St. Patrick’s Day: 7 clover-shaped designs to celebrate Ireland’s national day
From Verner Panton’s modular sofa to Mathieu Lehanneur’s street lamp and Ron Arad’s armchair, we picked 7 clover-shaped designs. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
I see Earth: Tom dePaor’s exhibition and sculptural installation at VISUAL Carlow
VISUAL Carlow presents the ‘I see Earth’ exhibition featuring an ambitious large-scale installation of sculptural work by one of Ireland’s foremost architects, Tom dePaor.
Entanglement, the Irish Pavilion in Venice explores the physical impact of bigdata
A ‘like’ in Malesia does affect a community near Dublin in terms of energy consumption. The ‘Entanglement’ exhibition at the Irish Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale 2021 brings the physicality of data infrastructure to the forefront, addressing the environmental, cultural and human impact of data
St. Patrick’s Day! 5 architectural whiskey distilleries making Ireland’s nectar flow
5 Irish whiskey architectures to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day: a former beer factory converted into a whiskey temple, a see-through garden pot still house and a medieval church turned into a distillery…
Welcome to Dublin! A contemporary architecture guide to the Irish capital
Brutalism in Trinity College, Temple Bar’s street art trails and a whiskey distillery in a medieval church. Welcome to Dublin! Explore Eileen Gray’s legacy, cross a Santiago Calatrava’s harp-inspired bridge and discover buildings by Daniel Libeskind, Grafton Architects and more…
ODOS Architects transforms dilapidated historical buildings in Dublin into The Mayson world class boutique hotel
The Mayson hotel: ODOS Architects redevelops two neglected buildings in Dublin by drawing on their existing, inherent characters.
McCullough Mulvin architects turns a former church into the Medieval Mile Museum
McCullough Mulvin architects combined sensitive restoration and contemporary design for the Medieval Mile Museum celebrating the heritage of Kilkenny, Ireland’s ancient capital.
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara named 2020 Pritzker Prize
2020 Pritzker Prize. For the first time the Nobel equivalent for architecture goes to a team of two women: Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, co-founders of Grafton Architects.
Venice Art Biennale 2019: 7 must-visit architectural pavilions
From Ghana to Taiwan, Denmark, US and more. At Venice Art Biennale 2019 – the Olympics of Art – many national pavilions have a strong architectural imprint. Check the ones we liked the most.
Border walls’ architecture from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
Trump’s wall and the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) splitting the Korean peninsula in two… These border walls are just the tip of a global iceberg. Archipanic explores protectionist and divisive constructions across Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Preview: 10 creative and entrepreneurial women to shine at Design Days Dubai 2017
Omani-inspired cabinets functional praying consoles and skyscraper-looking tables. Archipanic previews 10 projects and designs by innovative women at Design Days Dubai 2017.
Losing myself: architects’ contribute to ease Alzheimer progressive sense of displacement
With the Losing Myself exhibition, Irish Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2016 presents a research on Alzheimer. The installation refers to the sensitive architecture of a respite care centre that was designed to alleviate disorientation.
Eight fronts, battlefronts and frontiers on show at Venice Architecture Biennale 2016
Which are the fronts that architects can tackle in order to improve people’s life? We examine eight fronts and key topics explored by must-see exhibitions at Venice Architecture Biennale 2016.
Ultimate Irish Design
Designers and makers from Ireland and international influencers presented collections meshing craft and heritage to update on the ultimate Irish design trends.
