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Watch back MAYDAY: A 108-minute orbit of ‘i see Earth’

28.06.22

A unique programme of ideas, projects, and performances prompted by the exhibition and by the spaces it opens for speculation and dreaming.

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Irish Architecture Foundation

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Welcome to the Irish Architecture Foundation.

We create some of Ireland’s most innovative events, projects, exhibitions and resources inspired by our built environment. Here you can find out more about who we are, what we have been up to, whats coming up and how you can join us! To make sure you don’t miss a thing, this website is also a central portal to other architecture happenings in Ireland and beyond.

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Irish Architecture Foundation

Irish Architecture Foundation

2022 Programme Exhibition Learning

Architects in Schools Exhibition: Home, Community, Sustainability

01.05.22—30.06.22

This is a national exhibition created by Transition Year students, teachers and architects in response to three key themes, taking inspiration from the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life collection. This exhibition is a collaboration between the Irish Architecture Foundation and the National Museum of Ireland.

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2022 Programme, Exhibition, Learning

Architects in Schools Exhibition: Home, Community, Sustainability

01.05.22—30.06.22

This is a national exhibition created by Transition Year students, teachers and architects in response to three key themes, taking inspiration from the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life collection. This exhibition is a collaboration between the Irish Architecture Foundation and the National Museum of Ireland.

MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT

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2022 Programme Curatorial Events Exhibition Exhibition

From the Ground Up: Timber innovation in Irish architecture

09.05.22—30.09.22

A touring exhibition showcasing the use of wood in Irish architecture, co-produced by the IAF and the Irish Embassies in the Baltic States

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Irish Architecture Foundation

2022 Programme Festival Placemaking Reimagine Talk

Reimagine Café – What happens when the shops sell up?

05.07.22

Market Place Shopping Centre, Market Pl, Oldbridge, Clonmel, County Tipperary

Our July Reimagine Café provides an opportunity for people to come together to reimagine the future of retail in Clonmel town centre as part of the Clonmel Junction Arts Festival.

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News

Announcements, news and features from the world of architecture - local, national and international.

Irish Architecture Foundation

Irish Architecture Foundation

2022 Programme Curatorial Events Digital Archive Exhibition Performance

Watch back MAYDAY: A 108-minute orbit of ‘i see Earth’

28.06.22

A unique programme of ideas, projects, and performances prompted by the exhibition and by the spaces it opens for speculation and dreaming.

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Irish Architecture Foundation

2019 Programme Curatorial Events Digital Archive Festival Learning Performance Research

Watch again: The Architect Reads – The Wessex Project

27.06.22

Watch again: The Architect Reads – The Wessex Project

In 2019, the IAF curated The Architect Reads, a series of readings as performances by authors who have studied architecture. In this performance, Kester Rattenbury reads from her book The Wessex Project: Thomas Hardy Architect and Josephine Marsh, Mick Kinsella, Cyril O’Donoghue and Steve Larkin play traditional music collected by Thomas Hardy.

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Interview Learning

Meet the Graduate Panel: Róisín Cahill

03.06.22

Meet the Graduate Panel: Róisín Cahill

Established in 2021, the IAF Graduate Panel offers a discursive and collaborative space to share ideas and an opportunity to link with the IAF’s core programme. We’d like to introduce you to our sixteen panelists over a series of interviews.

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Architects in Schools 2022/23 – Call out for schools to participate!

02.06.22

Architects in Schools 2022/23 – Call out for schools to participate!

The IAF are delighted to announce that applications are now open for schools to take part in 2022/23 cycle of Architects in Schools programme.

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Un-folding Dreams: A brief journey through 59th Venice Biennale

01.06.22

Un-folding Dreams: A brief journey through 59th Venice Biennale

Irish artist Alex Pentek guides us through the iconic show.

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2022 Programme Talk

Disability, Space, Architecture: New Now Next with Jos Boys and Richard Dougherty

25.05.22

Disability, Space, Architecture: New Now Next with Jos Boys and Richard Dougherty

Two pioneering UK architects introduce disability-led design in our second New Now Next talk of the season.

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2022 Programme Announcement Exhibition Open Call

Announcing the Housing Unlocked open call results

19.05.22

Announcing the Housing Unlocked open call results

Eight promising ways to improve housing in Ireland selected for exhibition this autumn

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Place-making

Our place-making initiatives are ongoing and take place across Ireland. We embrace great design to celebrate and shape the environments in which we live, work and play

2022 Programme Festival Placemaking Reimagine Talk

Reimagine Café – What happens when the shops sell up?

Our July Reimagine Café provides an opportunity for people...

Reimagine Café – What happens when the shops sell up?

2022 Programme Curatorial Events Exhibition Exhibition

From the Ground Up: Timber innovation in Irish architecture

A touring exhibition showcasing the use of wood in...

From the Ground Up: Timber innovation in Irish architecture

2022 Programme Online event Placemaking Reimagine

Reimagine Café – City Parks

This month's Reimagine Café showcases two of Ireland's new...

Reimagine Café – City Parks

2022 Programme Festival Placemaking Talk

Communities in Transition – Reimagining Place, Communities and Climate Action

Our first Reimagine Session of 2022 is in the...

Communities in Transition – Reimagining Place, Communities and Climate Action

2022 Programme Curatorial Events Talk

New Now Next: Jos Boys and Richard Dougherty

Jos Boys and Richard Dougherty open up a radical...

New Now Next: Jos Boys and Richard Dougherty

2022 Programme Curatorial Events

MAYDAY: A 108-minute orbit of ‘i see Earth’

A programme of ideas, projects, and performances prompted by...

MAYDAY: A 108-minute orbit of ‘i see Earth’

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Learning

Lifelong learning has a deeply important role in keeping the conversation and thinking around architecture inclusive and innovative. To inspire the next generation, the IAF designs exciting school and community programmes with this in mind.

2022 Programme Festival Placemaking Reimagine Talk

Reimagine Café – What happens when the shops sell up?

Our July Reimagine Café provides an opportunity for people...

Reimagine Café – What happens when the shops sell up?

2022 Programme Curatorial Events Exhibition Exhibition

From the Ground Up: Timber innovation in Irish architecture

A touring exhibition showcasing the use of wood in...

From the Ground Up: Timber innovation in Irish architecture

2022 Programme Online event Placemaking Reimagine

Reimagine Café – City Parks

This month's Reimagine Café showcases two of Ireland's new...

Reimagine Café – City Parks

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