Triathlon, Architecture, sharing and why I blog…

The faithful readers will know that I attended a triathlon coaching weekend a while back run by Triathlon Ireland; and as well as being excellent and thoroughly enjoyable (and also hard work and pushing the comfort zone); it taught me Read More …

Last blog post of 2012 – the juicy WordPress stats and Happy New Year

At this time every year WordPress summarises the statistics for the website for the year and what a year it’s been – a 4.5x increase in views from 2010 and I thank each and every one of you that has Read More …

The ubiquitous 'Year in Review 2012…' of Mark Stephens Architects:

I’ve been doing these a few years now on this blog and it’s interesting looking back on them: Year in review 2010 Year in review 2011 What’s interesting as you look over the years are the projects that are being Read More …

Merry Christmas from Mark Stephens, Architect & @architectmark

So we’ve reached that time of year again, the Christmas cards have been sent and the presents have been bought and I’ll that needs to be said is Merry Christmas from everyone here: And if you’re not already following me Read More …

Statistically NOW is the best time to start planning your house or extension

When you’ve been running a website for a good period of time it’s interesting to see the statistics over a long period. What’s particularly interesting in terms of web site views on our site is that for the majority of Read More …

2013 Ireland Budget, property tax & house extensions & improvements …

As predicted it was a vicious budget that is draining every one of us for every last drop. Anyway, if you still have a few bob spare and you’re still thinking of extending or improving your property now is the Read More …