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The west of Ireland’s annual Architecture at the Edge festival will include recognition of a high-profile Galway city architect who passed away suddenly in 2021.

Architecture at the Edge Festival returns with a critical and climate-friendly festival programme that will embrace a wide range of city walks, seminars, exhibitions, talks, film screenings, workshops, and more.

Interested in running an event? Architecture at the Edge has issued an #OpenCall for entries for the 2023 event, which promises a city and county-wide exploration of the theme “Re-Mapping’ through a wide range of events between 29 September – 08 October 2023.

How we relate to our built environment in a social, political and cultural context will be exploited in the sixth annual Architecture at the Edge (AATE) Festival which returns for its sixth edition from October 1-9.

The Architecture at the Edge (AATE) Festival has issued a call for entries for the 2022 event, which promises a city and county-wide exploration of the theme “repair” through a wide range of events between October 1-9 2022.

The thematic for this year’s iteration of the festival will be related to 'Alternative Futures'. AATE will invite audiences to reflect on propositions/ opportunities for change and intervention in a world of uncertainty.

BY Declan Varley

The Architecture at the Edge Festival will take place in Galway and Mayo this weekend. The festival, designed to help citizens understand the many ways architecture impacts our lives, will feature a weekend of online lectures, interviews, exhibitions, and panel discussions - all live and all free.

The year 2020 will be remembered for the outbreak of Covid-19 around the globe and the boundaries which the Government had to impose on the population; boundaries of 2km and 5km from our homes; boundaries from visiting our elderly relatives and those in high risk categories; boundaries from socialising with friends; and boundaries from exploring the world.

One of the most important but underrated festivals that populates our calendar here in the west is Architecture at the Edge. When it first came about, one friend said to me “oh good, another chance to see into people’s houses, to see how the other half lives, to see how the other half builds.”