As another academic year draws to a close, students at all six schools of architecture are exhibiting their work to friends, family and the general public. This is a wonderful opportunity not only for the students to cap another year of learning, but to share with the public what the Building Change curricula transformation is all about.

At each of the exhibitions, students and staff will be on hand to discuss and share ideas behind the work and to explain how radically transforming the architecture curricula is helping to address the climate and housing crises in Ireland.

Cork Centre for Architectural Education (CCAE)

The CCAE Architecture Summer Show runs at the Cork Centre for Architectural Education, Doulgas Street, Cork, from Thursday, 23rd May until Friday, 21st June. It will feature work from first to fourth-year students of the BSc in Architecture at both Cork schools of Architecture – University College Cork (UCC) and Munster Technological University (MTU).

The free exhibition is open to the public Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 5pm.

The opening night of the exhibition also hosted the EU Mies Awards ‘Young Talent in Architecture 2023’, as three of the projects featured in the CCAE Architecture Summer Show 2024 were shortlisted for the prestigious awards, held in Venice last summer.

Further information about the CCAE Architecture Summer Show 2024  is available here.

University of Limerick (UL)

University of Limerick launched its public exhibition ‘Design@UL’ on Friday, May 24th. ‘Design@UL’ runs at the University of Limerick City Campus, on Sarsfield Street, Limerick, until Thursday, June 6th.

The exhibition features projects from 80 final-year and postgraduate students from the UL School of Architecture, Product Design and Technology, and Design for Health and Wellbeing. It will be open every day from 9am to 5pm.

Further information about the School of Architecture and Product Design Design@UL Show 2024 is available here.

Dublin architecture enthusiasts will have two exhibitions to choose from –

Technological University Dublin (TUD)

Technological University Dublin’s School of Architecture, Building and Environment (SABE) exhibition will run from Monday, 10th June until Thursday, 13th June in the Linen Hall, Bolton Street, Dublin, from 9am to 5pm.

The TU Dublin ‘Graduate Exhibition and End-of-Year Show’ showcases students’ work across all disciplines in the school with students of architecture, architectural technology, environmental management, planning and construction exhibiting their work. A particular focus of the show is on the graduating classes of the Bachelor of Architecture and BSc Architectural Technology programmes.

Further information about the TU Dublin Architecture End-of-Year Exhibition is available here.

University College Dublin (UCD)

Elsewhere, from Thursday, May 30th to Friday, June 14th, at the Richview Campus, Clonskeagh, Dublin, University College Dublin will showcase students’ work from all five years of their school of architecture. Highlights include the Bachelor and Masters of Architecture graduate shows.

The launch night on Thursday 30th May at 6pm included the launch of ‘Annexe 24’ – a return of the UCD Architecture yearbook after a 42-year hiatus – and the announcement of the winners of the Student Competition, ‘Designing in the Climate Emergency’, which recognises student work focused on climate resilient design.

The free UCD exhibition runs Monday to Saturday from 9:30am to 5:30pm.

Further information about UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy is available here.

Atlantic Technological University (ATU)

Last but not least, Atlantic Technological University (ATU) School of Architecture students from all 5 years of the degree, will display their work in the ATU Architecture Building, Clarion Road Sligo.

This free exhibition is open to the public on Thursday 13th, Friday 14th, and Monday 17th of June from 9am to 5pm.

Further information about the ATU Architecture is available here.

Keeping economic, social and environmental sustainability at the core of what we build is key to addressing these challenges. In turn, it must be at the core of the curricula presented to our architecture students.

Over the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing photos from all the exhibitions on our Building Change socials so make sure to follow below!