Ryan W. Kennihan
Architects

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About the Practice

Ryan W. Kennihan


Ryan studied architecture at Cornell University. Originally from Chicago, he has been based in Dublin, Ireland since 2002, establishing his practice in 2007. He has taught architecture at University of Navarra in Pamplona, the Porto Academy, University College Dublin and the Dublin School of Architecture at DIT where he is currently a lecturer. 


Ryan is a registered architect with the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and Grade 3 Accredited in Architectural Conservation.

  • Collaborators

  • Jarek Adamczuk
  • Colin MacSuibhne
  • Jennifer Boyer
  • ----------------------
  • Laura Carroll
  • Ronan Costelloe
  • Conor Horgan
  • Elizabeth Gaynor
  • Breffni Greene
  • Matthew Webb
  • Rachel Cribbin
  • Andrew Burger

Photography by Alice Clancy.
Website by Conor & David.

Awards, Selected Publications & Exhibitions

Practice Statement


The practice is committed to the creation of careful and timeless architecture. Our buildings are designed with durability and permanence as primary objectives in order to make lasting and sustainable contributions to the lives of our clients and their communities.

Each project is a tailored response to the specific needs of individual clients. Our work is unified by a desire to create characterful buildings and beautiful spaces. We believe that any valuable architecture must arise from a close reading of its local context, culture, and history, thereby avoiding the contemporary trend towards superfluous form.

Our work extends across a wide range of scales, budgets and contexts, both in Ireland and internationally, yet we approach every project with the same dedication and meticulous attention to detail. 

The practice is the recipient of numerous design awards including the 2011 Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland award for the Best Emerging Practice and recently three Architectural Association of Ireland Awards (of 6 given) for the best buildings of 2013.


Read our Practice Philosophy

We welcome all enquiries


353.1.888.1916

office@rwka.com


30 Mountjoy Square
Dublin 1, Ireland

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Full Project List

  • Building

  • House, Oughterard, Galway
  • Extension, Ranelagh
  • Office, Mountjoy Square, Dublin
  • House, Belderrig, Mayo
  • Extension, Harmony Avenue, Dublin
  • Houses, Killina, Offaly
  • Extension, Bayview Avenue, Dublin
  • Theatre, Workshops, Henrietta Street, Dublin
  • Housing, Clifden, Galway
  • Bridge, Dublin
  • House, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
  • House, Rosslare, Wexford
  • Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Cork
  • Pavilion, UCD, Dublin
  • Extension, Sallymount, Ranelagh
  • House, Templecarrig, Wicklow
  • Extension, Drumcondra, Dublin
  • House, Lough O’Grady, Clare
  • Extension, Claddagh, Galway
  • Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden
  • House, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • House, Cunovo, Slovakia
  • House, Dingle, Kerry
  • Extension, Clonskeagh
  • Sports Hall, Loreto Abbey, Dublin
  • House, Clifden, Galway
  • Leaning Vault House
  • Counselling Centre, Vita House, Roscommon
  • Extension, Harold’s Cross, Dublin
  • House, Leagaun, Galway
  • Renovation Extension, Myshall, Carlow
  • Borris Pavilion, Borris, Carlow
  • Corrib Road Extension, Dublin
  • Meadowbrook Extension, Dublin
  • Ard Mhuire Park Extension, Dalkey
  • Status

  • Built 2006
  • Design 2007
  • Built 2007
  • Design 2007
  • Built 2007
  • Planning 2007
  • Built 2008
  • Competition 2008, Tender 2013
  • Design 2008
  • Competition 2008
  • Design 2008
  • Planning Granted 2008
  • Competition 2009
  • Built 2009
  • Built 2009
  • Planning Granted 2009
  • Built 2009
  • Design 2010
  • Built 2010
  • Competition 2010
  • Planning Granted 2011
  • Design 2011
  • Design 2011
  • Design 2011
  • Competition 2011
  • Planning Granted 2012
  • Design 2012
  • Built 2013
  • Built 2013
  • Built 2013
  • Built 2015
  • Built 2015
  • Built 2015
  • Built 2015
  • Built 2015
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  • Awards
  • RIAI Awards 2018

