As #BogBothy settles into its final 2026 stop, we look back at the fantastic community engagement led by the Cornafulla Micro Reserve team. It's truly inspiring how a place to gather & even a small team can pull a community together to experience the bog in new ways! @tocharstories.bsky.social

New Life Old Buildings 2026 starts 2 weeks from today! 📍 Limerick 9 & 16 Sept 💻 Online 22 & 23 Oct iaf.ie/events/new-l... Join us to explore how vacant & underused buildings can become places for connection & how caring for what we already have can help build more sustainable & resilient places.

This September we're bringing the exhibition To Not Design Is To Cost The Earth to London! 🗓️ 3–25 September 2026 📍 The Building Centre, London 🎟️ Free entry, Monday–Friday, 9am–6pm 🔗 iaf.ie/events/exhib... Drawings, photographs and films feature the work of architects across the island of Ireland.

Delighted to announce New Life Old Buildings 2026, our national programme exploring how caring for existing buildings can help shape more connected, sustainable & resilient places. Limerick 9 & 16 September Online 22 & 23 October iaf.ie/events/new-l... Supported by @nbhsireland.bsky.social

#BogBothy will make its final stop at Cloontuskert, Co. Roscommon, opening on Saturday 15 August. Activity will be led locally by Cloontuskert Tidy Towns, a voluntary community group dedicated not only to environmental improvement but also to celebrating the distinctive heritage of Cloontuskert.

The Scale of Distance with Rory Corr 🗓️ Wed 19 Aug, 1-2pm 💻 Online 🎟️ iaf.ie/events/the-s... 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. First up is Scotland-based architect Rory Corr (Office Corr Higgins).

Introducing The Scale of Distance, an exciting new IAF programme! iaf.ie/events/the-s... This is a brand new conversation series gathering together architects from the Irish diaspora to explore architecture, identity, belonging and the meaning of home. Starting 19 August - booking now open!

The Scale of Distance

A series of online conversations on architecture, diaspora and the meaning of home.

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Calling architects interested in community-led practice! Applications are open for an Architect in Residence on How We Move, an exciting new partnership between @kildarecoco.bsky.social Arts Service and the IAF. Read more & apply by 31 August: iaf.ie/news/how-we-... #Placemaking #CreativeHealth

Last week to apply, come and join the LINA family! With the @irisharchitecturef.bsky.social, we organise the LINA Writing Award each year to publish the recipient's written work as part of a series. We also select a curator for the digital LINA Library, a relevant archive of knowledge production.

LINA Community@linacommunity.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Open Call for LINA Fellows is here! Up to 22 individuals and teams will be selected to attend the LINA Forum (Barcelona, October 2026) to create connections and initiate collaborations that take place throughout the upcoming year. Apply by 3 August! lina.community

Volunteer for #OpenHouseDublin 2026! iaf.ie/news/volunte... 🗓️ 10-18 October 📍 Dublin city & county Every year, 300+ volunteers help us steward events, host tours & help keep the festival running smoothly. Meet like-minded people, develop your skills & explore Dublin as an #OHD26 volunteer!

Mark your calendars for #OHD26! The festival programme is shaping up behind the scenes, and we can't wait to share it with you in September!

Come work with us! We’re hiring for 2 roles to support #OpenHouseDublin festival 2026! iaf.ie/news/hiring-... . Volunteers Officer . Events and Bookings Officer Both roles are fixed-term, full-time, based in Dublin. Salary: €32,000 pro rata (both roles) Apply by: Friday 17 July, 5pm

We're hiring for Open House Dublin 2026

<h3>The Irish Architecture Foundation is recruiting two key roles to support the delivery of Open House Dublin 2026, Ireland’s largest festival of architecture.</h3>

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The Open Call for Architects for our national #ArchitectsInSchools programme is now open! Inspire the next generation by guiding collaborative architecture workshops in schools! This is a paid opportunity. Apply by 31 July through iaf.ie/news/ais-arc... @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

Closing soon (18 June) - Don't miss your chance to propose any tours or events you'd like to contribute to this year's #OpenHouseDublin festival in October! iaf.ie/news/ohd26-o...

Irish Architecture Foundation@irisharchitecturef.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Do you or your organisation have something you'd like to include in this year’s #OpenHouseDublin festival? It could be a tour, family activity, talk, exhibition... You name it. Be part of opening up Dublin this October! Send your proposals by 18 June, and we'll be in touch. iaf.ie/news/ohd26-o...

A multi-sensory installation, Assembly: #IrelandAtVenice 2025 by Cotter & Naessens begins its Irish tour this weekend. Join us for Assembly Conversations, chaired by @emmett-scanlon.bsky.social, 14 June, 4pm @corkmidsummer.bsky.social. The talk will be followed by the exhibition opening at 6pm.

