Conservation pilot scheme extended to vacant traditional farmhouses

The conservation pilot scheme for protected structures has just been extended to include vacant traditional farmhouses. You can read more about the details of the cheme HERE and you can download details of the scheme pilot_conservation_advice_scheme_for_vacant_traditional_farmhouses And the application form Read More …

A short bio on YT

I’ve been asked to put together a short biog on myself for the ATU website and thought I’d share it here too where you can know a little more about me: Mark Stephens MRIAI PGCert (Teaching) Mark Stephens is a Read More …

I passed!!! PG Cert in Effective Teaching, Learning & Assessment @atusligo_ie + UDL Digital Badge

Well, just like all of our own students in Architecture; I received my own results for my Level 9 Post Grad in Effective Teaching, Learning & Assessment today – my first non-architectural qualification that helps me to teach and assess Read More …

This simple blog post is how it all started @atusligo_ie We’ve all come a long way!

Looking back over my time here in Ireland, it was THIS BLOG POST in 2013 that kick started it all for me at what was then IT Sligo & is now Atlantic Technological University (ATU) – Sligo. Wow what a Read More …

A Liam McCormick Church in Co. Galway!

I wrote THIS POST a while back on the Magnificent Seven Churches by Liam McCormick in County Donegal. After a long overdue visit I finally got to St. Brigid’s Church by McCormick in Ballybane, County Galway. Unfortunately the church was Read More …

@dezeen features #Architecture student projects from @atusligo_ie

As part of the @dezeen #SchoolShows posts – Atlantic Technological University has 10 student projects featured. You can access the article HERE One of the student projects is shown below: A special thanks to all the brilliant hard working students Read More …

David Chipperfield & Conservation #2 #Venice

Following on from THIS POST on a trip to Berlin to see the conservation work undertaken there by David Chipperfield; this post centers on two of his projects undertaken in Venice; namely the Procuratie Vecchi and the extension to the Read More …

Planning granted on this #house #extension in Belmullet #Mayo

Just received notification that this zinc clad, contemporary extension has been granted planning in Belmullet, Co. Mayo. If you’re contemplating a construction project this year – why not CONTACT US…

Animations of Irish cottage restoration & extension #MadeWithVectorWorks @vectorworks

Thought you might like to see these animations of ‘work in progress’ on a cottage we’re restoring/extending in Co. Sligo. First is the exterior & then an interior. We’re still working on this – especially the construction/interiors/details

A couple of smaller jobs just granted planning over Christmas…

Below are a couple of smaller jobs that were granted planning recently; one a low-energy new house in Co. Mayo and the other a cottage restoration & extension in Co. Sligo: If you’re thinking of an architectural project in 2023 Read More …