One of the last 2 projects that was started pre-pandemic has now reached completion (bar a few snags). The project was to restore and extend a thatched cottage (a Protected Structure (Listed if it was in UK)). The original thatch Read More …
Following on from THIS POST below is a short slideshow of the Gate Lodge in question and the ongoing restoration works: You can see the new extension/intervention in this slideshow also – a combination of a contemporary replica of the Read More …
We’ve just received notofication that planning is to be granted on THIS PROJECT I asked ‘God’s speed’ with!: Have a few hurdles in the planning process & a trickyish project that encompasses some retention planning, planning for new extension & Read More …
The Built Heritage Investment Grant Scheme for owners of Protected Structures is open for 2025 More details on the grant scheme can be found HERE We’ve had several projects that have utilised this scheme; many including for example the restoration Read More …
Following on from THIS post on how I’ve inadvertently ended up seeing some of Daniel Libeskind’s work (6 projects in Berlin, Manchester, Toronto, Amsterdam, Copenhagen & Warsaw); below are some of the Frank Lloyd Wright projects I’ve hunted down over Read More …
Following on from one of my Instagram posts, I’ve inadvertently ended up seeing a stack of Daniel Libeskind’s work – without being a massive fan! Below are a few photos over the years of the ones I’ve seen…: The next Read More …
The Conservation Advice Grant Scheme for Vacant Traditional Houses has opened again for 2024 but you don’t have long to get your ducks in a row! We completed two last year and hopefully do a couple this year too. The Read More …
Again the faithful reader will know of my Accreditation in Conservation and process of upgrading (hopefully) to a Grade 1/2 RIAI Conservatio Architect. The even more faithful reader will remember the posts I’ve written on recent ‘self-motivated’ field trips that Read More …
As well as being one of the founding signatories of Architects Declare Ireland, I am pleased to say that we’ve just been added to the list of founding signatories to the RIAI 2030 Climate Challenge. You can see the new Read More …
What an incredible journey it’s been since we left the UK in 2002 to come to Ireland. Becoming a lecturer in the Architect Department in Sligo has been the best bit of this journey. It started in 2013 when I Read More …
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