The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Naas North-West Quadrant, County Kildare
Kildare County Council has announced a competition for a 290ha sustainable low carbon urban district north of Naas Town [Deadline: 13 October 2023]
Tag: Ireland
King John’s Castle, Limerick
Limerick City and County Council is seeking an architect for the conservation of King John's Castle [Deadline: 25 August 2023]
Adare Heritage Centre, County Limerick
Limerick City and County Council has launched a contest to remodel and expand the Adare Heritage Centre [Deadline: 21 July 2023]
Pineview Gardens, Limerick
Limerick City and County Council has announced an architecture contest for €14.5 million of new infill housing at Pineview Gardens [Deadline: 7 July 2023]
Canice Architects adapts 18th-century Irish school building into a house
This conservation project in County Tipperary, Ireland, turns a Recorded Irish Monument with colourful history into a family home
Town Centre Living, Ireland
The RIAI has announced a raft of competitions for new social housing in four key town centres [Deadline: 16 March 2023]
EU procurement rules have clobbered Irish architecture
High entry hurdles mean there are few opportunities for innovation from young Irish practices, argues architect, artist, activist and broadcaster Róisín Murphy
Who are the architects leading the way in Ireland’s new wave?
Following the collapse of the Celtic Tiger economy in 2008, what are the conditions under which architecture in Ireland is operating? Emmett Scanlon looks at how a new cohort of architects is responding to this still dynamic place
Ali Grehan: the city architect on a retrofit mission
Dublin’s city architect, Ali Grehan, tells Richard Waite about how a major building-reuse programme could help tackle the housing crisis
A Square of Ground: Irish architect Noreile Breen explores practice deeply connected to her native land
Rupert Bickersteth talks to Irish architect Noreile Breen about horticulture, contemporary practice in Ireland and a truly holistic approach to understanding and working in the (built) environment