Emmett Scanlon
Director Irish Architecture Foundation. Architect, writer, and curator.
Writing the Bog, Part 1
Writing the Bog, Part 1
Stories of the Irish boglands, past, present and imagined future, in collaboration with the Irish Architecture Foundation's Bog Bothy project, with Margaret Hickey, Niamh Donnellan, Karen McHugh, Anthony Baggott, Emmett Scanlon and Claire Cotter
Writing
On Ten Years of Care — ES
On Ten Years of Care — ES
A Visit to the DLR LexIcon It was just a typical Sunday. The kind where you are off to meet someone for lunch near the sea and the last thing you expect is to fall in love. We were a little early, so we went for a walk to visit the library. He had never visited before, and it had been some time si
A Pain But A Friend — ES
A Pain But A Friend — ES
A Complete Work, In Progress | On All About My Mother
A Complete Work, In Progress | On All About My Mother
Culture Building 2025
The Trouble Is In Us | 01 - January 2025
The Trouble Is In Us | 01 - January 2025
Websites
Website | Irish Architecture Foundation
Website | Irish Architecture Foundation
We connect people with architecture across Ireland. Through festivals, exhibitions, learning and placemaking, we explore how the built environment shapes lives, culture and communities.
Website | Emmett Scanlon
Website | Emmett Scanlon
Website | Story, Building
Website | Story, Building
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Writing
Ireland: the Republic Gets Loose | Architects Journal 2022
Ireland: the Republic Gets Loose | Architects Journal 2022
Opinion: Why are home make-over tv shows so popular in Ireland?
Opinion: Why are home make-over tv shows so popular in Ireland?
Opinion: Dublin has long been promoted as a city of private enterprise and endless consumption
Opinion: Dublin has long been promoted as a city of private enterprise and endless consumption
IAF director Emmett Scanlon outlines how, when it comes to caring for Dublin, actions speak louder than words.
La Biennale: Your Turn, Table | Lesley Lokko
La Biennale: Your Turn, Table | Lesley Lokko
Collected Writing | Website
Collected Writing | Website
Media
Continental Riffs Sunday 2 March 2025
Continental Riffs Sunday 2 March 2025
On O'Connell Street | The Irish Times
On O'Connell Street | The Irish Times
A two-day conference at Dublin Castle this week aims to examine how cities can ‘promote inclusion, foster connections and unlock their full potential for all inhabitants’
Emmett Scanlon’s Diary | Business Post
Emmett Scanlon’s Diary | Business Post
The director of the Irish Architecture Foundation helps host the second annual Open House Europe Summit, and manages to enjoy breakfast in Paris
Sunday Miscellany | In Praise of the Open House: 100 years of the Rietveld-Schröder House
Sunday Miscellany | In Praise of the Open House: 100 years of the Rietveld-Schröder House
O'Connell St | RTÉ Prime Time
O'Connell St | RTÉ Prime Time
O'Connell Street is ostensibly Ireland's Champs-Élysées, where the fight for Irish freedom was focused. But it is now a shadow of its former self, explains Fran McNulty.
Publications
Buy | Dublin Exchange
Buy | Dublin Exchange
Buy | Foreign Exchange | Book
Buy | Foreign Exchange | Book
Press
Director, Irish Architecture Foundation - Press Release
Director, Irish Architecture Foundation - Press Release
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