Busarus to bathrooms: architecture stars open to public for weekend

The Irish Times

In London they tag it Architecture in the Flesh and that describes what Open House is all about. Once a year in London and New York, hundreds of architecturally significant buildings are opened up to the public. They range from classical icons to contemporary paragons. While architects will, naturally, go and see what their peers and forebears have been up to, this building fest is not aimed at architects: Open House is for the public. In two weeks' time - from October 20th to 22nd - Open House will take place in Dublin for the first time and it shares the same ethos. "Our central mission is to bring architecture to everyone," says Antoinette O'Neill, of the Irish Architecture Foundation, which is organising the event.

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