Ireland Art, architecture and travel

Drink to Dublin: Jameson enlist artist James Earley to design new label

By Melina Keays • Last updated 25 October 22

Home comforts: a new Irish house extension with a twist

By Clare Dowdy • Last updated 21 October 22

Escape to this off-grid artist studio on the Irish island of Inis Oírr

For the aptly named Drop Everything cultural biennial, a perfect pod has popped up on the rocky headland of Inis Oírr, the smallest of the Aran Islands, located off the west coast of Galway

By Elly Parsons • Last updated 21 October 22

Dublin-based Thomas O Brien selected for Wallpaper* Architects‘ Directory 2019

WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: Dublin-based Thomas O Brien takes architectural history and building plans as a starting point for his designs. He adopts a straightforward approach that places materials and construction visibly at the forefront, expressing honesty and clarity through architecture. Projects include Knockraha (pictured), a trussed extension to a family home in County Cork.

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 20 October 22

Complex geometry: Heneghan Peng’s Palestinian Museum takes its cue from a natural context

By Hadani Ditmars • Last updated 20 October 22

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By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 20 October 22

Girls Girls Girls: Simone Rocha’s subversive exploration of femininity

Simone Rocha unites an eclectic collection of artists for the new exhibition ‘Girls Girls Girls’ at Lismore Castle Arts, Ireland 

By Hannah Silver • Last updated 6 October 22

Curve ball: Joseph Walsh brings a unique twist to furniture design

By Tiffany Jow • Last updated 30 September 22

These self-build Tiny Homes propose an alternative to renting

Irish social enterprise Common Knowledge is teaching people to build its Tigín Tiny Homes using sustainable materials

By Giovanna Dunmall • Last updated 28 September 22

Grafton's Town House is a celebration of openness and community

Grafton Architects designs Town House for Kingston University London, combining a library and a dance school in a building conceived around light, openness and social interaction

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 27 September 22

Small and mighty: exploring Superfolk’s studio in County Mayo, Ireland

By Jeanette Farrell • Last updated 23 September 22

Letter from Ireland: 15 projects to celebrate 2015, the Irish Year of Design

An architectural revival is underfoot in Ireland, driven by Irish Design 2015, a year-long government initiative promoting Irish design at home and abroad. The positive outlook is long overdue, after a difficult few years for the Irish construction industry. With opportunity restricted by the recession, Irish firms cast their nets further afield – and the results are paying off.

By Nicola Fox Hill • Last updated 23 August 22

Pálás in Galway takes arthouse cinema to the next level

By Giovanna Dunmall • Last updated 17 August 22

Wonder walls: a new installation at the V&A draws on Ireland's cultural roots

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 2 August 22

Rethinking the anatomy of crystal glassware with Nigel Peake and J. Hill’s Standard

By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated 1 August 22

‘Freespace’ highlights openness and optimism at 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 27 July 22

Irish timber, customised furniture and Kvadrat fabric at Dublin's The Mont by 21Spaces

By Daven Wu • Last updated 21 July 22

The Dean — Dublin, Ireland

By Ella Marshall • Last updated 21 July 22

The Hatch Rooms redefine the dormitory in Cork

By Daven Wu • Last updated 21 July 22

Grafton Architects completes waterside School of Economics in France

The Wallpaper* Architects Directory has turned 20. Conceived in 2000 as our index of emerging architectural talent, this annual listing of promising practices, has, over the years, spanned styles and continents; yet always championing the best and most exciting young studios and showcasing inspiring work with an emphasis on the residential realm. To mark the occasion, in the next months, we will be looking back at some of our over-500 alumni, to catch up about life and work since their participation and exclusively launch some of their latest completions. Ireland's Grafton Architects was featured in the magazine's first ever Architects Directory, in 2000, and has since grown exponentially in architectural output and influence, becoming, amongst other things, one of the world's go-to studios for inspiring education buildings. Here, we look at their School of Economics at Université Toulouse 1 Capitole in France. 

By Jason Sayer • Last updated 9 July 22

Contemporary artists pay homage to land art legend Nancy Holt

At the 12th-century Lismore Castle, Ireland, a group show ‘Light and Language’ explores the enduring legacy of American conceptual and land art pioneer Nancy Holt

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated 4 July 22