The Irish Architecture Foundation has announced the appointment of Nathalie Weadick as its new Director. Nathalie Weadick is a native of Co. Wicklow. Formerly Director of The Butler Gallery in Kilkenny for five years, she has written for many publications including the Visual Artist Newssheet and Circa Magazine and has contributed on panels including Architecture as Art Cork, Spatial Imagination Bartlet School of Architecture London, Curating the Collection UCC Cork and the National Eisteddfod of Visual Art Wales. While in London she was a contributing member of Gaudi, a European architecture forum, Architecture Centre Network UK, Bankside and Southbank Cultural Quarter London and Curating Architecture at Goldsmiths University.

Ms Weadick takes up her position this week, having returned from London where she held the position of Deputy Director at the Architecture Foundation (UK). In that capacity she worked on many high profile and inclusive architecture projects, including the recent incredibly successful Debate London series at Tate Modern, which featured an formidable line-up including Zaha Hadid, Richard Rogers, Boris Johnson and Alex James from Blur among many others; and Airspace, a major exhibition and talk series on the impact of tall buildings in London.

Responding to her appointment Nathalie Weadick said: 'I believe in the importance and power of architecture and am excited about the possibilities it presents. The subject and practice of architecture has currency in the social, political and the artistic scene in Ireland and internationally, and it is opportune that The Irish Architecture Foundation play a part in this. The Irish Architecture Foundation is essentially a public face for architecture, and we are charged with the responsibility to react and impact on the immense change that is occurring within architecture and the built environment in Ireland today.'