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Curatorial Events

We aim to generate new ways of thinking about and understanding our built environment, while crucially engaging the public through carefully considered outputs like these.

EXHIBITION PROJECTS

Our dynamic programme of curated initiatives that communicate and test ideas about architecture and its related disciplines.

2024 Programme Announcement Curatorial Events Friends Members Talk

Books Downstairs – full series announced!

Join us at IAF House for the full season...

Books Downstairs – full series announced!
2023 Programme Announcement Curatorial Events Talk

Announcing the New Now Next line-up for 2023

The IAF is delighted to confirm the line-up for...

Announcing the New Now Next line-up for 2023
2023 Programme Curatorial Events Talk

New Now Next: Alexandra Hagen

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New Now Next: Alexandra Hagen
2023 Programme Curatorial Events Screening Talk

New Now Next: Cities Have Feelings with Finn Williams and Rhael ‘LionHeart’ Cape

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New Now Next: Cities Have Feelings with Finn Williams and Rhael ‘LionHeart’ Cape
2023 Programme Curatorial Events Ireland at Venice Talk

New Now Next: Idir and Thither

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New Now Next: Idir and Thither
2022 Programme 2023 Programme Curatorial Events Exhibition Learning

Housing Unlocked exhibition and public programme

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Housing Unlocked exhibition and public programme
2022 Programme 2023 Programme Curatorial Events Exhibition Placemaking Reimagine

Workers’ Villages exhibition

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Workers’ Villages exhibition
2022 Programme 2023 Programme Curatorial Events Exhibition Learning Talk

Housing Unlocked exhibition talks: House it all work?

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Housing Unlocked exhibition talks: House it all work?
2022 Programme Learning Talk

Housing: A Timeless Challenge

This series of three panel discussions will debate and...

Housing: A Timeless Challenge
2022 Programme Learning Talk

Simms’ City

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Simms’ City
2022 Programme Curatorial Events Film Screening

Cinema premières of Peter Maybury’s film ‘On being there’

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Cinema premières of Peter Maybury’s film ‘On being there’
2022 Programme Curatorial Events Exhibition Tallinn Architecture Biennale

‘There is a forest…’ exhibition at the Tallinn Architecture Biennale

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‘There is a forest…’ exhibition at the Tallinn Architecture Biennale
2022 Programme Curatorial Events Exhibition Tallinn Architecture Biennale

From the Ground Up: Timber innovation in Irish architecture

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From the Ground Up: Timber innovation in Irish architecture
2022 Programme Curatorial Events Exhibition

‘i see Earth’ Building and Ground 1991-2021

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‘i see Earth’ Building and Ground 1991-2021
2022 Programme Curatorial Events Digital Archive Exhibition Performance

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

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

Watch back MAYDAY: A 108-minute orbit of ‘i see Earth’
2022 Programme Curatorial Events Performance

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

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MAYDAY: A 108-minute orbit of ‘i see Earth’
2022 Programme Curatorial Events Talk

Watch back New Now Next with Maarten Gielen

What systems, infrastructure, and actions are needed to make...

Watch back New Now Next with Maarten Gielen
2022 Programme Curatorial Events Digital Archive Talk

Watch back New Now Next with Jos Boys and Richard Dougherty

Two pioneering UK architects discuss Disability, Space, Architecture.

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Watch back New Now Next with Jos Boys and Richard Dougherty
2021 Programme Curatorial Events Online event Talk

New Now Next: Lacaton & Vassal

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New Now Next: Lacaton & Vassal
2020 Programme 2021 Programme Curatorial Events Online event Talk

Catch up on New Now Next

Recordings now available for SO-IL, Akihisa Hirata and Toni...

Catch up on New Now Next
2022 Programme Curatorial Events Exhibition

There is a forest in my backyard but my house is built from trees grown far away

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There is a forest in my backyard but my house is built from trees grown far away
2021 Programme Curatorial Events Exhibition Exhibition Publications Seminar

Momentum

An exhibition taking place at the Irish Architecture Foundation's...

Momentum
2021 Programme Bursaries Competition Exhibition Submissions

Review of plattenbaustudio’s “All Mod Cons” as part of Momentum.

Commissioned by the IAF, the review of plattenbaustudio's installation...

Review of plattenbaustudio’s “All Mod Cons” as part of Momentum.
2021 Programme Awards Competition Curatorial Events Exhibition

Review of t o b architect’s “Incredibly Boring and Strange”, as part of Momentum.

