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.

House in Monaghan Town, The Four Courts, Cathal O’Neill, Edward Smyth, Comment, RIAI Notes, The Architect and the Disabled, Competitions, An Architectural Record for Ireland, The National Trust Archive, Professionalism, Diary, Subscriptions, Pension Fund, Articles of Agreement, Housing Building Cost Index, Arbitrators, Hospital Fees, Directory of Services, Employment, Europa Nostra Award, Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition, Abu Dhabi Tourist Tower, French Contemporary Architecture, Expomat, British Hospitals Exhibition, Decor International, Fire & Structure, Play in Human Settlements, Ninth Precast Concrete Industry Congress, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, competition, symposium, materials, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, members, disabled, accessible, accessibility, stuccodore,
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RIAI Bulletin 17

Editor: J. Owen Lewis.
1978
€ 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.

Administration Building, UCD Belfield Campus, The Radio Building, RTE, The International Airport Hotel, The Science Building, University College Galway, Merrion Hall Strand Road, The Institute for Advanced Studies, The Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Ronald Tallon’s House, The Paddocks Dalkey, Castlepart Village, Andrezj Wejchert, Robinson Keefe & Devane, RKD, Scott Tallon Walker, STW, Ronald Tallon, Niall Scott, Stephenson Gibney & Associates, Stephenson, Arthur Gibney, Raymond McDonnell, Diamond Redfern and Anderson, Editorial, RIAI Notes, Enforcement of Interim Certificates, Awards, RIAI Personages, Bolton Street School of Architecture, Diary, RIAI Gold Medal, RIAI Medal for Housing, RIAI Council for 1978, Short Courses, Scandinavian Architecture, Europa Nostra Award, Habitation Space Award, British Hospitals Exhibition, Visit of Finnish Architects, Public Lecture, Education, Membership, RIAI Gold Medal, RIAI Medal for Housing, John O’Gorman, Campanile, University College Dublin, University College Galway, Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, House, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, competition, symposium, materials, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, members, Election, report, review, award, gold medal, medal for housing, university, college, club, airport, hotel.
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Architecture in Ireland - vol. 2, no. 2

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.

RIAI Medal, Award, Triennial Award, Gold Medal, IMI, Sandyford, European Architectural Heritage, Land Prices, Foras Forbartha, Beamish & Crawford Tapestry Design, Shimmering Harvest, Angela Forde, RIBA Directory, Directory of Manufacturers, housing, Kinsale Architectural Heritage, William Garner, Housebuilding Slowdown, Building and Engineering Claims, W. T. Major, A. Ransom Oyez, Is this a Record, Housing Needs Assessment, Dame Street, Sam Stephenson, Brian Traynor, Gerry Flynn, Paul Richardson, Brouagh Moriarty, Ove Arup and Partners, J. A. Kenny and Partners, John Sisk and Sons Ltd., John Donat Photography, P. Twamley, J. McCullough & Partners, J. V. Tierney & Partners, S. Monahan & Partners
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Architectural Survey 1955

Editor: Luan P. Cuffe.
Journal
€ 4.75 

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

Directory of Architects, Classified Buyers’ Guide, Index to advertisers, Commerce, Health, Industry, Education, Religion, Housing, Public Service, Sallynoggin, Recreation, Church, Ennistymon, Clare, Rosgill, Donegal, Mortuary, Naas, Chapel, Dining room, Russell Hotel, Dublin, The Punch Bowl, Bar, Pub, Booterstown, Offices, County Council, Cork, Private House, Midlands, residential, housing, Killiney, Children’s House, Social, Care, Institution, Stillorgan, Nursery, Maryland, County School, primary school, national school, Holywood, Vocational, Secondary School, school, Wicklow, The institute of clinical science, Belfast, Laboratory, Bostock House, Crumlin, Factory, mill, Blackwater, Cork, garage, Telephone Exchange, Foxrock, Filling station, petrol station, Ashford, Inchicore, Angus Buckley, H. Fitzgerald Smith, Hilary Heron
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Architecture Ireland 273

Editor: Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #274 focuses on the theme of 'architecture and landscape'.

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RIAI Bulletin 5

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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Architecture Ireland 299

Editor: Sandra O'Connell.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #299 focuses on architecture in the West of Ireland.

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Architecture Ireland 311

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #311 focuses on the theme of 'data'.

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Architecture in Ireland - vol. 2, no. 2

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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Architectural Survey 1971

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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Mapped: a study of planned Irish villages

Editor: Miriam Delaney.
Book
€ 0.00 

Mapped is the outcome of a Dublin School of Architecture research project interested in the origins and morphology of Irish villages. The book is intended as a guide to planned villages; those distinctly formed by the actions of landlords, religious groups, and entrepreneurs.

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A Guide to Modern Architecture in Dublin

Editor: Tomás O'Beirne.
Book
€ 9.00 

Featuring projects from 1953 to 1977, this book lays out 109 examples of modern architecture in Dublin, varying in occupation and scale, from small housing schemes and churches, to masterplan university development and city office blocks.

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The Dublin Region: Advisory Plan and Final Report (Part II)

Author: Myles Wright
Book
€ 7.95 

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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UCD Architecture 2006

Editors: Gary A. Boyd, Hugh Campbell, Pierre Jolivet, Jim Murphy, Elizabeth Shotton.
Book
€ 0.00 

An annual yearbook featuring staff and student work from the UCD School of Architecture.

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Thirty-Three Churches

Authors: Sophie Kelliher, David Lawless.
Book
€ 0.00 

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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Domestic

Author: Dominic Stevens
Book
€ 5.90 

Domestic is a reflection on the design of domestic spaces by architect Dominic Stevens.

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