Conversations regarding the possible existence and defining characteristics of the present Irish School of contemporary architecture seem to inevitably find their way around to the various influences of American architects on some of the primary figures of Irish Architecture. Raymund … Read More

The IAF invited a number of architects to represent current thinking in architecture and to speak at a number of venues in the USA. I was lucky to be asked to participate and set off to the west coast, beginning … Read More

In this episode of Arts Tonight broadcast on RTE Radio 1 on the 5th December, presenter Vincent Woods travels to Chicago to meet architects Raymund Ryan, Sheila O’Donnell, Yvonne Farrell and Tom de Paor as they take part in Irish … Read More

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Watch the event at Harvard Graduate School of Design on the 29th September, introduced by Preston Scott Cohen, Gerald M. McCue Professor in Architecture and Chair of the Department of Architecture at GSD, with Merritt Bucholz and Karen McEvoy of … Read More

Curious, perhaps, that “structure” became a key theme of two-days-worth of exemplary buildings visited by the three Irish architects in Southern California. Not so curious, of course, when one remembers the seismic nature of the region and certain streaks of … Read More

In an effort to blow the winds of signature architecture in the design-resistant College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley, the organizers of the fall lecture series have brought established names and emerging talents. The 11/9/2011 event offered to a … Read More

You could count one hand the few good buildings built in Chicago in the 35 years since Lakepoint Tower (1967) by George Schipporeit and John Heinrich and Mc Cormick 1 (1970), a sprawling single story convention center developed by Gene … Read More

Prior to the last East Coast talks in the wonderful Carnegie Museum of Art, we were treated to two visits to Frank Lloyd Wright houses, both located deep in the Pennsylvanian woods (which hadn’t quite reached their characteristically spectacular Fall … Read More

A visit to the glass house ‘campus’ provided some interesting commentary (by Kazys), and some great spaces.

Reception at the irish consulate, NYC – penthouse apt with 360 terrace – midtown,  east side – incredible views.  There the theatre crowd, all seemed to know each other, but then theatre does draw people in. Architecture as a concept … Read More

  Four Irish architects spoke at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, in front of a shiny new curtain designed by Petra Blaise. It was a great performance that complicated any attempt to essentialize or over-simplify the Irish-ness of the … Read More

  Visitors to the Pittsburgh area have the enviable opportunity of visiting not one but two houses by Frank Lloyd Wright. Fallingwater (1935-39) was the weekend home of the Kaufmann family, proprietors of Pittsburgh’s most fashionable department store. It is … Read More

I realize that Chicago is the last stop on the IAN tour but I thought I’d start with a short piece about the city to wet your appetites, prior to the 11/11 lecture. I met RR in Chicago not long … Read More

Cindy Yewon Chun, looks for the roots of Irish identity in Irish Architecture. In her post on The Architects Newspaper Blog, she says: ‘While each of the projects presented was visually stunning and aptly contextualized with respect to unique site conditions … Read More

This film was made by Definition BAM in New York and contains short interviews about Irish Architecture Now, from Raymund Ryan Curator, Frank McDonald from the Irish Times, and architects, Karen McEvoy, Niall McCullough and Shih-Fu Peng.

Last Thursday night  four Irish architects spoke at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, standing in front of a shiny new curtain designed by Petra Blaise. It was a great performance that complicated any attempt to essentialize or over-simplify the … Read More

Niall McCullough’s opening slide, with the four, powerful, juxtaposed images set the tone quite well, reinforcing a deep commitment to/understanding of Ireland’s culture and history-further underlined in his post presentation remarks.  I don’t think anything could match the visceral quality … Read More

Reading all of the posts from the States makes me slightly homesick. There are parts of New York I might hardly recognize after living in the city for a year and visiting it regularly throughout the 1980s. Everyone in Ireland … Read More

Kazys’  question “What is Irish?” interest me. Being; Moroccan born, French raised, Brazilian architecturally trained and Irish practicing architect, I probably tick all the boxes to NOT qualify for making Irish Architecture or at least raise doubt. But yet, I … Read More

I would like to start with thanking The Irish Foundation Director Nathalie Weadick and Carnegie Museum Director Raymund Ryan for inviting me to contribute to this blog. This is a great initiative supported by Culture Ireland. I would like also … Read More

Great to see Norman McGrath at Cooper on Monday. And to hear his response to the presentations. Norman is the son of Raymond McGrath, former Principal Architect at the OPW and a vanguard Modernist in England in the 1930s. He … Read More

Pittsburgh’s getting the word out that the Irish are coming.  The Carnegie Museum and Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture in Pittsburgh have each sent out email notices and posted to their websites.  The Wall Street Journal has a piece … Read More

Last night the first of our six events kicked off at 6.30pm in the Rose Auditorium at 41 Cooper Sq. This building is the home of art and engineering department of The Cooper Union, designed by Pritzer Prize winner Thom … Read More

Yesterday we took a trip to Connecticut to visit one of the world’s most important icons the Philip Johnson Glass House, built in 1949. The curator there Irene Allen took the group of 8 around the central part of what … Read More

I too am honored to be asked to contribute to the blog from here in Pittsburgh.  I’m eager to explore what, if anything, joins together these architects, what identifies them as “Irish,” other than an office address.  Although national identity … Read More

It’s a great honour to be invited to respond to the Irish Architecture Now panel tonight at Cooper Union. Naturally, I’m eager to respond to the presentations themselves, not to impose a framework of my own, but in discussing the … Read More

Fantastic that the first troupe of architects from Ireland will soon be en route to New York City, the city of dreams and of hard work. These tours are part of Imagine Ireland, a year-long intervention / assault / seduction … Read More