Commissioned by the IAF, the review of Tom O'Brien's...

Review of t o b architect’s “Incredibly Boring and Strange”, as part of Momentum.
2021 Programme Bursaries Exhibition Submissions

Review of Noreile Breen’s “24 carat”, as part of Momentum

Commissioned by the IAF, the review of Noreile Breen's...

Review of Noreile Breen’s “24 carat”, as part of Momentum
2021 Programme Curatorial Events Exhibition Exhibition Learning Online event Workshop

Momentum Workshop: On Practice

A virtual workshop for architectural graduates, with t o...

Momentum Workshop: On Practice
2021 Programme Curatorial Events Exhibition Exhibition Learning Online event Talk

Momentum Seminar: On Curating

A virtual seminar & panel discussion, with presentations by...

Momentum Seminar: On Curating
2020 Programme Curatorial Events Exhibition Film

Site Specific

The Irish Architecture Foundation presents eleven short documentaries about...

Site Specific
2020 Programme Curatorial Events Film

Site Specific film shortlisted for Architecture Film Festival London

Parnell Square short selected from more than 270 international...

Site Specific film shortlisted for Architecture Film Festival London
2019 Programme Curatorial Events Digital Archive Festival Learning Performance Research

Watch again: The Architect Reads – The Wessex Project

In 2019, the IAF curated The Architect Reads, a...

Watch again: The Architect Reads – The Wessex Project
2019 Programme Exhibition Public realm Venice Architecture Biennale

Close Encounter: Meetings with Remarkable Buildings

Close Encounter: Meetings with Remarkable Buildings opened on 6...

Close Encounter: Meetings with Remarkable Buildings
2019 Programme Exhibition Launch Research Residency

Curating Architecture Residency – Marion Mahony Griffin

In 2019 we launch our inaugural curatorial residency through...

Curating Architecture Residency – Marion Mahony Griffin
Competition Curatorial Events Learning

A Space for Learning

Kicked off late in 2009, A Space for Learning...

A Space for Learning
Exhibition

Grit, Grandeur & One Euro Bananas

A kaleidoscopic exploration and celebration of Dublin 1 ...

Grit, Grandeur & One Euro Bananas
Exhibition

New Horizon

A major project showcasing the work of nine emerging...

New Horizon
Curatorial Events Film Talk

We Built This City

An initiative chronicling the development of three global cities:...

We Built This City
2019 Programme Exhibition Public realm Venice Architecture Biennale

Close Encounter: Meetings with Remarkable Buildings

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Close Encounter: Meetings with Remarkable Buildings
Curatorial Events Talk

Agents of Architecture

In 2012, a series of talks aimed at expanding...

Agents of Architecture
Curatorial Events Film Talk

The Fourth Wall

This season of Film and Architecture in 2011 revealed...

The Fourth Wall
Curatorial Events Talk

Irish Architecture Now

Two groups of Irish architects travelled to six prestigious...

Irish Architecture Now
Exhibition Ireland at Venice

The Lives of Spaces

Presented in 2008 at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition...

The Lives of Spaces
Competition Exhibition Film

Archizines

The new generation of architecture magazines, fanzines and journals....

Archizines
Exhibition Film Talk

The Everyday Experience

IMMA invited us to take over a gallery space...

The Everyday Experience
Exhibition Ireland at Venice

of de Blacam and Meagher

Presented in 2010 at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition...

of de Blacam and Meagher
Competition Curatorial Events Public realm Talk

Cruth Curach – A Craftitecture Pavilion

In 2011, a dramatic temporary pavilion based on the...

Cruth Curach – A Craftitecture Pavilion
2021 Programme Curatorial Events Online event Talk

New Now Next: Kate Orff

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New Now Next: Kate Orff
2019 Programme Curatorial Events Talk

NewNowNext: Sir David Adjaye

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NewNowNext: Sir David Adjaye
2021 Programme Curatorial Events Online event Talk

New Now Next: Eyal Weizman

Registration now open for our second New Now Next...

New Now Next: Eyal Weizman
Exhibition

Engaging Places: Collaborative Praxis in Art and Architecture

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Engaging Places: Collaborative Praxis in Art and Architecture
Exhibition Learning

IAF Collective: Takeover exhibition

See the results of IAF Collective: Takeover, a weeklong...

IAF Collective: Takeover exhibition
Exhibition

IAF@IMMA

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IAF@IMMA
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