The Irish Architecture Foundation has kicked off its new education programme with A Space for Learning, a design competition to challenge current thinking on school design, where architects collaborate with the end-users of educational spaces - the students. A Space for Learning features more than 1,500 students in 90 schools, currently working with 120 architects around the country to desi ...

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Carlow (1) Keith Graham of FORM architecture -  St Mary's CBS Academy, Carlow Cavan (1) Noel J Brady of NJBA A+U - St Patrick's College Secondary School, Cavan Clare (2) Sioban Mulcahy Architect - Gaelcholáiste an Chláir, Inis Sioban Mulcahy Architect - Colaiste Mhuire, Ennis Cork (10) James Bourke of James Bourke Architects - Midleton College Mark Gallagher - Beara Co ...

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Students from St. Joseph's CBS primary school, Fairview, explored bridge design in a workshop from The Irish Architecture Foundation in partnership with Dublin Docklands Development Authority. The session started with a tour of the new bridges in the Docklands area, looking at their design and function. Students then worked with architects Adrian King and Patrick Hunt to create their ...

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As part of our Open House Junior programme, two workshops for young people were held in Tallaght on the 9th and 10th of October. Click on the image gallery above to see the fruits of their labour! My Place - School Workshop, Tallaght School children from Cnoc Mhuire Senior National School in Killinarden became architects for the day at the My Place workshops, part of Open House D ...

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The Sea City Scape family workshop took place on Sunday 11 October as part of our Open House Junior programme. Families worked together to create a new skyline for the seaside city of Dun Laoghaire. The workshop began with a tour of the sea front, sketching and observing local landmarks. Back at the County Hall, the family groups recreated some of the town's most famous building ...

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On Thursday 8 October in Liberty Hall, broadcaster John Bowman chaired our OPEN DEBATE, the popular opening event of the Irish Architecture Foundation’s Open House Dublin, to ask “CAN ARCHITECTURE SAVE THE WORLD?” A panel of speakers featuring architects Shelley McNamara (Grafton Architects and winner of the World Architecture Award 2008) and Sean O Laoire (Murray O Laoire Architects) ...

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Here is a list of some of the sites we recommend teachers and parents check out for ideas and plans on teaching and appreciation of art and architecture. These sites have been chosen with the objective of helping students understand their relationship to their environment and to develop comfort expressing themselves creatively. As well as information, these sites focus on developing self expressio ...

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Here is a selection of very stimulating lectures for you to enjoy. This is a series of lectures sourced from TED (Technology, Education, Design). These lectures have been chosen for their relevance to issues of concern for today's architectural spaces. These videos are released under the Creative Commons license "Attribution – NonCommercial – NonDerivative." Thom Mayne, architect – Arch ...

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These are links to the best online architecture, art and design magazines and journals. People interested in all art forms will find this resource helpful for keeping abreast of developments in the field of art and architecture. This can also be a valuable resource for generating discussion. Irish Journals: Architecture Ireland: the Official Journal of the Royal Institute of the Archite ...

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A Space for Learning is a design competition initiated by the Irish Architecture Foundation to challenge current thinking on school design, creating an opportunity for architects to collaborate with the end-users of educational spaces - the students. The project works as an ideas competition in two stages and involves a creative collaboration between architects and schools. Architects will ...

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