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LATEST NEWS
The IAA is delighted to be participating once again in Open House Dublin. Visit 45 Merrion Square between 10am and 4pm on Saturday 19 October 2024.
Collection highlight. Architectural drawing by Michael Wills from 1728 for a schoolmaster’s house in Drogheda, Co. Louth.
The second iteration of the engagement with local primary schools, piloted successfully in 2023, has just been completed.
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
Best Laid Plans
Architecture Gallery and First Floor Rooms
18 September – 29 November 2024
EXHIBITIONS
Architectural
Presidents
Architecture Gallery,
11 May — 22 December, 2023
Chemins de migration combines colour and black and white photographs with sound and video, and Troubadour and Sephardic songs, in an immersive event. It centres on sites in southern France where we experienced that strange sense of migration and place.
Buildings End:
An Ultimology Drafting Room
First Floor,
14 September — 18 October, 2023
Chemins de migration combines colour and black and white photographs with sound and video, and Troubadour and Sephardic songs, in an immersive event. It centres on sites in southern France where we experienced that strange sense of migration and place.
RESOURCES
The Dictionary of Irish Architects contains biographical and bibliographical information on architects, builders and craftsmen born or working in Ireland during the period 1720 to 1940, and information on the buildings on which they worked.
The IAA Catalogue contains information on publicly accessible material held by the Archive including architectural drawings and related documents, photographs and the Archive’s reference library.
ROOMs IN NO. 45
Rooms in No. 45 provide a gracious and elegant environment for daytime events, from conferences to weddings, or evening receptions for up to 200 guests.
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Rachel MacRory Room
Ideal for board or committee meetings, the Rachel MacRory Meeting Room comfortably accommodates meetings for up to 20 people. Portable digital projection is available and the room has free Wi-Fi. Adjoining the lecture room, the Rachel MacRory Meeting Room can also be configured for breakout sessions or hospitality
Achilles
Room
As with the Rachel MacRory Meeting Room, the Achilles Room is ideal for board or committee meetings, or as an ancillary venue to other meetings or lecture events.
Lecture Room
A large well-proportioned space, the Lecture Room faces onto Merrion Square and can accommodate a seated audience of up to 55 people
Large or small, every donation helps secure the future of the collection. We are very grateful for your support.
Large or small, every donation helps secure the future of the collection. We are very grateful for your support.