Tadao Ando: Creating Dreams, Dublin
Squeals of delight greeted Bono as he showed up to introduce Tadao Ando, the world’s most decorated architect, in front of 2,500 admirers at the RDS in Dublin last Sunday.
Francis Pym: Ulster Museum, Belfast
It’s Belfast’s Busaras, the building architects love and the locals love to hate. Perhaps it’s because the raw-boned Ulster Museum eschews the reassuring emotional associations of imperial grandeur attached to City Hall and the distant classicism of Stormont in favour of a more radical vision –
FKL architects: SubUrban to SuperRural, Venice Architecture Biennale
Mankind has entered the urban age. A century ago, fewer than one in 10 people lived in cities. This year, for the first time in history,
FKL Architects: Library & Fingal local area offices, Baldoyle, County Dublin
A new wave is washing through Irish architecture. The tide is high and the generation now approaching 40 is making its mark,
O’Donnell + Tuomey: Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork
The years when architecture had to struggle to distinguish itself from mere building now seem so yesterday, darling. Today, the architectural avant-garde resembles nothing so much as the world of fashion,
Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects: Habitat 825, West Hollywood, CA
Los Angeles has always been a place where you could experiment. Generations of architects have been drawn to the West Coast,
Niall McLaughlin Architects: Dirk Cove, County Cork
Speaking to a packed hall of rapt architects in his hometown of Dublin two years ago, Niall McLaughlin surprisingly classified the small-scale designs with which he had made his international reputation as “trial pieces”.
15 Usher’s Island, The House of The Dead
Brendan Kilty, host and owner, is literally run off his feet. For four years he has struggled to resuscitate the last house on Dublin’s western quays –
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, Dublin’s north inner city,
Tom de Paor: Young Architect of the Year, 2003
“Love architecture for its silence,” says Tom de Paor, “in which lies its voice, its secret and powerful song.” He is quoting what he calls “the bible”
