Staff

Dr Miriam Delaney

Architecture lecturer and coordinator of the Housing MPhil

Dr Miriam Delaney is an architect and lecturer in the School of Architecture, Building and Environment TU Dublin. She graduated from University College Dublin with a B.Arch in 2003 and worked in architectural practice in Zurich and Dublin before completing a Masters in Architectural History at The Bartlett, UCL, in 2010. Miriam has been a member of the RIAI since 2008.

Miriam previously taught at University College Dublin and Queens University Belfast at undergraduate and Masters level before joining the School of Architecture, Building and Environment (SABE) at TU Dublin in 2012. She has acted as an invited critic, visiting lecturer and external examiner in many Irish and international schools of architecture. Miriam was Curriculum Change Lead for 'Building Change' at SABE, TU Dublin, which received a global Innovation in Education Award from the International Union of Architects (UIA) in 2026. She is the Coordinator of the MPhil in Housing at SABE.

Miriam co-authored ‘Studio Craft and Technique for Architects’ with Anne Gorman (2nd edition 2022) and has edited student publications including ‘Mapped’ (2017) a study of the planned villages of Ireland. She has published and lectured widely on the subject of Irish towns, engaging in public discourse through academic and mass media. This research interest led to her role as co-curator and commissioner of ‘Free Market’, the Irish National Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architectural Biennale and the subsequent national tour in 2019. The ‘Free Market’ team was awarded the 2020 RIAI Research Award and a 2020 AAI Award for its work on rural town design and policy. Miriam has most recently been involved in political advocacy and as a consultant on rural town regeneration projects, one such project 'Lusk for Life: Lusk Vision 2030' (in collaboration with AP+E and Tara Kennedy) was shortlisted for the New European Bauhaus Awards 2022.