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AAI & AATE Site Visit : House on Sky Road

The AAI, in association with Architecture at the Edge (AATE), are delighted to present a site visit to House on Sky Road, Galway, by Peter Carroll of A2 Architects.

House on Sky Road draws its own emphatic datum line.  Panning from the contoured hills either side this house registers and faces the force seaward winds while creating the opportunity for sheltered microclimate within.
A forty-two-metre long cast-in-situ concrete beam spans a dip in a local ridge to enable a clear-spanning living, dining and kitchen space at the core of the house. Two lower perpendicular flanking wings lie either side – one of the bedrooms and another of ancillary spaces. The resultant primary apertures made by the beam are in contrast to the remaining smaller window openings with their own expressed lintels.

AAI & AATE Site Visit: House at Sky Road by A2 Architects
Clifden Boat Club - H71 Y535 Clifden Boat Club Castle Demesne Galway


Saturday 01.10.22 11:30 a.m  (Tickets here
Saturday 01.10.22 12:30 p.m  (Tickets here

The layout and landscaping of the sheltered courtyard garden make this another room of the house. Large, lichen-covered boulders found onsite, granite patios and local stone walls provide focal points for approaching the house and encourage the use of this space. This garden is anchored by trees and hedging saved when the site was cleared and contrasts with the nature of the far larger landscape beyond.

Members that are entitled to complimentary tickets as part of their membership benefits can access these using the email address used to register the membership, as per the following instructions.

Go to the Eventbrite page (Link above)
Click on Tickets
Click on Enter Promo Code
Enter the membership email address
This should allow you to book a ticket free of charge

If you have any queries regarding your membership status or benefits please do not hesitate to contact us directly.

President / Programme Officer – Orla O’Kane
Vice President – John Flynn
Secretary – Gillian Brady
Treasurer – Joe Swan
Awards Officer – Séamus Bairéad
Digital & Publicity Officer – Dan Leahy
Competitions Officer – St. John Walsh
Publications Officers – Aoife - Marie Buckley & Harry Hogan
Site Visit Officer – Claudia Murray
Committee Members – Ronan Kenny, Anna Livia Dillon & Alison Rea

The Architectural Association of Ireland is a non-profit voluntary organisation, founded in 1896, with the aim of promoting greater discussion, dissemination and engagement in architecture and the built environment. Since its foundation, the AAI has developed a range of initiatives to encourage the amelioration of architectural culture in Ireland. Today, regular activities include an annual public lecture series comprising national and international speakers; site visits to emerging projects across the country; the publication of Building Material, the sole, peer-reviewed, journal on contemporary architectural discourse, critical practice and scholarship in architecture in Ireland.
The AAI would like to thank the following members and organisations who support the voluntary committee to implement the AAI programme.

AAI Patrons
O’Mahony Pike Architects

AAI Sponsors
Scott Tallon Walker Architects
Henry J Lyons Architecture
van Dijk Architects

AAI Supporters
Ryan Kennihan Architects
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Arigho Larmour Wheeler Architects
Donaghy + Dimond Architects
Lafferty Architects & Project Managers
Urban Agency
Architectural Farm
ION.ie Vectorworks BIM
McCullough Mulvin Architects
DMVF Architects
Grafton Architects
O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects
Eco Window Concepts
Aughey O’Flaherty Architects
GKMP Architects


Architectural Partners

Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland
Irish Architecture Foundation
Irish Architectural Archive
Irish Georgian Society
Irish Concrete Society
Architecture at the Edge
Denis Byrne & DarcSpace


Educational Partners
Department of History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College Dublin
Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, TCD
UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy
TUD Dublin School of Architecture
SAUL University of Limerick
Sligo Institute of Technology
Waterford Institute of Technology
Cork Centre for Architectural Education
Cork Institute of Technology
University College Cork
Queens University Belfast
 
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