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Explore Dublin city and county at the biggest Open House Dublin festival yet, 7-15 October.

We are currently seeking volunteers to help us deliver the most ambitious Open House Dublin festival yet.

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Open House Dublin volunteers to volunteer with partner festivals taking place in Bilbao and Essen on 7-8 October.

This past weekend, 3 experienced Open House Dublin volunteers joined Open House Brno, Open House Lisboa, and Open House Milano in the first of 6 Open House Europe volunteer exchanges.

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Open House Dublin volunteers to volunteer with partner festivals in Brno, Lisbon, and Milan on 13-14 May.

The IAF is joining forces with 11 other European organisations that promote quality architecture through Open House festivals

This year's packed programme enabled over 23,000 people to engage with the built environment in Dublin city and county, in person and online.

​​Open House Dublin 2022 programme launched by Minister Malcolm Noonan

'On being there' is a filmic encounter with the material and outputs of the architecture office of Tom dePaor over thirty years, 1991-2021.

Playback now available of this one-day festival exploring extraordinary housing all over the world, including our session with Open House Oslo on innovative housing for the elderly

It's Open House Dublin 2021 this weekend (15-17 October) - the IAF's showcase festival of architecture in the capital city!

The IAF is marking World Architecture Day by announcing a new, year-long partnership with The Housing Agency

The IAF was saddened to learn of the death of the renowned Irish architect, Niall McCullough.

Parnell Square short selected from more than 270 international entries

Series of short films commissioned for Open House Dublin will be shown every Wednesday evening until June.

Site Specific and We Built This City series to be included in festival content

A final addition to the Site Specific film series which underlines the purpose of architecture and the agency of architects.

Dublin will be one of 40 cities represented in this free 48-hour streamed festival of discussions, tours and more.

We're looking for young people aged 15-18 to take part in a live virtual debate as part of the Open House Worldwide Festival next month.

An update in light of revised restrictions on Dublin, as part of Government's Living with COVID-19 plan.

Open House Dublin is set to take place this year on the weekend of the 8 -11 October.

Our free annual celebration of the Dublin’s best architecture returns on 11—13 October 2019.

Rain? What rain? 2018 - our most ambitious year yet!

 Totally Dublin have announced the winner of this year's #OpenHouseDublin #InstaHouse competition

We wanna know your highlights and how we can improve the festival in the future!

Check out our taster video for Open house Dublin this year.

"Architecture is everywhere, all around us, every house, school, office, hospital and supermarket was built for a purpose. What, we can only
wonder, will the buildings of today tell future generations about life in 21st century Dublin?.”
- Minister Josepha Madigan

We are delighted and proud to announce significant new and continued partnerships for OHD 2018!

Open House Dublin 2018 will soon arrive in the city and we're looking for volunteers

2018 marks the 13th OPEN HOUSE DUBLIN, Ireland’s largest architecture festival, taking place from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 October 2018.

Shortlist announced for the 27th Allianz Business To Arts Awards

Deadline Extended!
Open House Dublin Volunteers Coordinator Application accepted until midnight 24 June

We are recruiting for this year's Open House Dublin Programme Coordinator

This year's Open House Dublin saw over 33,000 visits to more than 150 events!

We wanna know your highlights and how we can improve the festival in the future!

Open House Dublin is almost upon us and it's time to announce the OHD Photo Competition!

IAF Membership gets you closer to the action at Open House Dublin and all year round...

We have announced all 150+ events as part of Open House Dublin 2017: start planning your weekend now...

2017 marks the 12th – and biggest ever - Open House Dublin!

We've announced the theme of the 12th OHD 2017

The IAF is seeking a Programme Coordinator to help deliver this year’s Open House Dublin – Ireland’s largest architecture festival.

Standard Lives was a series of talks celebrating the ignored and overlooked side of Irish architecture and design.

We wanna know what your highlights and what we can improve moving forward.

Calling all architecture and photography enthusiasts!

This is the 11th edition of Open House Dublin and doesn’t time fly.....

The IAF have joined forces with Airbnb to shine a spotlight on great Dublin Architecture for Open House Dublin 2016, a FREE, annual architectural celebration, taking place from Friday 14 to Sunday 16 October this year.

Irish Architecture Foundation is delighted to announce that Open House Dublin will take place from 14 – 16 October this year.

The 1916 Centenary will be the focus of this year’s curated programme. The architecture of Dublin is a reflection of our culture. The buildings we design and build today, and those we protect, tell a story of Dublin’s development. The buildings on our city’s streetscape tell a very direct and inspiring story about the history of our capital, the past lives of its inhabitants and our aspirations for the future.

Open House Dublin is Ireland's largest architecture festival produced by the IAF each year