Woman Architect of the Year at the RIBA – just the latest major award for Irishwoman

Town and Country: Semi-detached suburbia or a seven-bed country mansion

Take5: A village home in Charente, villa in Murcia and apartment in Budapest

Town&Country: A five-bed on half an acre or a one-bed apartment in Finglas

Take5: Options includes a Berlin urban hideaway and a grand Tuscan villa

Town&Country: A three-bed near DCU or house at the foothills of Sliabh an Iarainn

Owner of this new home felt the ready made interior wasn’t her so designer Jane Higgins gave it a whole new look

Take5: From breathtaking views to a stone house with its own bread oven

Town&Country: A two-bed apartment in Dublin or a four-bed house in Westmeath

Take5: Middlesbrough and Poitou-Charentes town homes, Abruzzo and Corfu stone houses

Mitchelstown four-bed with annex on 4.5ac or Artane three-bed

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Take5: Period buildings in Abruzzo and Auvergne, apartments in Lisbon and Morinj

Town&Country: Ground-floor apartment near The Square or a sheltered Kilkelly four-bed

Take5: Sea views in Tully Cross, a French chateau or a three-bed Turkish villa

Town&Country: One-bed Dublin apartment or seven-bed former Durrus B&B

Take5: Original features, an art-nouveau villa, two properties with pools and a bungalow in Duleek

Town&Country: Drumcondra terrace with attic conversion or Killucan parochial house

Take5: Deux-Sèvres and Tuscany period homes, Burgas and Bucharest apartments

Town&Country: An apartment in Clondalkin or a former parochial house in Ballintogher

Take5: A stone house in Le Marche, a schoolhouse in Auvergne, sea views in Barbados or a three bed in Kildare

Town and country: An apartment in Harold’s Cross, Dublin 6W, or an extended house in Skibbereen, Co Cork

Take five: Sea views in Donegal, a medieval village in Tuscany or a Scottish farmhouse

Town&Country: A Christchurch cul-de-sac terrace or a six-bed behemoth in Lettera

Take5: Poitou-Charentes, Massa-Carrara, Peloponnese, Budapest and Newbridge

Town&Country: A one-bed apartment in Dublin 8 or a four-bed house in Ahascragh

Sea views in Kalkan and Krilo Jesenice, pools in Andalusia and Poitou-Charentes

Town&Country: Bright Ballymun two-bed or former pub on Kilcormac main street

100 years ago, the functional designs of Gropius and his followers first saw light

Take5: Alicante apartment, period houses in Piedmont, Alto Alentejo and Lot-et-Garonne

Town&Country: Blanchardstown apartment or Durrus sea views with a third of an acre

Take Five: A five-bed bungalow in Clare or a grand colonial-style house in South Carolina

Town&Country: A five-bedroom house in West Cork or a three-bed terrace in D3

Take5: An Alpine lodge, an Italian church, a Cyprus farmhouse or a Galway bungalow

Take5: A bungalow in Annestown or a turreted pile with artist’s studio in the Loire

Town&Country: A two-bed in Rathfarnham or a refurbished ex-postal sorting office by Limerick Junction railway station

Take 5: Traditional homes in Le Marche and the Dordogne, villas in Valencia and Machico

Town&Country: A smart two-bed in a converted building or a nine-bed in Bundoran

Take5: French four-bed, Spanish villa, Greek sea views and a Hungary apartment

Town&Country: a two-bed flat in Balbriggan or a three-bed with land in Carrickmacross

Take5: Limerick bungalow, French chateau, Italian farmhouse, Caribbean cliff-top and Thai villa

A three bed in Glasnevin or an eight bed on the riverfront in Ballinamore

Take5: Lazio palazzo, Florida five-bed, Leiria villa, Loire Valley manor, Enfield four-bed

Town&Country: A three-bed in Artane or a 3,000sq ft four-bed on an acre in Virginia

A descent through powder on a wide gentle slope brings you to a small market in Kirchberg, where gluhwein turns this into a very m(...)

