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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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The Exception vs. The Rule: Rethinking Ireland’s Rural One-Off House

In 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.

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Working Hard / Hardly Working

Modernism is Almost All Right #6: Functionalism-widely-understood: Hannes Meyer’s modernist legacy for the 21st Century.

Georg 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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Modernism is Almost All Right
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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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RIAI Bulletin 9

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.

Ordinary General Meeting, OGM of the RIAI, President’s Report, Honorary Secretary’s Report, Revision of By-Laws, Presentation of Certificates, Adoption of New Entry Forms, Expulsion of a Member, Time Charge for Principals, EEC Matters, RIAI Conference, International Housing Competition, International Conference, Office of Cork City Architect, Professional Indemnity, Annual Conference of the Institute, People the Profession and the State, RIAI Gold Medal and Medal for Housing, Joint Visit to UCI, Committee of Women Architects, European Architectural Heritage Year 1975, Use of the Computer in Building Design, Exhibition of Furniture, Price Variation Clause, Arbitration Course, Investigation of Fees, Visiting Boards, Hospital Consultants, Accreditation Board, Accommodation, Committees, RIAI Gold Medal, Medal for Housing, Meeting of Salaried Members, Vacant posts, Berlin Architects and Engineers Association, UIA Congress 1981 and Seminar 1975, National Prices Commission Study, The form of contract, Retention of Imperial Units, Books on Art, Technical Staff, Travelling Scholarships, Appeal from the Library, Short Courses at University of York, Institute Building, Public Works Exhibition, Pollution, Computers and the Architect, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, AGM, minutes, meeting minutes, exhibition, competition, symposium, materials, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, CAA, members, Election, report, EEC, housing, public relations, UIA Assembly and Congress, UIA Seminar at Kazimierz (Poland), Use of the Computer in Building Design, Short Courses at the University of York, Institute of Building, Exhibition of Furniture, International Conference on Housing, Public Works Exhibition, Pollution, International Housing Competition - Brussels, Computers and the Architect, Cork City Architect, Meeting of Salaried Members, Posts Vacant, Joint Visit to UCI, Committee of Women Architects, Berlin Architects and Engineers Association, UIA Congress 1981 and Seminar 1975, National Prices and Commission Study, The Form of Contract, Retention of Imperial Units, Books on Art, Technical Staff, Travelling Scholarships, Appeal from the Library, European Architectural Heritage Year 1975, Committees, Foras Forbartha Committee, RIAI Gold Medal and Medal for Housing, Matters Arising, Honorary Treasurer’s Report, Presentation of Certificates, Adoption of New Entry Forms, President’s Report, Local Government (Planning and Development) Bill 1973, Time Charge for Principals, Price Variation Clause, Arbitration Course, Investigation of Fees, Visiting Boards, EEC Matters, RIAI Conference, International Housing Competition, Brussels, International Conference on Registration, Hospital Consultants, Accreditation Board, Office of Cork City Architect, Professional Indemnity
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Architecture in Ireland - vol. 1, no. 5

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.

Voluntary Architectural Services, End of an Era, Matthew McDermott, UCD, University College Dublin, Golf Outing, Architects’ and Surveyors’ Golfing Society, RIAI Hon. Secretary, Con Manahan, UCD Building Lab, Eileen Gray Furniture, Foras Chief Resigns, Wall Insulation, RIAI Awards, Industrial History, Aspects of Irish Industrial History 1878 – 1978, Wood Quay, Six Soviet Cities, Moscow, Bukhara, Tashkent, Samarkand, Tbilisi, Lenningrad, Ove Arup & Partners, Varming Mulcahy Reilly Associates, Patterson Kempster & Shortall, John Sisk & Son, Joseph McCullough & Partners, Joseph Clancy, Boyd and Creed, G & T Crampton,
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RIAI Bulletin 1

Editor: Kevin Fox.
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 Irish Architects Society, European Economic Society, International Union of Architects, Institute of Architectural & Associated Technology, Board of Architectural Education, Building Industry Committee, Gold Medal Award, RIAI council, HEA Report, Society of Designers, Law Court, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, schools, conservation, building regulation, VAT, public works, committees, AGM, minutes, meeting minutes, Review of the constitution, organisation and finances, sponsorship, committee structure, value added tax, HEA report, EEC, International reciprocity, UIA, Performance of a building contract, the review of an foras forbartha, IAAT, professional indemnity, community schools, council of design, port of dublin, liaison committee, issues raised recently which affect the contract document, mews development, other matters, safety in building construction, padraig murray
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Architecture Ireland 286

Editor: Sandra O’Connell.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #286 focuses on 1916 Centenary commemorations.

