A full year completed lecturing @itsligo #Architecture

Barring some marking; all of my lectures and design studio work have been completed for a year lecturing in Architecture at IT Sligo. You can read more about the new Architecture course (currently undergoing RIAI Accreditation) HERE. I also wrote Read More …

The Titanic Hotel, Belfast @TitanicHotelBel #InteriorDesign

I had the opportunity recently to stay at the Titanic Hotel Belfast and it got me thinking about the purpose of interior design and how tricky it can be. The hotel is opposite the new Titanic visitor centre in the Read More …

CAO Choices & yet more advice…

Following on from THIS POST on CAO points and courses for architecture. This second post gives a bit more advice and covers a few more of the other courses available. Firstly regarding CAO and course choices: 1. Forget about what Read More …

Sometimes you don’t need to build anything… #Design

I may be unique but if something doesn’t need to be built then I don’t recommend building. If the same can be achieved with maybe moving a few walls, creating new openings, changing windows to doors or integrating the architecture Read More …

We can also provide interior design and specification services! #Fixtures #Finishes #Furniture

Just to let you know we can also provide a full range of interior design and specification services. As a supplement to our architectural design we can also provide interior design services for all rooms which include detailed room elevations, Read More …

Looks like I'm teaching again, in Ireland… (at last) and it's design/Passivhaus!

It’s taken a while for this to happen and I’ve been pushing to get it for a while. But it looks like I’m going to be doing a small bit of teaching later in the year. I’ve held extensive lecturer 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 …

Where does architecture end and interior design begin? A call to Interior Designers…

An interesting question this one. The question arose when I added this new ‘Tear Sheet’ on a project from a while back to the website: And realised that there was an incredible amount of interiors work that I ended up Read More …