Architects in Schools provides Transition Year students with first-hand experience of the design process under the guidance of architects and architectural graduates nationwide.Read More →
The IAF is delighted to announce the 2021 programme for New Now Next, our long-running international talks series supported by Arup.Read More →
An exhibition taking place at the Irish Architecture Foundation’s building on Dublin’s Bachelor’s Walk in Summer 2021.Read More →
Our nationwide placemaking programme now has its own dedicated websitewww.reimagineplace.ieRead More →
A special commission of eleven short documentaries for Open House Dublin 2020.Read More →
In late 2016 we were thrilled to launch our new partnership with the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2017 through the creation of the first ever BT Special Award for projects relating to Architecture and the Built Environment.Read More →
Two groups of Irish architects travelled to six prestigious U.S venues in 2011, where they participated in symposia, presenting key aspects of their work and engaging in discussion on critical issues facing Irish Architecture Now.Read More →
An initiative chronicling the development of three global cities: London, Chicago and New York. A trilogy of panel discussions focused on the contribution Irish people have made to the built and cultural fabric of these cities and each discussion was introduced by a short, commissioned film.Read More →
In 2012, a series of talks aimed at expanding the public’s understanding of the wider role of architecture in society was curated by the Irish Architecture Foundation, in partnership with IMMA, across Dublin. Agents of Architecture, marked IMMA’s use of the exhibition spaces at the National Concert Hall site in Earlsfort Terrace.Read More →
This season of Film and Architecture in 2011 revealed architecture as both protagonist and active participant within the fabric of filmmaking. It also harnesses the immersive and narrative capabilities of film.Read More →
Cruth Curach, a dramatic temporary pavilion based on the shape of currach boats, has toured various locations around the country, including Merrion Square for Open House Dublin, University of Limerick for Design Week, and Stradbally Co. Laois for Electric Picnic – its maiden voyage.Read More →
Kicked off late in 2009, A Space for Learning was a design competition to challenge current thinking on school design and where architects collaborated with the end-users of educational spaces – the students.Read More →
We embarked on a project to build a Play and Skate Park in Ballyfermot through an innovative and collaborative People First Design Process and international design competition co-funded by the Matheson Foundation and Dublin City Council.Read More →
Close Encounter: Meetings with Remarkable Buildings opened on 6 April- to 20 June 2019 in The Glucksman, Cork followed by Visual Carlow from 20 September 2019 to 19 January 2020.Read More →
In February we welcomed Dr. Sarah Sheridan and Dr. Brian Ward to the team in the IAF as our Curating Architecture Residents. They proposed to shine alight on the often overlooked work of Irish Architecture pioneer Marion Mahony Griffin.Read More →
Our free annual celebration of the city’s best architecture, Open House Dublin is when buildings of all types and periods open their doors to allow citizens and visitors to explore. This year Open House Dublin will take place from 12-14 October 2018.Read More →
We wanna take a minute to celebrate the heart of Open House Dublin, our amazing Volunteers!Read More →
A project that interrogated how public space is, can be and should be designed with older people in mind through a collaborative project and public outcome in 2017/2018.Read More →
A one day colloquium held in November 2014 which brought together people from key initiatives and agencies in Scotland and Ireland to share the strategies, challenges and solutions necessary for success and wider implementation of user-focused design.Read More →
The aim of the project was to enable young people to critically appraise the architecture and design of their local area and to communicate their discoveries to their community and to those responsible for its design.Read More →
A curated series that took place in the IAF HQ and the Light House, Smithfield, in June 2016 which provided a platform to discuss participation in architecture and acknowledge that design is a conversation in which many people contribute.Read More →
A platform for creative disciplines in architecture, design, public realm, politics todiscuss, champion and critique, our speakers explained their work using 20 slides, with just 20 seconds to explain each.Read More →
Presented in 2010 at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, it addressed de Blacam and Meagher Architects’ built and unbuilt portfolio of the previous 33 years and sought to communicate the cultural landscape of Ireland through this work.Read More →
Presented in 2008 at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, this exhibition deliberately invited multiple interpretations, suggesting that, while spaces contained many lives, they can equally live many lives themselves.Read More →
