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We value the spaces in and around our buildings

Great cities comprise layered spaces where art, design, and creativity meet with architecture to fashion places for shared experiences, new thinking, and quieter contemplation.

Writer in Residence
at Wilton Park

Our commitment to building on Mary Lavin’s legacy has been realised by establishing the IPUT Writer in Residence, which offers the selected writer an apartment in Dublin for a year to pursue a literary project.

Novelist and Playwright Patrick McCabe is the 2026 Writer in Residence. His novels, Breakfast on Pluto and The Butcher Boy, were both adapted into films directed by Neil Jordan.

Situated in the historic Baggotonia area, known for its deep literary roots, Wilton Park is home to Mary Lavin Place, Ireland’s first public square named after an Irish female writer. This residency, along with the Artists’ Studios, highlights IPUT Real Estate’s commitment to supporting arts and culture in Dublin City.

This remarkable residency will mark for me a return to a part of the city of Dublin with which I am well acquainted – having completed the greater part of my novel The Dead School there, many moons ago. From both my native Monaghan and Dublin, I am well aware of the spectral presences of Patrick Kavanagh, and of Mary Lavin, for I too once haunted the shelves of Parson’s legendary bookshop. It’s a great part of the city, and I cannot wait to encounter its drifting, immortal literary spirits
Patrick McCabe, Writer in Residence
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Wilton Park Studios

Thriving cities make room for creativity. Responding to the crisis in spaces for artists to work in Dublin, we partnered with the Royal Hibernian Academy to fully fund three artist’s studios at Wilton Park.

Our current residents are Siobhan O’Callaghan, Aoife Dunne and Bassam Al Sabah.

Art and culture play an important role in city life. Initiatives like this give artists a step up, which is important because it’s not easy being an artist. Studios are hard to find and expensive to rent – and you also have the cost of materials. Residencies like this make people aware of professional artists and the work involved in being an artist.
Siobhan O’Callaghan, Artist in Residence

Exhibitions

Our photo bench exhibitions at Wilton Park and Carrickmines transform everyday public spaces into open-air galleries. Carefully curated they showcase the best of Irish art and local stories resonate with the community. The exhibitions change regularly, offering fresh perspectives and encouraging repeat visits. By blending art with urban life, our photo benches create meaningful cultural touchpoints and spark conversation directly to where people live, work, and pass through each day.

'House Painting' exhibition at Carrickmines Park
The Young Photographer of the Year Awards 2025 exhibition at Carrickmines Park
'Winter Brights' exhibition at Carrickmines Park
The Young Photographer of the Year Awards 2024 exhibition at Wilton Park
'Raise Your Voices' exhibition at Wilton Park
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Supporting the Graphic Studio Gallery

As patrons, we are delighted to become part of this illustrious tradition and support the craft of printmaking in Ireland. Our support also includes commissioning fine art prints, such as a limited edition by Irish artist, Shane O’Driscoll. We also collaborate on portfolios, a recent commission being for leading Irish writer, Colm Tóibín, contributing a text for a portfolio with artist, Charles Tyrrell.

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Partnering with the National Concert Hall

IPUT in collaboration with the NCH is proud to support its annual Festival of Voice. Dedicated to the power, beauty, and universality of the human voice, this offers an inclusive and accessible weekend filled with main stage and more intimate concerts, pop-up events around Dublin City, as well as interactive workshop performances for everyone to enjoy. Under the artistic leadership of David Brophy, and in collaboration with the National Concert Hall and National Symphony Orchestra, the festival brings together some of Ireland’s finest choral ensembles, contemporary, traditional and folk artists, balladeers, and international groups to perform.

IPUT’s support for the arts feels very authentic; I feel that they are very invested in the National Concert Hall. We feel trusted to deliver the programme and this allows us to focus on both the music and engaging with the community.
Helen Carroll, Head of Partnerships & Philanthropy
Living Canvas

Living Canvas is a public art initiative by IPUT Real Estate that offers an exciting platform for artists to showcase their work.

More about Living Canvas

Commissions

We value the spaces in and around our buildings and have commissioned leading Irish artists to create works that feature across our portfolio and surrounding neighbourhoods.

Eilis O’Connell, RHA

Dipping the Other Wing

'Dipping the Other Wing', an abstract sculpture by Eilís O’Connell, is the third major work by the artist commissioned by IPUT Real Estate Dublin, and the first dedicated to the memory of renowned writer Mary Lavin, a former resident of Lad Lane. The title is drawn from Lavin’s short story One Evening, which captures the atmosphere of Wilton Park in an earlier time.

James Earley

Signs of Life

IPUT Real Estate Dublin commissioned Irish artist James Earley to create 'Signs of Life', a 23-metre coloured glass installation that forms a striking ceiling linking Mary Lavin Place with Wilton Park and Lad Lane. Inspired by the Grand Canal, the piece integrates advanced glass technology - layering printed ceramic pigments onto tempered glass to achieve depth, translucency and vibrant colour.

Ruth Lyons

Wave Junction

IPUT Real Estate Dublin commissioned artist Ruth Lyons to create ‘Wave Junction’ a dramatic public artwork on two axis, a vertical waveform clad in charred timber, and a curving horizontal bench that snakes along the ground.

'Wave Junction' was curated by Aisling Prior and supported by Fingal County Council.

Charles Tyrell RHA

Liffey Grid

We commissioned Charles to make a set of gates for our Tropical Fruit Warehouse building on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay. The gates stand at 4 x 10 meters and incorporate vitreous enamel. ‘Liffey Grid’ is Dublin’s largest outdoor painting.

Shane O’Driscoll

Lux Prima, First Light

Shane’s commission is about creating new studio work following the lockdown. It’s a new starting point with the introduction of composition shapes that take reference from the IPUT Making it Work graphic logo. The shapes have been reconfigured to create a visual language throughout the new development and are integral to the space’s identity.

James Earley

Undercurrents, 2021

'Undercurrents' is a site-specific artwork that takes its inspiration from The River Liffey, an iconic landmark that connects us geographically and culturally.

The artwork’s design seeks to depict the river’s currents through long, flowing strands. The interwoven pattern these abstract forms create represent the complex and interconnected nature of our physical and digital lives.

This bespoke, hand-crafted rug was produced in Ireland.

Joseph Walsh

Magnus V

Irish artist Joseph Walsh was commissioned to create ‘Magnus V’, a seven-metre-high ash sculpture for the reception of 10 Molesworth Street. It is visible to the public through windows on both the Molesworth Street and South Frederick Street sides of the buildings.

Eilis O’Connell, RHA

Night Gates

As part of our commitment to public art, we commissioned leading Irish sculptor Eilis O’Connell to produce two pieces of work at 10 Molesworth Street. The first piece is 'Night Gates' which adorns the entrance to the building. It is an intricately designed set of sliding gates featuring a series of large organic leaf shapes.

Eilis O’Connell, RHA

Unfurl

The second piece of work we commissioned for 10 Molesworth Street by leading Irish sculptor Eilis O’Connell is 'Unfurl'. 'Unfurl' is a major patinated bronze sculpture that sits in the building’s courtyard.

‘Canal water’ by Colm Tóibín

An original piece of prose by award winning Irish writer, Colm Tóibín. In this short film Colm recites his work and speaks about the Wilton Park neighbourhood and its influence on Irish literature.