Flicking through Julys RIBA Journal an article by architect Ian Shaw caught my eye. The article describes his practice’ work in Germany (www.shaw-architekten.de) and the Germans approach to architecture. The new word I learnt was Baukunst: “The recognition of building Read More …
Following a flurry of site visits over the last few I thought I’d share a few images together with captions of what’s under construction at the moment: You’ll have seen this over the last few months; a rural house in Read More …
Following on a bit from the last Crystal ball gazing post on Building Control and Self-Builders I’m looking into the crystal ball again and see one possible development that could arise from the Building Control Amendment. Cue sound effects, whooo, Read More …
A quickie update on the glazed section on a rural house we’re working on in Mayo: The design concept has been discussed briefly as one of the ‘Sun tracking Designs and variations in the story’ and this one has a Read More …
We have a couple of projects on site at the moment with some tricky structural detailing; both involve cantilevered roofs that (with the help of structural engineer Paul Cuddy – Tel: 086 306 1608) poses and answers some interesting structural Read More …
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