TU Dublin Lecturers Win Prestigious RIAI Emerging Practice Award 2025
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Laura Carroll and Ciarán Molumby MRIAI, lecturers in the School of Architecture, Building and Environment at TU Dublin, have received the distinguished Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) Emerging Practice Award 2025 in recognition of their practice, Islander Architects.
The award was presented on Wednesday, 9 October, at the RIAI Annual Conference at the RDS, with the jury praising the breadth, ambition, and strong social and environmental focus of their work.
“What especially distinguished Islander was the range of work and their engagement in all aspects of architecture. There is a consistency to their work that emerges from an underlying commitment to tackle the climate emergency. From small built interventions that actively query scale and push for the possibilities in adaptation, to small-scale urban, exhibition, and writing projects, theirs is a focused practice that believes in the power of architecture to engage with the broader issues in society. They are doing exciting work across a number of different spheres and scales, and the selection panel is excited to see the work they produce in the future.”
(RIAI Jury Citation)
Laura and Ciarán accepted the award with an inspiring speech that reflected the socially engaged and climate-focused ethos at the heart of their practice.
Alongside their award-winning work with Islander Architects and their collaborative research through Demolition Take Down and advocacy with HouseEurope!, both Laura and Ciarán, who are also TU Dublin alumni, bring their creative, critical, and inclusive design approaches into the classroom as part of the Architecture teaching team in SABE.
Congratulations to Laura and Ciarán on this well-deserved recognition of their exceptional contribution to architecture and education.