Shane de Blacam is partner at De Blacam and Meagher, an architectural practice he founded together with John Meagher in 1976. Their work includes churches, university buildings, libraries, theatres, housing and more. Their projects are united by a commitment to simplicity, and a careful attention to detail and materials. In 2010 and in 2018 de Blacam and Meagher represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale.

Published on the occasion of the 2023 RA Architecture Prize Lecture, this volume consists of four outsized loose leaf folio books in a Solander box.

Book 1 – CIRCLE – Munster Technological University
Book 2 – WORKS – Buildings and Projects of de Blacam and Meagher
Book 3 – CORNER – The Corner of St Stephens Green and Earlsfort Terrace Dublin
Book 4 – HOUSES

Exhibition Location: Foyer, the Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane

photo courtesy of Architecture at the Edge, by Peter Cook