Boyd Cody Architects: Ballagh House, Temple Cottages, Dublin
The Ballagh house is perfectly pop. Situated at the end of a south-facing terrace of small artisan dwellings in Broadstone,
Tom de Paor: Young Architect of the Year, 2003
“Love architecture for its silence,” says Tom de Paor, “in which lies its voice,
Barry Byrne: Christ the King, Turner’s Cross, Cork
An old wrong has been put right by RKD McCarthy Lynch’s brilliant restoration of Barry Byrne’s masterpiece,
2001 – O’Donnell + Tuomey: Letterfrack Furniture College, County Galway
Some buildings have savage histories. Histories that can leave a place –
Gilroy McMahon Architects: Croke Park Stadium, Dublin
If sport is, as some contend, a form of religious devotion,
Eileen Gray: E-1027, Roquebrune Cap Martin
Le Corbusier, arguably the greatest architect of the 20th century, was obsessed and haunted by E-1027,
Grafton Architects: Università Luigi Bocconi, Milan
More often than not there is a grudging, occasionally bitter, tone to the architectural grapevine.
Scott Tallon Walker & Michael Warren: Tulach a’ tSolais, Oulart, County Wexford
Architectural concrete is about to come out of the jungle and join the rest of the civilised world.
Tom de Paor: N³, Venice Architecture Biennale
Irish architecture has always struggled to be heard on the international stage.
Tom de Paor: A13 Artscape, East London
The 1980s was a dismal decade for Irish architecture. All the exciting construction projects were in civil engineering,
