The No Vote wins! Jens Voigt beats hour and I win best website of week

What a week for winners and losers: 1. Scotland decided against being independent. 2. Jens Voigt beats the hour record: Click HERE for The Guardian article on the hour record. 3. I win ‘Best Hosted UK2 website of the week’ Read More …

Differences between Ireland and UK…

I wrote THIS POST a while back (2011) on the differences between UK and Ireland which focussed on site notices advertising the planning application. I’ve been luck enough over the last few works to be working the opposite way round Read More …

[POLL] – Singing/Dancing or Blog/Content?

I haven’t done a poll for a while… I’ve been playing with my personal site a bit and have really jazzed it up at www.MarkStephens.net (opens in new window), you can also see some architecture examples here as well as Read More …

Yay I'm shortlisted The Blog Awards Ireland 2014 @BlogAwardsIE

Yay, made it onto the Short list for The Blog Awards Ireland 2014 in the Best Eco / Green Blog – Sponsored by ESBECars. Full short list HERE

Quick visit on job I only did Design & Planning on…

I wrote THIS blog post about how architects can do more than just the pretty bit with the design and planning and the benefits of using them throughout the detailing and construction process. The job below falls into the Design Read More …

You know I'm a prolific blog poster, but did you know I also wrote these… #Vectorworks #L'Étape #ParisRoubaix #RuralHouse

As the post title says “You know I’m a prolific blog poster but did you know I’ve also written these…”: The titles below are all e-books for Kindle and did you know that you don’t need a Kindle to read Read More …

Some tools of my trade… @vectorworks mentioned

I thought I’d share some of the tools that I use as part of my everyday work to help me in the design and construction process: From left to right: 1. iPhone Indispensable for me with some of my favourite Read More …

16 #Passivhaus Fact Sheets on TeachPassiv.com

Did you know I’ve put together now 16 Passivhaus Fact Sheets on Passivhaus theory, design, detailing and construction. From the fundamentals of Passivhaus to technical sheets including PHPP advice for more experienced practioners. Click HERE for the full listing of Read More …

Project Updates…

Below are a few projects we’ve ‘on’ at the moment giving current status. If you would like something similar then please CONTACT ME… New one-off house in County Mayo, granted Planning Permission, Building Commencement Notice issued & starting on site Read More …

We've made long list for Blog Awards Ireland 2014

Mark Stephens Architects have made the long list for The 2014 Blog Awards Ireland for Best Blog of an SME