Sunday Miscellany Architecture Special: The Pyramid of Glasnevin, by Cormac Murray

Shelter from the storm: tracing the story of architect Liam McCormick's Met Éireann building... For this Sunday Miscellany Architecture Special, listen to The Pyramid of Glasnevin, by Cormac Murray above.

You are never more conscious of the ferocious power of Irish weather than when crouched in a tent during heavy rainfall. When indoors, we nearly always assume our enclosures are weather-proofed. This confidence disappears in a tent, where we actually feel the weather's onslaught. As the wind swells, sides billow, and percussive rain hammers outside, you beg the precarious shelter: "Please don't fail me."

Listen back to all of the pieces in this special edition of Sunday Miscellany here