I’ve been Instgramming photos on the progress of our shed for a while now. Foundations are down and we’re just about to start block laying. This is where we’re currently at: Here’s a pdf of the current drawing that includes Read More …
Casting Notice: House Hunters International: Renovation is a one hour television show currently airing on the Home and Garden Television Network (HGTV) in America. The first half-hour of the series is designed to de-mystify the international home-buying process, by going Read More …
Below are a selection of projects that we’re awaiting decisions on from planning, fingers crossed they’ll all go through: From the moment the Council requests Further Information, we have 6 months to respond (which can be extended by a further Read More …
The recent ESRI report HERE forecasts that Ireland will need 90,000 new homes by 2021 and recently in the Nzeb conference last week Minister Damien English called for the passive house standard to be introduced in housing (link to BRegs Read More …
I wrote this post in 2012 on why you need to think smaller when designing and building a house. Two years later and the situation has got worse, not better. With the banks requiring that you need a 20% deposit Read More …
Below is slideshow of project on site at moment of rural house in Mayo; 2 storey at front – single at rear – some lovely big glass openings to the south. Not a Passivhaus but a lot of features trickled Read More …
I popped up my professional qualifications and accreditations on the home page yesterday (also below): But what do the qualifications really mean? It means I take my work and training seriously; the Accreditations take the form of Continuing Practice Development Read More …
Mark Stephens is now RIAI Accredited in ‘Environmental’ services. In addition to the core competencies as defined in the RIAI Standard of Knowledge Skill and Competence for an Architect; an architect with RIAI Environmental CPD Accreditation can provide advice on Read More …
Below is a gallery of ‘Work in progress’ site photos of a 2 & 1 storey house extension currently under construction in County Mayo where we are providing full architectural services from design to completion plus ‘Designer’ and Assigned Certifier Read More …
If you’re a Pinterest user then why not head over to http://www.pinterest.com/markstephens/ and follow me, or alternatively click the link below: Occasionally (rarer now that I have a good body of work) I’m asked “How do I know if I’ll Read More …
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