The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) and the Minister for the Environment, John Gormley T.D. recently launched the new Register for Architects. Established under the Building Control Act 2007, the Register lists architects whose qualifications meet the standards set out in the Act. Since the commencement of the Act, only architects who are on the Register may use the title ...

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The Lives of Spaces was Ireland's exhibition at the 11th International Architecture Biennale in Venice in 2008. Primarily using film and moving image, the nine pieces in The Lives of Spaces explore the central role of space in our society, how it frames and structures the patterns and practices of our collective life, from domestic to civic, from personal to public.The exhibition involves ...

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Pecha Kucha Night arrived in Dublin for the first time on Thursday 16 July to a full capacity audience in the Sugar Club! Organised by the Irish Architecture Foundation and The Small Print, nine presenters gave us their take on ‘Small Ideas, Big Impact’, with everything from the doorways of the world to space exploration to the best Irish novel (Ulysses v. PS I love you), popping up in ...

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The Board of the Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia on proposal of the President Mr. Paolo Baratta has appointed Kazuyo Sejima as Director of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition. Kazuyo Sejima is a co-founder of architecture practice SANAA with Ryue Nishizawa. SANAA are based in Tokyo, Japan and their pioneering buildings such as the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York (200 ...

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Young Irish architectural practice TAKA have won the ‘Best International Project' award at this year's BDA Brick Awards for their project ‘House 1 + House 2'. The prestigious awards, which recognise the best use of brick in architecture were held in Grosvenor Square, London last Thursday. The two houses in Donnybrook, Dublin beat off competition from projects in Belgium, Kuwait ...

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"Building for an environment worth living in" With the Blue Award, the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Vienna, Department for Spatial and Sustainable Design is holding for the first time an international student competition on sustainable architecture. The launch date is set for November 10, 2009 and is open to architecture students worldwide! With the ...

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Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre in South Africa, designed by Peter Rich Architects of Johannesburg, has won global architecture's most coveted accolade of World Building of the Year at the prestigious World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF Awards) 2009. The presentation took place during a special awards ceremony, which marked the conclusion of global architecture summit the World Ar ...

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The National Campaign for the Arts petitions to ensure the arts are on local and national government agendas and welcomes an open debate as a vital part of contemporary Irish life. Its membership has a national reach that includes major festivals, venues, producers and representative organisations and individual artists in the visual arts, theatre, film, dance, music, literature, architectu ...

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