Just a few weeks after Dublin’s culture night, which saw the Friday evening streets packed with museum and gallery goers, (and more than a few dancing drinkers too), the The Irish Architecture Foundation is holding its annual ‘Open House’ from 5-7 October.

http://openhousedublin.com/

This wonderful festival of architecture allows open access to many of the most beautiful, and most interesting buildings in the city – commercial, institutional and residential, public and private.
Highlights for me include The Iveagh Trust building with its museum flat…

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…and the Dublin Dental Hospital by Trinity College…

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…which needs to seen from more than one side:
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So check the link above and book early to make sure you get in.

And let us know about your own favourite buildings in Dublin. Send photos too to [email protected] with the subject line “blog” and we’ll put together a collection of the best next week.

Bye