Our #restoration of the light house keepers cottage is in #CryFromTheSea #Film

The embargo on me talking about this project has been lifted and I can give details on how our restoration project of the light house keepers cottage at Ballyglass, Belmullet, County Mayo is going to be in a forthcoming film 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 …

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 …

Drone footage of Co. Fingal Project

A special thanks to Tony Healy Photography for the drone footage below of a project completed a while back right in the middle of the pandemic & lockdown: You can read more about this project, photos & a tear sheet Read More …

Completed photos of this #Lockdown project of thatch cottage restoration & extension in Co. Fingal

Another lockdown project reaches completion (this was a little while ago but took a while to get the photographs together). Below, therefore, is a slideshow of photos of this restoration and extension to a Protected structure/thatched cottage in County Fingal. Read More …

Getting ready for planning on this contemporary extension to Irish Cottage

Currently getting everything together on this contemporary rear extension to a traditional 3 room Irish cottage. the project includes the full refurbishment of the existing property: I’ve also been messing about with some new software that gives a better idea Read More …

#House #Extension #Retrofit #Refubishment to Irish Cottage

I revisited this project that completed a short while back to let some of the landscape take hold and include the gorgeous flowers that the clients have grown. So the project was to retain an existing cottage that had been Read More …

A project from 2008 finally gets started! #Ballyglass #Lighthouse #Keepers #Cottage

I don’t think there’s much better for an architect to see a project that you thought would never happen finally get started. This is the case with the lighthouse keeper’s cottage at Ballyglass, County Mayo. Exactly 14 years after first Read More …

I wrote this towards the end of last year & still sticking to it (for now)…

I wrote THIS POST in October last year and so far I’m sticking to the plan of undertaking design and planning on projects. So far I’ve been sticking to the plan and it’s going OK. I still have a few Read More …

What is #Conservation ? The Neues Museum #Berlin

The faithful readers and Instagram followers may have spotted that I was in Berlin recently (half of the week was in Berlin but had to cut the trip short when the Passivhaus conference in the other half was moved (again) Read More …