Dublin Architecture Guide

Paul Kelly lectures in Architectural Design Studio, Design Technology and History Theory & Criticism at the Dublin School of Architecture. He divides this time between Teaching and Practice, He is a Lecturer in Architecture and a Director of FKL architects – FKL have lectured and been exhibited nationally and internationally and have received a number of national awards and been nominated for the Mies van der Rohe European Architecture Award.FKL curated conceived and designed the Irish entry for the Venice Biennale 2006, SubUrban to SuperRural, comprising theoretical projects by nine architects on the issue of sprawl. They were participants at the inaugural Lisbon Architecture Triennale with d-void, in 2007. In 2009 FKL initiated the Shadowland Project examining how architects can look at solutions to ghost estates.

The Dublin Architecture Guide demonstrates beautifully that good architecture can be found in the least obvious places: a vocational school in Inchicore, for instance, a pastoral centre in Rathfarnham or a library in Baldoyle. In fact, there are 53 educational buildings included in the guide, 13 churches and 12 community buildings. One of the most important takeaways from this book is that interesting and inspiring architecture is more often than not on our own doorsteps. Indeed, I’ll never look at Donnybrook Bus Centre in the same way again.