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We connect people with architecture across Ireland. Through festivals, exhibitions, learning and placemaking, we explore how the built environment shapes lives, culture and communities.
Shaping Our Future, Building Our Knowledge
For twenty years our mission has been to champion the power of architecture to transform lives and improve the places where we live, learn, work and play. Our new strategy will sustain our cultural mission and marks a new chapter in the IAF’s work and impact.
Autumn Programme
To Not Design Is To Cost The Earth
04.10.25–30.11.25
HouseEurope!
04.10.25–30.11.25
Mise Le Meas
04.10.25–30.11.25
Accessibility and Audio Guide
17.11.25
SCALA at IAF House
11.10.25–30.11.25
The Writers' Table: Films, conversations and workshops at IAF House
04.10.25–29.11.25
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
27.09.25–29.11.25
New Life, Old Buildings 2025
11.09.25–24.10.25
Open House Dublin
Festival of Architecture
11-19 October 2025
OHD is a free festival that celebrates great architecture, urban design and the people that contribute to the culture, creation and care of Dublin.
Bog Bothy highlights, summer 2025
Projects & Activities
The Reason of Towns
A national and international touring exhibition with architect Valerie Mulvin, that gathered crowds to discuss the past, present and future of towns in Ireland.
Open House Dublin
IAF’s flagship festival that celebrates great architecture, urban design and the people that contribute to the culture, creation and care of Dublin.
Bog Bothy
A climate-action project in partnership with 12th Field and co-created with communities, this is a collection of new work, built outcomes and ambitious proposals towards a new peatlands architecture.
Architects in Schools
IAF’s flagship national learning programme working with students, teachers and architects in secondary schools to empower young people to have their voices heard, making a difference today for their built futures tomorrow.
gapLab
IAF’s innovative programme to support creative risk and innovation among graduate architects, advancing new thinking and knowledge in architecture, and providing opportunities for their work to be shared with public audiences.
News
LINA elects three new Governing Board members, including IAF’s Learning and Education Manager, Bláithín Quinn
19.11.25
Announcing Future Heritage, our autumn programme and IAF House
20.08.25
New Chair of the Irish Architecture Foundation
10.09.25
Bog Bothy at Girley Bog, Co. Meath
16.08.25–28.09.25
Support us and help shape a better built environment for everyone. Your support empowers IAF to deliver community-led events, educational programmes and creative collaborations that deepen public engagement with architecture across Ireland.