Dermot Bannon: 'You'd be a fool not to listen to what people think'

Dermot Bannon tells Eve Kelliher why small talk is as important as design and how to maximise a consultation with an architect  

Architect Dermot Bannon. Picture: Ruth Maria Murphy

A practical, solutions-driven design approach to our homes, towns and cities is what Dermot Bannon wants to see.

Ireland’s most famous architect has started filming Dermot’s Incredible Spaces series for RTÉ One this week and it’s due to air in September. “We’ve done ‘Incredible Homes’ and they’ve always got to be really big, and we had ‘Super Small Spaces’ during the pandemic,” says Dermot.