Ireland's architects have issued a national cry for help. They're about to paste up their version of an Uncle Sam Needs You flyer, in readiness of a broadcast to go out to the great unwashed Irish public — people they now seem ready to admit they've become a little too detached from of late. The Architectural Association of Ireland, which represents some of the country's most progressive home designers is about to launch a survey to ask the public what it thinks a home should be. The AAI promises it will take note. Input is invited from anyone who cares, even local authority planners, and submissions can be drawings, photographs, or models.

