All-Ireland Architecture Research Group (AIARG) 2026 Conference: Amin Taha Lecture

Supported by RIAI

Amin Taha is an architect and educator, currently teaching at the architecture faculty of the Royal College of Art, London, visiting at Harvard’s GSD and Norman Foster Visiting Professor at Yale University. He is chairperson at GROUPWORK architects, a practice three time shortlisted for the annual Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize for the UK’s best building and known for their innovative use of materials reflecting tectonic integration and definition of architecture, context and culture.

Amin is also a trustee of the Sir John Soane Museum, chair of its annual Soane Medal and sits on sustainable development advisory boards of two property funds.

Amin's keynote will be delivered at 17:45 hrs at Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street Cork, on Friday, 6 March.

Booking for Amin's lecture is not required for RIAI members. 

Amin's keynote is supported by the RIAI under the RIAI Strategy 2023-2027, which focuses on inspiring excellence in architecture to deliver a sustainable and resilient future.

About the All-Ireland Architecture Research Group (AIARG) Conference
 

The 15th All-Ireland Architecture Research Group (AIARG) Conference runs 5 - 7 March at CCAE Cork, and if you're questioning how our discipline responds to climate and territorial crises, this is worth attending.

Themed 'Architecture in the Critical Zone', the conference draws on philosopher Bruno Latour and curator Peter Weibel's work exploring the gap between the sovereign land from which we derive rights and the terrestrial land from which we derive wealth and sustenance. The 'Critical Zone' describes the earth's fragile biochemical surface where life is created, but Latour extends the term to address our disconnection from the systems that support us. The conference invites architects, landscape architects, historians, ecologists and geographers to reconsider practice in response. What makes this particularly interesting is the format: contributions may take the form of traditional papers, drawings, films, designed artefacts or hybrids, reflecting a genuine openness to research by design and creative practice.

Keynote speakers include Alexandra Arenes, Sébastien Marot and Amin Taha.

Booking for the AIARG Conference is available at architecture/research/aiarg2026/