Featured Bookshop Publications Christmas

To place an order, please contact bookshop manager Clodagh McKenna, on +353 (0)1 676 1703 or cmckenna@riai.ie, or visit us in store at 8 Merrion Square, Dublin.

Irish Cities in Crisis 

Edited by David Browne FRIAI, Jim Coady FRIAI and Dr Carole Pollard FRIAI, and published by the RIAI

€40.00

The most comprehensive book on Irish cities to-date. It spans 678 pages of content by 29 contributors and includes case studies and examples of projects on successful European cities. The book, whilst calling out deficits in current city planning, discusses and offers solutions and initiatives to meet the challenges we are currently facing in our cities. It champions collaboration between civil society and local, regional and state governments to bring about change.

Designing Christmas Practical Tips for Festive Décor

By Laura Dowling

€36.00

It offers innovative ideas and step-by-step tutorials for creating a beautiful Christmas at home, drawing inspiration from Paris, her experience as White House floral designer, and nature. She provides practical tips on how to incorporate holiday decor in phases using 10 favourite elements and showcasing 10 different design schemes, including a vintage Parisian theme and an Italian-style motif.

Urban Design Legacy of Colin Rowe 

Steve W. Hurtt and James T. Tice

€66.00

Urban Design Legacy of Colin Rowe explores the profound and enduring influence of one of the twentieth century’s most original architectural theorists. Colin Rowe’s provocative ideas on proportion, composition, and urban form transformed how generations of architects and urban designers think about the city. This comprehensive volume brings together essays, archival material, and analytical studies that trace the evolution of Rowe’s ideas from his academic work at Cornell University to their impact on modern design practice. It considers how Rowe’s thinking bridged classical and modern paradigms, shaping debates on context, order, and the role of the architect in shaping civic space. Through contributions from leading scholars and practitioners, the book highlights Rowe’s unique vision of the city as a living, layered construct — one that continues to inspire architects and planners in the twenty-first century.

Dublin’s Stained Glass A guide to the finest twentieth century windows

By David Caron

€30.00

It features thirty-eight sites which contain collections of the finest and most interesting - and in several instances, little known - twentieth-century stained glass in Dublin city and county; the majority of the windows were made at studios in the capital, and by such internationally lauded artists as Harry Clarke, Wilhelmina Geddes, Michael Healy, Evie Hone and Richard King.

Carlo Scarpa and Castelvecchio Revisited

By Richard Murphy

€89.50

This book analyses not just Scarpa’s work as we find it today, and in great detail, but also introduces the reader to the complex history of the building as well as sequences of Scarpa’s own highly revealing drawings; witnesses to a brilliant curiosity and holistic approach to design where the art and architecture are completely complimentary. Richard Murphy’s great admiration for Scarpa has produced a daunting, but impressive, volume.

ArchiTek

By Dominique Ehrhard

€35.00

This childrens book is a combination of instructions with illustrations and behind that puzzle pieces. The instructions are printed on nice heavy paper while the puzzle pieces are thicker cardboard to carefully be popped out. This is the perfect gift if you have a creative child.

More Space for Architecture - The Work of O’Donnell + Tuomey

CO’Donnell + Tuomey

€45.00

The book features buildings and projects designed by Sheila O’Donnell FRIAI and John Tuomey FRIAI over the seven-year period from 2015 to 2021. The book also features a collection of reflective essays by the architects, which include a selection of O’Donnell’s characteristic watercolour studies, expanding on ideas aired in public lectures and developed in studio conversations.

Make the Home you Love

Fiona McPhillips

€25.00

After completing her own home renovation and extension, Fiona McPhillips, author, journalist and interiors fanatic, was inspired to bring together everything she learned along the way. In collaboration with three award-winning architects, Fiona provides you with the most holistic approach to your design and build.

The Environmental Design Pocketbook The Second Edition

TBy Sofie Pelsmakers

€38.50

It places the information you need for sustainable, low energy building design at your fingertips. Whether used in the classroom, office or on-site, the book guides the designer through the entire process; from the fundamentals to the building details.

Approximate Formality - Morphology of Irish Towns

By Valerie Mulvin FRIAI, RIAI Member and founder of Dublin based practice McCullough Mulvin Architects.

 €35.00

The book features towns and town plans in Ireland – from earliest times to the Famine – their origin, originality and potential – bringing their rigorous and axial layouts to an audience for the first time where they can be understood as a part of world culture. The book is illustrated with new plans, maps and images, many of which are being published in Ireland for the first time.