RIAI awards 2026: These winning Irish buildings show what we can do with what we already have
The strongest themes at this year’s Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland awards celebrate conservation, adaptation, reuse and restoration
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RIAI Architecture Awards: Bolands Mills, Blackrock Park Teahouse and RCSI facade among winners
Architectural firm Henry J Lyons wins five awards including public building, universal design, and urban design
‘Masterclass in inclusive design’: Ireland’s favourite building in RIAI public choice award revealed
Little Angels School, the new facade at Royal College of Surgeons, and Shackleton Experience among people’s top picks in RIAI Architecture Awards 2026
I want to do a simple extension on my three-bed semidetached house. How do I keep the costs down?
Property Clinic: I’ve read that even ‘simple’ extensions can run over budget or fall foul of regulations
Obituary: Seán Ó Laoire: Award-winning architect who spearheaded major urban regeneration projects
Dubliner delighted in drawing up master-plans for regeneration of run-down areas of city, starting with the Custom House Docks
Hugh Wallace obituary: Architect who became a household name in every household
Whatever impressions some viewers may have had of him, Wallace was deeply serious about architecture and interior design
Brian O’Connell obituary: Leading architect who left his mark on buildings across Ireland
He believed architecture gave him `access to the whole of the human condition’
The budget bet big on apartments. Will it help fix the housing crisis?
Four experts – a builder, an architect, an economist and a policy expert – weigh in on measures contained in Budget 2026
Taoiseach confronted by pro-Palestinian protesters at architects’ conference
Protesters disrupted Micheál Martin at the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland conference in Dublin
Irish architects have designed a new London neighbourhood. What could they do here?
A newspaper on a Tube journey led Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey to work on the flagship East Bank project
Look inside: Victorian Portobello home with award-winning extension for €695,000
Split-level two-bed with bright, wooden-beamed kitchen and garden room studio
Water system ‘in a desperate state’, says Uisce Éireann chair
New approach needed if goal of 50,000 homes a year to be achievable, according to Jerry Grant
Irish councils lack ability to plan big cities, conference told
Current planning system ‘facilitates dereliction’, says Senator Michael McDowell
Morehampton Road Victorian with the best of modern features for €2.5m
Architectural revamp in 2010 saw four-bedroom house chosen for award
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