9/10 Projects never built – something for architecture students to remember…

I was watching BBC’ Unbuilt Britian recently (CLICK HERE FOR THE BBC UNBUILT BRITAIN SITE) which included an interview with Lord Norman Foster who gave a statistic that nine out of ten architects projects will never go ahead and get Read More …

Things you need to be as an architect – Steven Spielberg

I think this is going to turn into one of my series. I’ve already posted on how I use Vectorworks and YouTube to present schemes in 3D (Here it is again if you missed it) and they’re usually 3D flyover Read More …

Are you a West of Ireland creative business and would like €2000 worth of vouchers to employ another creative?

Creative Edge Talent Vouchers allow a creative business to contract a ‘new creative talent’ who is featured in the ‘Employ a Creative’ section of the website to do a specific assignment for them. Vouchers are available up to a maximum Read More …

#BIM for beginners – What is #BIM ?

Most architects have now heard of BIM and have either integrated BIM into their workflow or are contemplating it. This series of posts will give a beginners guide to BIM and it’s benefits to clients. There is already stacks of Read More …

Choosing an architect : Compare apples with apples

It’s very important that when you are choosing an architect that you fully understand the services that he/she will provide and how much time they will spend on your project. So it’s for this reason that I’m saying compare apples Read More …

#BIM for Beginners – BIM in action – @bobborson and LifeofanArchitect mentioned

This is the fifth post on BIM following on from: BIM for Beginners – what is BIM BIM for Beginners – A simple BIM example and BIM for Beginners – Client Benefits BIM for beginners So is BIM just software Read More …

‘Architect as’… Confidant, Confessor, therapist, counsellor, priest and champion fencer…

I was speaking to Isabel Barros a while back and the ‘Architect as…’ series continues with ‘Architect as Confidant and Confessor’. The role of architect gives a very privileged position; that of being party to a persons innermost thoughts, hearing Read More …

Can someone second me for #Be2awards please…(a third or fourth would be cool too)

It’s the awards nominations season again. I’ve gone and nominated myself for the Be2Awards in the Built environment blogger of the year category. What I need YOU to do is to second, third and fourth me! Simply click on REPLY Read More …

The Irish Rural House – Design Guidelines; new e-book – @55n features heavily

In 2011 I started writing a series of blog posts for a possible book on the design concepts for the Irish Rural House. The plan was to compile all the posts into a published book that gathers all the information Read More …

#BIM for Beginners – Client benefits

Following on from ‘What is BIM’ and ‘A simple BIM example’ this post has a quick look at the main benefits of BIM specifically to clients: If you search ‘Benefits of BIM’ as of just now Google will return 2,350,000 Read More …