Irish Architecture Foundation

09/10/2026

Looking for some free family fun? Open House Junior is THIS WEEKEND!

30 FREE tours, workshops and activities across Dublin, designed especially for kids, teens and their grown-ups to engage with and reimagine the architecture all around us. Check out the programme at openhousedublin.com/junior!

09/10/2026

See Grangegorman through a different lens! 🔎✨

This Saturday 8 October, young explorers can get creative with Young Urban Makers , discovering spaces across Grangegorman and imagining what they could become as part of Open House Junior.

🎟️ Tickets are free and going fast! With just a few days to go, book your place for this weekend's Open House Junior here: https://openhousedublin.com/locations/take-part-in-the-art/

09/10/2026

Open Studios return to Open House Dublin, this year in partnership wih the Architectural Association of Ireland!
https://openhousedublin.com/?s=%22open+studios%22

Step behind the scenes with in-person tours and talks with architects at their design studios around Dublin, and explore the ideas shaping the future of Dublin's architectural heritage.

The following practices are opening their doors on *Tuesday 13 October*
Brennan Furlong, 5-8pm Antipas Jones with Nathalie Weadick, 5-8pm Haslam & Co, 6-8pm

Visit openhousedublin.com for addresses and booking (link above).

07/10/2026

Drop in to the National Library of Ireland and see the stunning entrance hall and reading room on Saturday 17 October as part of ! No booking or reader's ticket required.

In Collaboration with the Irish Architecture Foundation

07/10/2026

So many OPW properties to choose from at 2026!

Check out the festival programme and book your free tickets through https://openhousedublin.com/

The OPW is delighted to take part in Open House Dublin as Ireland’s largest festival of architecture celebrates its 21st year.

From landmark civic buildings to historic landscapes, visitors will have the opportunity to discover the architecture, design and stories behind a range of OPW-managed sites, including the Four Courts, Custom House Visitor Centre, Kilmainham Gaol, Rathfarnham Castle, Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, the National Botanic Gardens and the Irish National War Memorial Gardens.

Open House Dublin creates an opportunity to experience and understand the places that shape our city, while encouraging conversations about architecture, heritage, place-making and the future of Dublin.

Come along and discover some of Dublin’s remarkable built heritage from a new perspective.

Learn more 👉 https://cutt.ly/hyQiNglG
Find an OPW event near you at heritageireland.ie

Heritage Ireland Open House Dublin Irish Architecture Foundation Custom House Visitor Centre Kilmainham Gaol Museum Rathfarnham Castle Pearse Museum and St Enda's Park National Botanic Gardens of Ireland Visit Dublin Lovin Dublin

07/10/2026

This weekend!

We're open for Open House Junior 2026 🏛️ Explore our Designed by architects O’Donnell + Tuomey to resemble a classic Box Brownie camera, our home in Meeting House Square sets the scene for Open House Junior 2026.

Join us for Unfolding the City: Architecture, Photography and Collage — a hands-on workshop for children and accompanying adults. We’ll examine the museum’s unique geometry and materials from the square outside, then head indoors to cut, layer, and reframe photographs of the surrounding streetscape into custom concertina skyline zines.

Part of Open House Dublin 2026 (10–18 October), presented by the Irish Architecture Foundation under this year’s theme, Dublin Is Living.

Sun 11 Oct 2026 11:00 - 12:30
Photo Museum Ireland, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar
Free – Booking required.

Book now 👉 https://ow.ly/y2gH50ZUUZY

Irish Architecture Foundation

07/10/2026

The Scale of Distance with Déirdre McKenna
https://iaf.ie/events/the-scale-of-distance-with-deirdre-mckenna

🗓️ Wednesday 21 October, 13:00-14:00 Irish time
💻 Online
🎟️ Free - link above

Join us for conversations with architects of the Irish diaspora on design, distance and what it means to feel at home in the world today.

Next up in The Scale of Distance is Déirdre McKenna.

How do public buildings dialogue with the outer and inner lives of increasingly diverse urban dwellers? And what responsibility, if any, does architecture have towards communication and coherence?

As Municipal architect, Déirdre will discuss these questions in relation to Renens in Switzerland, a town forged by successive waves of inward migration, where foreign-born residents now constitute the population majority.

This is the third in a new series of webinars, The Scale of Distance, produced by the IAF and hosted by Peter O'Grady.

Read more and book through our website (link above)!

Images:
1. Déirdre McKenna by Giulietta Margot
2. POLATER by Déirdre McKenna
3. Design by Post Studio

07/10/2026

Bog Bothy 2026 — Where We Meet community gathering

🗓 Saturday 10 October, 12:30–4pm

📍 Bog Bothy in Cloontuskert Community Orchard, Co. Roscommon

Over the summer, Bog Bothy has travelled between peatland communities, creating opportunities to connect, share stories and celebrate place while exploring new futures for the peatlands.

As this year's journey comes to a close, we invite you to join us for a family-friendly Community Gathering at the Bothy in Cloontuskert. This is an opportunity to come together and celebrate the people and partnerships that made the tour possible.

Running Order:
12.30pm — Introduction by IAF & 12th Field
1pm — Tour with architect Evelyn D’Arcy
2pm — Poetry reading by Jane Clarke
2:30pm — Music session with John Carty and Francis Gaffney

The Bog Bothy remains in Cloontuskert until 18 October. You can see the programme of events on the Cloontuskert Tidy Towns Facebook.

About Bog Bothy:
Bog Bothy, a climate-action project in partnership with 12th Field and co-created with communities, is a collection of work, built outcomes and ambitious proposals towards a new peatlands architecture.

The Bog Bothy 2026 Tour was made possible through a national partnership with Tóchar Wetlands Restoration, one of Ireland’s major wetlands restoration programmes, which is coordinated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Photo by Annie Holland, courtesy of Tóchar.

05/10/2026

05/10/2026

Make, explore, discover and get creative across North Dublin!

There are still free tickets available for these Open House Junior events on 10 & 11 October:
The Art of Georgian Doors Creative Lab for Teens at Coolock Library — explore the colourful details of Dublin’s Georgian doors and create your own designs inspired by the city.
Glasnevin Cemetery Junior Experience —
discover fascinating stories, characters and secrets from nearly 200 years of Dublin history.
Silk Worm Families workshop at Coolock Library — get building and let your imagination run wild as you design and create your own architectural world.
Young Urban Makers workshop at TU Dublin invites children and young people to workshop invites children and young people to explore, question and dream up a future for Grangegorman's new spaces.
Celtic Design workshops at Baldoyle Library & Rush Library — discover the intricate world of Celtic design and create your own artwork inspired by medieval Ireland.

Free tickets are still available - book yours and get exploring!
https://openhousedublin.com/junior/