Best piece of advice for architecture students, architects, anyone in fact…

I’ve blogged a similar post previously but just to make sure you’re listening, here it is again… This is the greatest piece of advice I can give to any architecture student, anyone aspiring to work in this precarious game and Read More …

House extensions ~ Contrast or Blend?

I’ve been thinking about this one for a while and the impetus was a recent meeting with a potential client discussing the planning problems of another architects work on a house extension to a fairly modern property. I’m not going Read More …

Traditional Construction Ceremonies

I really miss these ceremonies in Ireland (are they still done in the UK?), they’re sort of done here ! Foundation Stone Frequently a ‘corner-stone’ ceremony where a foundation stone with an inscription (date, person laying it etc…) is fixed Read More …

Using Vectorworks & YouTube for design, presentation and marketing…

The dedicated follower of my ramblings will frequently see the occasional YouTube movie tweet. As well as producing the more traditional foam-board type models; nearly all my work is in 3D on computer with VectorWorks and the resulting 3D model Read More …