A handbook on Irish rural housing design, free online – printed version to come…
I love it when I can feel a series of blog posts starting and I feel this one has legs. I’ve been very lucky over the last year working for a US company producing drawings for architectural projects in the Read More …
I’ve written previously on the concept of Architect as Story Teller and it’s interesting to see this theory in action now that that I have two of the ‘stories’ currently on site and under construction. The residential work I concentrate Read More …
As the faithful readers know I studied at was Oxford Polytechnic (now Brookes) and the defacto bible that the architects and urban designers worked to was RESPONSIVE ENVIRONMENTS A Manual for Designers by Bentley, Alcock, Murrain, McGlynn Smith Still very Read More …
Just received confirmation of GRANT of planning permission of these 2 schemes: 1. New house near Ballina, County Mayo: 2. House extension to traditional Irish cottage, near Ballina, County Mayo: What’s interesting about these schemes is that they adhere to Read More …
So we’ve looked at the massing and how the building should relate to the site; let’s now conclude with discussing the materials that we could use on our house (the project in question has been given planning permission with the Read More …
Metals One of the most prevalent materials used in Irish rural architecture are the corrugated iron roofs found on barns and sheds. Often left to rust to a beautiful (well in my eyes anyway) sienna, the different stages of rusting Read More …
Getting close to wrapping this up and seeing how much it’s going to cost to get it printed… Here’s the bit at the back, a condensed version of the CV: Mark Stephens ARB RIBA MRIAI 1963 Born: London, UK 1982-89 Read More …
Concrete, Love it or loathe it ?… One of the materials that is ideally suited for construction in Ireland considering the availability of the raw materials is concrete. Although much derided as being a eco-unfriendly option; the use of Eco-based Read More …
Using stone in Houses… Continuing the theme of appropriate materials for use in Irish houses; this post continues the previous section on transitions, gives a little bit of history on the use of stone in Ireland and a few pointers Read More …
Chapter 6a ~ Materials – Please no brickwork… One of the materials picked out as unacceptable by Mayo County Council is brickwork, a completely common material throughout the UK but a rarity in traditional rural dwellings (brick is a more Read More …
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