Open House Dublin is a free festival of architecture taking place across the city and county from 11-19 October 2025. 

Dublin is so full of incredible buildings, neighbourhoods, initiatives, histories and lived experiences that we want to give more people the opportunity to be included in the festival programme. We believe that Open House should reflect Dublin and you, so we’re inviting you to pitch anything that you would like to open up to or share with the public during Open House Dublin this October. 

Would you or your organisation like to run a tour or an event for children or families? Perhaps you have an idea, a workshop, or a conversation you want to host this October? Is there an area of Dublin that needs to be visited, something you love and are proud of, a building you would like people to know, or an exhibition that needs a platform?

The festival offers a diverse and exciting range of building tours, talks, lectures, workshops, and a dedicated weekend for children and young people, Open House Junior. Open House is intended to welcome people into buildings and spaces, making architecture accessible and encouraging conversation and curiosity about the city and the built environment. 

This is the second year of Open to All. In 2024, a provocative and engaging exhibition on how people live in the city, Squashed Living, was selected to be exhibited during Open House Dublin in our temporary venue on Charlemont Walk.

This year, as we celebrate the 20th edition of Open House Dublin, our focus is on the theme of Future Heritage. This theme is shared by our Open House Europe colleagues in 2025. We particularly invite proposals that discuss Dublin as a site, place or city of future heritage. 

Send us your ideas, referencing what the term Future Heritage means to you, by 31 July using this online form, and we will come back to you.

Terms and conditions

All decisions about the Open House Dublin programme are at the discretion of the Irish Architecture Foundation.

Inclusion through Open to All will not necessarily result in funding for new projects or ideas as the majority of organisations and individuals participating in Open House do so on a voluntary basis. However, it is the IAF’s policy to ensure artists are paid appropriately when participating in our programmes, and fees will be offered where relevant.

Photo: Squashed Living installation at Open House Dublin 2024. Photo by Ste Murray.