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 …

A man's home is unfortunately not his castle…

Sorry to be sexist but that’s the way the saying goes: “A man’s home is is castle” But why have I turned it on its head – a man’s home is NOT his castle. But where does the saying come Read More …

Why I blog

There was in interesting piece in last Sunday’s Times on the benefits of blogging, extolling the virtues as part of a marketing campaign, providing support to micro-blogging activities etc… and as the faithful readers of my rambles realise it is Read More …

Why u-values are not enough – eliminating thermal bridging is key…

This is a bit of a continuation of the Blog Post on DEAP, BER ratings, DEAP, Part L and Building Regulation Compliance So you’ve been working your design through DEAP and no matter what you do, you can’t jump from Read More …

Misconceptions regarding Planning, Building Regulations/Control & Priory Court

I’ve done a similar post to this already but over the last week or so I’ve been listening to the Priory Court case on Joe Duffy’s Liveline ( http://www.twitter.com/talktojoe1850 ) and thought I’d elucidate on a few misconceptions: 1. Planning Read More …

Why New Irish Houses are crap Part 3 ~ Last rant

OK, here’s the last rant, from now I’ll be looking at positive ways architects can make a difference and get the country out of it’s current mess. The Building Regulations in Ireland are very similar to those in the UK Read More …