Curve Appeal features in The Irish Examiner’s interview with Dermot Bannon.

The Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland (RIAI), in collaboration with the Simon Communities of Ireland, now celebrating its 20th year of what Dermot describes as a “festival of architecture”.

Islander are delighted to be taking part again in the RIAI Simon Open Door Campaign 2024. Booking now open!

In return for a donation of €120, homeowners receive an hour-long consultation with us to discuss building, renovating or retrofitting. All participating Architects are giving their time and expertise for free. Every cent raised goes directly to the Simon Communities.

Read Ciarán’s review of the recently restored glasshouses in Ardgillan Castle.

Demolition Take Down Survey!

This survey is part of our industry engagement phase of the project. The aim of the survey is to gather multi-disciplinary viewpoints from a range of stakeholders in the construction industry around the topic of demolition in an Irish context.

The focus of our research is on the decision making prior to demolition on site. We seek to uncover the underlying motivations and current challenges behind demolition practices in Ireland.

Please complete this survey and let us know your thoughts (your answers will be anonymous). We are here to listen. The survey will take approx. 10 minutes to complete.

The survey will close on 29.02.2023

The Irish Architecture Foundation, supported by ARUP, is delighted to present a unique gathering of some of the most exciting and revered architects, artists, writers and thinkers from the island of Ireland

Islander were delighted to be announced as the winner of Emerging Business award in the Balbriggan Town Awards last night

Planning Permission Granted!

Planning has been granted for a sensitive renovation and extension to a single storey house in Phibsboro. The existing house had been vacant for many years, so it is exciting be bringing it back to life with a reimagined layout. Sustainable materials will be used throughout this project.

Demolition Take Down Launched!

What is more difficult, to demolish an existing building or adapt it for reuse? Is demolition a problem or an opportunity for the construction industry? Who decides when a building is redundant and scheduled for demolition? Demolition Take Down is a research and engagement initiative aimed at revolutionising Ireland's demolition practices.

Oldtown Village Health Check Launched!

Islander Architects would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge all the comments, suggestions, experience & insights offered by the members of the Oldtown Community Council, local residents & stakeholders during the process of preparing this Village Health Check. Thank you to those who responded to the survey & attended the engagement events. A special thank you to residents who went above and beyond in sharing their own research, memorabilia & findings with us.

Trading Spaces: Resources and Dwellings is a new collaboration between the Irish Architecture Foundation and Färgfabriken in Stockholm, set up to support early career architects and practitioners in Ireland and Sweden to exchange knowledge and experience, discussing and confronting questions they face in their work and practices.

Islander were invited to present to the Balbriggan Chamber members and partners for the recent Chamber Business Breakfast in the Irish Institute of Music & Song.

Trading Spaces: Resources and Dwellings is a new collaboration between the Irish Architecture Foundation and Färgfabriken in Stockholm, set up to support early career architects and practitioners in Ireland and Sweden to exchange knowledge and experience, discussing and confronting questions they face in their work and practices.

Open House Dublin is a free festival of architecture with 100+ guided tours, films, exhibitions and events taking place across the city each October. Brought to you by the Irish Architecture Foundation, Open House Dublin celebrates great architecture, urban design and the people that contribute to the creation of built Dublin.

Design Pop is a weekend-long celebration of architecture and design, taking place across Cork City.

Interview with the Dublin Inquirer

Reimagining Elderhood film screening and local exhibition

Do you live in a housing estate in Balbriggan? This Open Call is for you!

DEMOLITION - WHO KNOWS, WHO CARES?

Very excited to announce that Islander are one of 24 Spark projects to be awarded funding under the Creative Climate Action Fund II: Agents of Change

Our New Studio.

Extremely excited to finally open our new studio on Dublin Street, Balbriggan! We have consciously located our practice in Balbriggan town to be at the heart of exploring the relationships the suburbs, towns and villages have with the architecture that makes them.

Thank you to Our Balbriggan and Fingal Co. Council for their support with the shopfront contribution scheme 2023.

Laura & Ciarán both grew up in housing estates and are fascinated with the successes and pitfalls of housing developments of this type: their territory, privacy, personalisation, play and communality, are all areas that interest us.

Our main aim for Reimagining Elderhood was to find out how people live in these estates, within our study area of Balbriggan, and engage with a group of older men and younger women to test ways these housing estates could be developed by their residents to allow them to age in place with dignity.