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The architect with an Irish soul reshaping US cities
- Art & Design
- October 5, 2019, 05:00
Not too many people would know that Hollywood movie star Dan O’Herlihy was a qualified architect, having taken up acting after getting small roles to (...)

Sheila O’Donnell: Architect who has spent a lifetime building connections
- Art & Design
- April 25, 2019, 06:00
When we meet in London, Sheila O’Donnell has just won Woman Architect of the Year at the Royal Institute of British Architects awards. Earlier th(...)

Distinguished Irish architect Kevin Roche dies aged 96
- Environment
- March 2, 2019, 18:55
One of Ireland’s foremost post war architects, Kevin Roche, whose work over 70 years won international acclaim, died at the weekend aged 96. Working (...)

Kevin Roche: ‘I’m basically a problem-solving construction guy’
- Film
- October 14, 2017, 05:00
It’s mid-morning in Hamden, Connecticut and Kevin Roche is in the offices of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC (KRJDA), the firm he co-foun(...)

Architecture’s glass ceiling: cracking a macho culture
- Art & Design
- February 18, 2017, 07:00
“The ghosts of modern architecture.” That memorable phrase is how architectural historian Beatriz Colomina describes women’s status in the profession(...)

Women building a brave new world
- Interiors
- May 11, 2016, 14:00
When Zaha Hadid died suddenly at the end of March, a seismic jolt of sadness mixed with panegyrics on her legacy ran through the world of architectur(...)

Airports in terminal decline
- Travel
- April 16, 2016, 03:13
One morning in 1977 Brian Eno, electronica pioneer and former synthesiser player for Roxy Music, was sitting in an airport in Cologne, in what was th(...)

Renowned architect Zaha Hadid dies aged 65
- Homes & Property
- March 31, 2016, 17:20
Dame Zaha Hadid, the world-renowned architect whose designs include the London Olympic aquatic centre, has died aged 65. The British designer, who w(...)

Space, the final frontier for architecture
- Homes & Property
- January 23, 2014, 00:00
How do you feel? Does the space you are in have an impact on that? “It’s such an enormous question,” says Yvonne Farrell of Grafton Architects, sittin(...)