A strange story of architectural reinvention that involves @UCDEngArch @DorothyJonesDJ @Vectorworks

I was privileged to undertake a few days part-time lecturing at UCD Architecture & Engineering department last week; the topic of the talk was the concept of reinvention where I gave a personal example of how I decided to effectively Read More …

This is the real problem in rural Irish construction (Part 2)

This is Part 2 following on from This is the real problem in rural Irish construction (Part 1). It takes the ‘Dream Team’ discussion a little further… You have to remember the background of rural residential architecture; in my opinion Read More …

Mini update on rural house, structures & application to cycling & knee physiology!

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 …

Lever arms, moments and structural engineering basics, thanks to Paul Cuddy

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 …