By Niall McCullough

The subject of this book is Dublin, the arc of the city scrutinised through a new lens - its elusive originality, as Niall McCullough says, composed of the city that was made, then the unintended way in which it was used, then how it was destroyed - creation, occupation and destruction.

By Valerie Mulvin

"Approximate Formality" discusses the origin, originality and potential of towns and town plans in Ireland, from earliest times to the Famine, so they can be understood as a part of European and world culture.

In 2015, our work was documented for an international audience by the publication of a monograph by TC Cuadernos.

By Niall McCullough

Palimpsest: Intervention and Change in Irish Architecture - is a radical re-appraisal of the Irish architectural tradition, showing that many buildings which seem complete are actually the outcome of careful and intelligent change carried out over several generations - a mark of cultural and social continuities in Irish history and an striking example of sustainable re-use.

By Niall McCullough

Although one of Europe's largest cites in the 18th century, Dublin has never been harvested for its potential contribution to the history of European urbanism. This book is about its physical structure - an analysis of the underlying skeleton that may release an understanding of its urban and architectural tradition.

By Niall McCullough and Valerie Mulvin

Explores the Irish architectural tradition from its beginnings in remote prehistory, through the Celtic and Medieval era to the complex Renaissance and modern world. In presenting the common buildings (plain houses, churches, mills, etc.) as types rather than as isolated phenomena, it reastes a framework for discussing Irish country architecture as something whish is both local to Ireland and yet firmly located within the mainstream of European culture. An excellent guide to buildings of the Irish countryside as well as a sourcebook for architects.

This book is the fourth in a series of publications contributing to a wider debate about the direction of architecture in Ireland.

Occasionally, projects come along in the life of a practice which open doors to building in solid form ideas already germinating in drawings and conversations; architects always carry unbuilt forms half - realised in their heads, elements unproven, awaiting material shape. The Dental Hospital project was of this nature...

Published to coincide with the official opening of the Long Room Hub at Trinity College Dublin, September 2010.

The book is about building conservation - which is at the heart of the sustainable ideal - but also about the principle of innovative re-use in Ireland, how change can be interesting and as well as respectful of existing fabric.

Work was published to document the touring exhibition which opened at the RIAI Architecture Centre, Dublin in March-May 2003.