Take5: Limousin pair, Black Sea apartment, Andalusian cave house, Clonmel cottage

Town&Country: One-bed by Luas in Rialto or seaside three-bed with Bantry Bay views

Dordogne home, Peloponnese tower house, Luce apartments, Apulia ‘trullo’, Carracastle three-bed

Town&Country: Two-bed flat opposite Liberty Hall or five-bed Rathvilly bungalow

Take5: Lazio palazzo, Picardie chateau, Catalan sea views, London flat, Killarney four-bed

Town&Country: Waterside cottage on Carlingford Lough or two-bed in Crumlin

Take5: Dordogne mill house, homes with pools in Andalusia and Dominican Republic, Liverpool terrace, Dunleer cottage

Town&Country: Balbriggan one-bed flat or Kinvara thatched cottage, both near the sea

Take Five: live farm in Italy, villa in Spain, a place in France or Romania or cottage in Mayo

Town&Country: A two-bed in Smithfield or two houses side by side in Tallow for €395,000

Take5: Pool homes in Crete, Tuscany and Auckland, Brittany pile, Fenit four-bed

Town&Country: Two-bed with shed in Crumlin or six-bed on an acre in Scarriff

The benefits of a tidy home are obvious but sometimes cleaning gets out of hand

Take5: Waterside in Pays de la Loire and Tenerife; the Tuscan hills; and modern Riga

Town&Country: Castletown with outbuildings or Finglas one-bed

Take5: Kalkan villa, eight-bed chateau, Malaga four-bed, Koh Samui villa, Glounthaune bungalow

Town&Country: Clondalkin four-bed or six-bed detached near a lake

Take 5: Dordogne four-bed, three-bed with pool in Aydin, New Ross three-bed with yard

Town&Country: One bed apartment in Clarehall or a four-bed house in Ballinsloe

Take 5: An Antebellum house in Georgia, a restored farmhouse in Italy or a bungalow in Kildare

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A house on a tree-lined Dublin road, or one with pool, pizza oven and gym in Co Louth

Take 5: Adjoining apartments, a golf-resort villa, an olive grove, or a four bed in Menlo

Town & Country: A two-bed in Swords or a house with church and orchard in Hollymount

Kieran Donnellan’s 5sq m Sliding Chapel, in Lebanon, is perfect for contemplation

After a long stint abroad, it was time to put down roots in a classic comfortable redbrick

Take 5: Stone houses in Lucca and Limousin, apartments in Valencia and Bodrum

Town&Country: A three-bed in Artane or a four-bed former school near Kenmare

Take Five: a stone house in France, an apartment in Berlin, a six-bed finca in Murcia, or a four/five bed in Kingscourt, Cavan

Town&Country: A house by the beach near Rosscarbery or a one-bed in Dublin

Take Five: a slice of a French hamlet, a five-bed in Florida, or a three bed in Athlone

Town & Country: a duplex in Ashtown or a six bed in Urlingford for €300k

Take Five: costal and traditional in Portugal and Italy or a two bed in Roscommon

Town & Country: A one-bed in Ballymun or a cottage near the sea in Rosscarbery

Take Five: a private Bulgarian chapel, French village life, a three-bed in Killarney

Town & Country: a two-bed in Islandbridge or a farm on 21 acres in Co Longford

Chasing sharks, cuddling stingray, riding bareback in the warm sea, the Caribbean islands offer an exhilarating escape

Take Five: a Manhattan studio, views of Lake Como or a two bed-in Bray

Town and Country: An apartment in Tallaght or a farmhouse in Co Cork for €175,000

Take Five: a period home in the Pyrenees, a pied a terre in Edinburgh or a three bed in Mallow?

Take Five: A refurbished three-bed in Poitou-Charentes or a Ballina three-bed

Town and Country: a two-bed with no kitchen in Ringsend or a four-bed in Rahara, Roscommon

Take 5: properties in Valencia, Rome, Koh Samui, the Vendée and Bishopstown

Town & Country: A five-bed near Ennis, or a suburban semi-D in Dublin 13

Take Five: Dordogne retreat, Lazio farmhouse, Algarve villa, Glin four-bed

Town & Country: A 300-year-old near Castlerea or a two-bed in Lucan

Take Five: Properties in Paphos, Limousin, Valencia, Brixton and Douglas

Town & Country: A one-bed apartment in Terenure or a big Swinford four-bed with waterfall

Sea views, an embassy belt flat, a heritage building or a bungalow in Cloghroe

Town & Country: a studio apartment in The Maltings or a former school in Co Monaghan

Side-by-side houses an hour from Bordeaux, a hunting lodge in Basilicata or a three bed terrace in Dundalk

Town and Country: An apartment in Belfield or a house on 1.4 acres with artist’s studio?

Take Five: A chalet in France, a studio apartment in Brooklyn or a two bed apartment on the outskirts of Galway

Town & Country: a two-bed apartment beside Liffey Valley or a thatched cottage near Lough Derg

Take Five: A penthouse with panoramic views of Barcelona or a bungalow in Duleek?