The #opencall for @linacommunity.bsky.social Fellows is here! Apply by 3 August to become a LINA Fellow and collaborate with member organisations from across Europe on the LINA Architecture Programme over the next year. lina.community/open-call/

It's #NationalVolunteerWeek! We want to say a huge thank you to the 400 volunteers who supported the #OpenHouseDublin festival in 2025 and return year on year. Your enthusiasm, care and commitment help shape Open House Dublin into a festival that is open, welcoming and inspiring. 🙌 #NVW26

We're thrilled to share that #BogBothy - our project with 12th Field architects & peatland communities - has been selected for an AAI Award 2026 by the Architectural Association of Ireland! iaf.ie/news/bog-bot... #AAIAwards #CreativeIreland #CreativeClimateAction #SustainableDesign #community

AAI Award 2026 Win

We connect people with architecture across Ireland. Through festivals, exhibitions, learning and placemaking, we explore how the built environment shapes lives, culture and communities.

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We're delighted to partner with @ilfdublin.bsky.social for the first time this year and look forward to welcoming author John Grindrod to Dublin! The Secret Life of Suburbia Tuesday 19 May, 20:00 Merrion Square - Synge venue 18+ Tickets: €12 / €10 ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...

The Secret Life of Suburbia John Grindrod

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Announcing Bog Bothy 2026! iaf.ie/news/bog-bot... Thanks to our new partnership with Tóchar, #BogBothy returns this summer, working with Midlands communities to explore how architecture, placemaking & collective action can shape new relationships with Ireland’s peatlands.

Bog Bothy 2026: A new partnership for peatlands architecture

We connect people with architecture across Ireland. Through festivals, exhibitions, learning and placemaking, we explore how the built environment shapes lives, culture and communities.

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Do you or your organisation have something you'd like to include in this year’s #OpenHouseDublin festival? It could be a tour, family activity, talk, exhibition... You name it. Be part of opening up Dublin this October! Send your proposals by 18 June, and we'll be in touch. iaf.ie/news/ohd26-o...

OHD26 Open Call

<h3>Do you have something you would like to include in this year’s Open House Dublin?</h3>

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Delighted to be participating in LINA Blueprints in Ljubljana this week!

LINA Community@linacommunity.bsky.social · 5mo ago

LINA Blueprints is where LINA Fellows and Members present ideas, projects and collaborations from across the LINA network, sharing practical insights on how architecture can shape communities and space. Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 15-17 April 2026 & open to everyone! lina.community/blueprints/

What impact does the Open House Dublin festival make? Read the newly published Open House Dublin Impact Report 2025 to find out! iaf.ie/ohd-impact-2... (Photo by Rich Gilligan) #OpenHouseDublin #OHD25 #FutureHeritage

Ageing in Place — Free Walking Tour of Temple Bar, Dublin Friday 29 May 2026, 11:00-12:00 www.eventbrite.ie/e/ageing-in-... We're proud to offer a unique guided walking tour on the past and present of Temple Bar, led by Michael McDermott, as part of the #BealtaineFestival. #DublinWalkingTour

In this @architecturetoday.bsky.social article, LINA Writing Award 2026 recipients Gjiltinë Isufi and Fiachra McCarthy discuss their work in progress. With @dpr-barcelona.bsky.social, we're looking forward to bringing their book on the Trepça Mine into the light of day! @linacommunity.bsky.social

dpr-barcelona@dpr-barcelona.bsky.social · 5mo ago

In Deep Trouble: The Trepça Mine. 5 Minutes with Fiachra McCarthy and Gjiltinë Isufi. The @linacommunity.bsky.social Writing Award is in it’s fourth year and is awarded by the LINA Architecture Programme; in a fruitful collaboration with @irisharchitecturef.bsky.social and dpr-barcelona.

Multidisciplinary artist Luke Casserly recently presented a listening of his soundscape at Girley Bog, offering a glimpse into work developed during his Bog Bothy residency in 2025. Commissioned by IAF & 12th Field, it weaves together voices, stories & sounds gathered across Clara & Girley Bogs.

Today's IAF newsletter - the first issue of 2026 - features a fresh look and a focus on Design in a Wet Land 🌧️ Check it out! mailchi.mp/iaf/2026-1-m... (Photo from Luke Casserly's #BogBothy soundscape sharing at Girley Bog. Photo by Luke Brabazon.)

We're delighted to announce the 2026 LINA Writing Award recipients, a project we do together with our friends from @irisharchitecturef.bsky.social for @linacommunity.bsky.social Congrats to Gjiltinë Isufi (Kosovo) and Fiachra McCarthy (Ireland); we're so looking forward to be working with them 📖🌱

IAF and dpr-barcelona announce the 2026 LINA Writing Award recipients

<p>We are delighted to announce that Gjiltinë Isufi (Kosovo) and Fiachra McCarthy (Ireland) have been selected for the LINA Writing Award 2026.</p>

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The IAF will lead a public discussion at the Irish premiere of 2 films newly commissioned by @opwireland.bsky.social celebrating publicly funded architectural projects. Screening 20 February, 12:00 @lighthousecinema.bsky.social as part of #dublininternationalfilmfestival. iaf.ie/news/iaf-lea...

There are only *2 days left* to sign the HouseEurope! petition calling on the EU to restrict demolition and make adaptive reuse the norm. We need another 8500 signatures from Ireland and 1m signatures total for it to go forward. Please sign and share today! www.houseeurope.eu