    Award for Best Extension - Catherine's Residence

  • Architectural Association of Ireland Awards 2014

    Award - Vita House, Roscommon

  • Architectural Association of Ireland Awards 2014

    Award - Leagaun House

  • Architectural Association of Ireland Awards 2014

    Award - Harold's Cross House

  • RIAI Annual Design Awards 2014

    Highly Commended in Best House Extension Category - Harold's Cross Road House

  • RIAI Annual Design Awards 2014

    Highly Commended in Best House Category - Leagaun House

  • RIAI Annual Design Awards 2011

    Winner of the Best Emerging Practice Award

  • RIAI Annual Design Awards 2011

    Highly Commended for the Best Extension

  • Architecture Association of Ireland 2011

    Special Mention, Sallymount Terrace

  • Royal Hibernian Academy Invited Exhibitioner

    2009 Annual Show

  • Royal Hibernian Academy Invited Exhibitioner

    2011 Annual Show

  • Henrietta Street Design Competition

    August 2008, 1st Prize

  • Opus Design and Construction Award 2007

    Winner Best Building Under €1 million – St.Jude’s Residence

  • Architecture Association of Ireland 2006

    Special Mention – St. Jude’s Residence

  • RIAI Annual Design Awards 2006

    Special Mention – St. Jude’s Residence

  • Exhibitions
  • Venice Biennale, Main Exhibition

    Central Pavilion, Giardini - 2018

  • Royan Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition

    Selected Exhibitioner – 2017

  • New Horizon: Architecture from Ireland

    Chicago Design Museum partner to the Chicago Architectur Biennial 2015

  • Nine Lives

    Design Museum, London Festival of Architecture 2015

    National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny 2015 

  • Made

    Group Exhibition, various locations in 2012

    – Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast

    – The Front Room, UCD Architecture

    – Leitrim Culture Centre, Manorhamilton, Leitrim

  • Royan Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition

    Invited Exhibitioner – 2011

  • Royan Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition

    Invited Exhibitioner – 2009

  • Now What?

    Workshop Exhibitions

    Smithfield, Dublin – October 2009

  • Henrietta Street Competition

    Dublin City Hall and Dublin City Council – 2008

  • Selected Publications
  • Building Upon Building - Special edition of Forum Magazine 09 2015

    An Extension to Dulwich Gallery

  • New Horizon: Architecture from Ireland Zine

    Practice Profile 2015

  • A+D Architecture +Detail Issue 44

    Leagaun House

  • BD (Building Design)

    London, August 16 2013 – Sallymount Terrace

    London, April 20 2012 – Henrietta Street

  • Image Interiors

    Dublin, July/August 2013 – Sallymount Terrace

  • Architecture Ireland

    259 Dublin, Volume 5 2011 – Featured Practice

    243 Dublin, December 2008 to January 2009 – Henrietta Street Competition

  • Concept: International Magazine of Competitions

    South Korea Nov. 2008 – Henrietta Street

  • House RIAI Magazine

    Ireland Summer 2007 – St. Jude’s Residence

  • Irish Times

    Henrietta Street Competition – October 23 2008

    St. Jude’s Residence – April 19 2007

  • Sunday Times

    St. Jude’s Residence – May 17 2009

    U2 Competition – February 23 2003

  • Irish Architecture: RIAI Annual Review 2011–12
  • Architectural Association of Ireland Awards

    2011 – Sallymount Terrace

    2007 – St. Jude’s Residence

  • Smart Home Extensions

    Links Books Barcelona, Spain – St. Jude’s Residence

  • Building Material No. 10

    Ireland – ‘On an Asylum’

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