Commissioner

IRELAND AT VENICE 2010 is commissioned by the Irish Architecture Foundation under the directorship of Nathalie Weadick.

The Irish Architecture Foundation's role is to be a vibrant and passionate organisation that excites its audiences about the value of architecture. The IAF believes in the power of architecture to transform lives and considers that the places and spaces where we live affect our culture and our sense of self. The importance of communicating this to the general public is why the IAF was established in 2005. www.architecturefoundation.ie

In 2008 Nathalie Weadick co-commissioned and co-curated The Lives of Spaces, with Prof. Hugh Campbell, which was the Irish entry for the 11th International Exhibition at Venice. She was Deputy Director at The Architecture Foundation, London, from 2004 to 2007.

Curators

Tomás dePaor FRIAI, B.Arch.

Tom de Paor has practised as an architect since 1991. He has lectured widely abroad and has served as a visiting critic in various universities internationally. His work has won both national and international awards. To date, two books are published in relation to his work. He designed the inaugural Irish Pavilion for the 2000 Venice Architecture Biennale and has represented Ireland in group shows of 2006 and 2008. In 2010 he will present 4am at the invitation of Kazuo Seijima in the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in the Giardini of Venice.

Peter Maybury MA

Peter Maybury works as an artist, graphic designer, and musician. His creative practice centres around the arts and culturally related projects, producing books and catalogues, works for exhibition, video works, and sound recordings.

He has designed and produced numerous art and architecture publications, and this work has been featured in key design publications including the seminal Emigre magazine. He curates the Messages Sonores sound art project, and he co-curated the Underground exhibition, Dublin, 2008.

Peter collaborated with dePaor architects on the Delay project first shown in The Lives of Spaces at the Venice Architectural Biennale, 2008.

Alice Casey Bsc Arch Dip Arch

Born in Dublin, she graduated from Dublin Institute of Technology in 2003, and worked in London for three years subsequent to graduation. She currently works for dePaor architects in Dublin, as well as within her own practice (TAKA), which she established with Cian Deegan in 2007. In 2008, TAKA participated in The Lives of Spaces exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2010, TAKA won an international award for brickwork and an AAI Award for their first built work. Alice has lectured in UCD and QUB Belfast.

Cian Deegan BArch Dip Arch

Born in Dublin, he graduated from Dublin Institute of Technology in 2003, and worked in London for three years subsequent to graduation. He currently works for his own practice, TAKA architects, with Alice Casey. In 2008, TAKA participated in The Lives of Spaces exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2010, TAKA won an international award for brickwork and an AAI Award for their first built work. Cian has lectured in UCD and QUB Belfast.