Design Cast your vote: RIAI invites public to choose Ireland’s favourite building The annual architecture awards offers 42 stunning spaces to choose from in its online poll
Architectural Design The good, the bad and the bizarre: the striking public architecture that never was A new book explores the history of the 20th and 21st century projects that failed to make it off the plans
Art & Design My Objects of Desire with Garvan de Bruir: ‘I couldn’t live without a variety of self-build projects on the go’The Kildare-based specialist leather craftsman on the art of making things that last, the love of detail and designing prototype prefab housing as a side hustle
Design RIAI conservation awards celebrate heroes of Ireland’s built heritageSilver awards recognise innovation in preservation of existing buildings such as National Gallery and 14 Henrietta Street
Books Book review: This story of Dublin’s bridges buckles under pressureA City Runs Through Them, the final book by the late Fergal Tobin, is flawed but nonetheless shows why his waspish, passionate voice will be missed
Books Books: Delayed reaction to the man whose vision for public housing transformed DublinImpressively researched study shows how tortured, visionary architect Herbert Simms redefined social housing in the capital, but leaves personal questions unanswered
travel tips Architect Margit Argus’ travel tips from years of globe-trotting adventuresThe well-travelled founder of Studio Argus on unlocking hidden Airbnb freebies, the one thing that will transform your trip and why Helsinki is the city for architects
Design Book review: First Quarter is a richly crafted memoir of a celebrated architect’s early lifeThe book, by John Tuomey of award-winning firm O’Donnell + Tuomey, details a childhood spent visiting building sites with his project-engineer father
Commercial Property Top ten Irish architects’ projects worth more than €13,870m in past year Figures from Construction Information Services Ireland exclude overseas developments, so the total value is likely to be considerably higher
The Big Interview ‘If the government started talking to us, we could save a lot of money for the state’ – Niall Byrne, NMB ArchitectsThe specialised firm has more than 30 years’ experience designing industrial and commercial projects for pharmaceutical, medical device and high-tech clients
watches Everything you need to know about Rado’s new Les Couleurs Le Corbusier collaborationThe new limited-edition collection extends the 2019 collaboration to the True Square Thinline range with two-tone colourways
Design At the Museum of Literature, Ireland’s living literary heritage is preserved by designThe building is both a celebration of Joycean writings and a triadic ode to period architecture
Design Two days to vote for this year’s RIAI People’s Choice winnerThere are several exciting contenders in several categories at this, the 34th Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland annual awards
Commercial Property If your building has good bones, don’t swap it for a younger modelDemolition and rebuild should be the very last option with commercial buildings past their prime, as many can be cleverly upgraded or repurposed
Letter From America Marion McKeone: The Irish architect and the audacious $500m Bel Air mansion with 42 bathroomsThe Los Angeles dream home known as The One was fast becoming a white elephant. It finally sold for €125m but it needs another $20m to finish it. However, the property designed by an Irishman is strangely beautiful
Design Tenders invited for sale and redevelopment of Helsinki’s historic Old Customs HouseWinning proposal will serve as a basis for the Finnish capital’s new city plan
Commercial Property Oakmount rolling back the years with meticulous restoration The conservation-oriented developer transformed Rathmine’s Stella Cinema to its wondrous former glory, while this year it will unveil Clerys on O’Connell Street, the firm’s most ambitious project yet
Commercial Property Scott Tallon Walker celebrates World Architecture Festival shortlistingsTwo STW entries are contenders in the world’s largest architecture and development industry festival and live awards competition
Commercial Property Dublin’s historic heart gets new meeting and events venueThe Dublin Royal Convention Centre forms part of a new complex in the Le Pole Square development, which once housed a church dating back to 1100
Architectural Design Housing Unlocked exhibition aims to show original solutions to housing crisisIrish Architecture Foundation and Housing Agency exhibition in the Science Gallery at TCD offers innovation in the form of repurposing vacant bank buildings, disused Garda stations and even parts of a Dublin city church to provide accommodation