The Irish Architecture Foundation is marking its 20th year with Future Heritage, its most ambitious cultural programme to date - IAF Director Emmett Scanlon introduces the programme below.

This autumn, the Irish Architecture Foundation is exploring a range of important, relevant and urgent issues in Ireland today, confirming architecture as a cultural force. Future Heritage, one of our most ambitious seasons to date, unfolds from September to November across Dublin, Limerick, Galway and Belfast with more than 25 free events: talks, conversations, workshops, exhibitions and films. The programme is an island-wide invitation to look again at the built environment and public spaces that shape our lives and explore how we together shape our built future.

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