IAF to host European Architecture Institutions Collective (EAIC) Dublin 2026
The Irish Architecture Foundation (IAF) will welcome architecture institutions and organisations from across Europe to Dublin on Friday 20 November for the second gathering of the European Architecture Institutions Collective (EAIC).
Hosted by IAF in partnership with the Office of Public Works and the National Built Heritage Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, EAIC Dublin is an official event of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union and forms part of Value for Many, a wider programme exploring architecture's contribution to society and public life.
Established in Copenhagen in 2025 under an initiative of the Danish Architecture Center, EAIC is an emerging pan-European network bringing architecture institutions together to share knowledge, strengthen relationships and explore their role in Europe's cultural, civic and economic future.
Value for Many, For Whom?
Under the theme Value for Many, For Whom?, EAIC Dublin will ask how architecture institutions create and demonstrate value, and for whose benefit.
Across a day of presentations, conversations and participatory working sessions, delegates will explore three critical relationships: with politics and policymakers, with professionals and cultural practitioners, and with the publics and communities they serve.
The programme will examine cultural policy and the narratives used to understand value, the future of careers and networks in cultural practice in architecture, and the public value created through cultural projects and audience engagement.
For IAF, hosting EAIC Dublin is an opportunity to strengthen European relationships, share knowledge and contribute to the wider conversation about architecture's cultural and public value. This aligns with the IAF Strategy 2026–33, Building Our Knowledge.
EAIC Dublin takes place at Áras Mhic Dhiarmada (Busáras), Dublin, with the support of the Department of Social Protection and Bus Éireann.
EAIC Dublin is for registered delegates and is not open to the general public.
Find out more about EAIC Dublin.
Photo: Busáras tour, Open House Dublin 2023. Photo by Trà My Nguyen Hoang.