Waterford IT, WIT, UCD, Richview, University College Dublin, Bolton Street, DIT, forbo flooring systems, 3rock, New Market, International Concrete Design Competition, Grapels, Schueco sliding door systems, Simon Open Door, Scott Tallon Walker Award, Client Guidance Note, BCAR, statutory boards, Dublin Strolls, Dr. Gregory Bracken, Architecture Ireland and Forbo, Civic trust, Carr Cotter Naessens, heneghen peng, CPD, urban design committee, philip jackson, james kiernan, architectural technology committee, universal design task force, Isoilde Dillon, John Mitchell, School of Architecture University of Limerick, Norelle Breen, Peter Caroll, Simon McGuinness, exhibition, Amie Siegel
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RIAI Bulletin 21

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.

Liberties Prototype House Improvement, Comment, RIAI Reports, Annual Conference 1978, The Man of Many Hats, Dublin, Paul Rudolf, Special Message from the President, The Council of the Institute 1979, AGM 1978, EEC Directive for Architects, Liaison with the Provinces, Liberties Prototype House Improvement, Study by the Housing Research Unit School of Architecture UCD for Dublin South City Resources Project, Materials as a determinant of form, Committees, client, practitioner, consultant, Sam Lyons, Tony Sheppard, Housing Research Unit, School of Architecture, UCD, Dublin South City Resources Project, Inner City study, Awards, Mosaics, 23rd RS Reynolds Memorial Award 1979, Trees and Buildings: Complement and Conflict, International Construction, Learning from Past Experiences: Housing and Planning in the Eighties, Energy Conservation in the Building Stock, Only One Future for Our Children, Development without Destruction, UIA Community Participation in Comprehensive Social Facilities, Robin Walker, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, competition, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, members, materials, form, prototype housing, liberties
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Architecture Ireland 287

Editor: Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #287 focuses on themes of housing, Danish architecture and the Venice Biennale.

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Architecture Ireland 305

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #305 focuses on the theme of ‘colour’.

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2ha: the journal of suburban design #15

Editors: Michael K. Hayes, Alan Mee.
Journal
€ 4.00 

2ha #15 considers sprawl: how to define and find it, how to evaluate its impacts, and how to respond, as urban designers, to the spatial conditions that sprawl engenders.

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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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Architecture Ireland 315

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #315 focuses on the Ireland House Tokyo architectural design competition.

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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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Dublin School of Architecture Yearbook 2018

Editors: Carol Lawlor, Deimante Paplauskaite, Alice George, Paris Brown, Conor Grossman.
Book
€ 0.00 

An annual yearbook featuring student work from the Dublin School of Architecture, TU Dublin.

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Free Market News

Editors: Jeffrey Bolhuis, Jo Anne Butler, Miriam Delaney, Tara Kennedy, Laurence Lord, Orla Murphy.
Book
€ 0.00 

Free Market News is a study of market towns in Ireland, featuring a collection of essays from a broad range of experts on the past, present, and future of these small-scale settlements. The book was published as part of Free Market, the Irish Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia 2018.

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HOLOBIONT VOLUME I : Faniffesto

Editors: Gary A. Boyd, Óran Ó’Síocháin, Tabassum Ahmed, Emma Campbell ,Rebecca Jane McConnell.
Book
€ 0.00 

A speculative architectural manifesto reimagining the post-coal South Wales Valleys through ecology, mobility, identity, and regenerative design towards a socially equitable, post-carbon future.

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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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Ireland in the Year 2000: Towards a National Strategy

An Foras Forbartha
Book
€ 7.95 

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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Regional Planning: a review of regional studies

Author: Henk van der Kamp.
Book
€ 7.95 

Carried out by An Foras Forbartha, this study was conducted to develop linkages between local, regional, and national planning in Ireland.

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