People of Limerick & all fellow architects- urgent hands-on help/donations required for Calais Aid Shelters

Calling all people of Limerick & beyond. A final push for hands-on help and donations are required for the ‘Shelters for Calais’ – a mixture of volunteers, students, architects and builders making shelters for the people who are living in Read More …

Our very own #Passivhaus u-value calculator for iOS & Android is released!

Finally after months of development and testing, our own U value calculator app UValue is released on Apple iOS as well as Android and Windows Phone. Below are a few screen grabs that show the key features: • Scalable high Read More …

One of the speakers at teaching conference on design and #Passivhaus

I wrote HERE about a forthcoming bit of teaching/lecturing I’ll be doing shortly; I can give more details about it now that it has been confirmed: I’m speaking at the TechnoTeachers Association of Ireland at their annual conference (for details Read More …

Tear sheet uploaded on our new office and a massive thanks to those involved…

There is no better way for an architect to obtain work than for him/her to showcase their own projects. We did it with our own house (image below): And now we’re doing the same for our new office: Below is Read More …

Updated website with easier to understand 'Services' sheet and now also Interior Design…

I thought the ‘SERVICES’ section of website was getting a bit confusing so have simplified it with single sheet that outlines what we do; i.e.: • As Irish RIAI and UK ARB / RIBA Architects we provide Architectural Services in Read More …

12 years working in Ireland, not a single Appeal and now I have 3 in same month

There’s definitely something afoot with planning at the moment. I’ve been working over 12 years in Ireland and have had a good track record with planning but this month it looks like we’ve got a third planning refusal and we’re Read More …

Building Regulations SI.9 Submission – Proposal for a Better System

The following submission was made by 37 architects (one of which was me), including 4 past presidents of the RIAI, as part of the current annual review of BC(A)R SI.9 being conducted by Ministers Coffey, Kelly and the Department of Read More …

I am declaring the recession to be over, feel free to join in…

As the headline says, I am declaring the recession to be over. What facts do I have to substantiate this? 1. We’ve opened a new office to handle an ever increasing client rosta. Read about the new office HERE 2. Read More …

Simon / RIAI Open Door over weekend

This weekend I’ll be providing consultations for the Simon / RIAI Opendoor Campaign. This is where for a €55 donation to the Simon Community (tackling homelessness across Ireland); I provide an hours architectural consultation. As the post earlier said these Read More …

Architect as… witness…

This is one of the ‘Architect as…’ posts I’ve been doing on an irregular basis. To see the rest either search for ‘Architect as’ in the right side bar or CLICK HERE… I’d written previously about Mark Stephens Architects as Read More …