As a regular contributor to the worldwide ‘Blogging Architect’ group #ArchiTalks; we have extended the concept as a separate Irish group of blogging architects with the hashtag #ArchTalksIE This first post is on the theme of ‘How does an architect Read More …
A special thanks to Fergal O’ Malley of Timbertech Homes for spotting my ugly mug in the current (Nov/Dec 2016) issue of Construction magazine (the official magazine of the Construction Industry Federation). The piece was on the seminars I gave Read More …
It’s becoming apparent that there are a lot of ‘non-architects’ out there providing ‘Architectural Services’ So why should you choose an architect? And then when you’ve decided on an architect – why should you choose Mark Stephens as yours? To Read More …
We’re in TY Work Experience season at the moment. Click HERE for the last years projects that were undertaken by Transition Year (TY) Students (15/16 yo) spending a week with us. TY is a year dossing working in the real Read More …
. You can see a short post on my workshop HERE. The faithful reader will know that we produce foamboard models for the majority of our work. Nothing explains a scheme better than a foamboard model. And a client understands Read More …
Continuing the blog posts by Fionn Stephens (the in house TY student) this concluding post (forming the trilogy) shows a new architectural specific modelling system by toy leaders Lego. [Read the previous post on the FoamWerks V-cutter HERE and the Read More …
Following on from his review of the Foamweks cutter for architectural model-making I gave my 3rd lad (who’s in my office once a week for TY work experience) the task of testing out the Arckit Modelmaking kit. Here’s what Fionn Read More …
The faithful readers will know that we love our foamboard models; this probably started after Dermot’s Room to Improve where we jumped on the band wagon and started to do the same. Up until recently we’ve been using scalpels and Read More …
Just to say a big thanks to the TechnoTeachers Association for the opportunity to talk and give demonstrations at their recent conference. The talk on the Friday evening concerned ‘How an architect designs’ and Passivhaus design, methodology & construction. I Read More …
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 110,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at Read More …
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