Incredible drone photos of one of our new #Mayo #Passivhaus Construction by @LLStructuresLtd

With thanks to Ollie at Long Life Structures (http://www.llstructures.ie); the timber frame company that’s construction one of new houses in County Mayo and permission from our great clients (Michelle & Dave); below are a few photos showing the current construction. Read More …

Skin in the Game (@bobborson mentioned again)

If you’re an architect, architecture student, interested in architecture or how architects work then if you’re not following Bob Borson’s blog ‘Life of an architect’ you should. One of my favourite posts on architectural fees (Part 2) gives no nonsense Read More …

Who am I? #3 What you do now will help in the future, advice for the young (and old)…

Continuing on from Blogging Tip – Write a post a day on a specific subject – Who are you? and Who are you? Where am I from? and A ‘Restoration Man’ a big shout to @Cornish_Lime & Callywith Quarry. I Read More …

#BIM for Beginners – BIM in action – @bobborson and LifeofanArchitect mentioned

This is the fifth post on BIM following on from: BIM for Beginners – what is BIM BIM for Beginners – A simple BIM example and BIM for Beginners – Client Benefits BIM for beginners So is BIM just software Read More …

Don't take the blame but you still need to care and look after your mental health!

I wrote last week about how Architecture is the true caring profession… and I mentioned at the end of the post that the danger is caring too much and you are unable to keep your private life away from your Read More …

Life Lesson No.2 – You may not want what you achieve…

Following on from Life Lesson No. 1 – You’ll achieve what you concentrate on, this post is more or less the opposite: You may not want what you achieve. Surely you want what you achieve? Not so fast, the world Read More …

Life Lesson #1 – You'll achieve what you concentrate on…

As promised, but a few days late, are a few life lessons that I’ll impart as I’ve entered my 50th year on the planet. Life Lesson #1 – You’ll achieve what you concentrate on Sounds obvious but it requires a Read More …

A week of life lessons posts starting Monday…

As the faithful know, I am 50 this year. And you don’t get to that age without making a few mistakes and learning a few things along the way. So, next week, starting Monday, I’m going to do a ‘blog Read More …

A day in the life of the Oxford School of Architecture 1985 (Oxford Poly as it was)

Sometimes you see something that really takes you back in time and this did it for me this morning… It probably wouldn’t make any sense unless you were there but sit back and enjoy ‘A day in the life of Read More …