One of the last 2 projects that was started pre-pandemic has now reached completion (bar a few snags). The project was to restore and extend a thatched cottage (a Protected Structure (Listed if it was in UK)). The original thatch Read More …
Following on from THIS POST below is a short slideshow of the Gate Lodge in question and the ongoing restoration works: You can see the new extension/intervention in this slideshow also – a combination of a contemporary replica of the Read More …
We’ve just received notofication that planning is to be granted on THIS PROJECT I asked ‘God’s speed’ with!: Have a few hurdles in the planning process & a trickyish project that encompasses some retention planning, planning for new extension & Read More …
The embargo on me talking about this project has been lifted and I can give details on how our restoration project of the light house keepers cottage at Ballyglass, Belmullet, County Mayo is going to be in a forthcoming film Read More …
Another lockdown project reaches completion (this was a little while ago but took a while to get the photographs together). Below, therefore, is a slideshow of photos of this restoration and extension to a Protected structure/thatched cottage in County Fingal. Read More …
We’ve received notification on two successful planning applications where Mark Stephens Architects were appointed to prepare conservation reports on the protected structures (Listed if they were in UK); both undertaken for Eugene O’Neill Architects (we are more than happy to 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 …
What’s incredible as I go about my work is the level of apprehension and fear the general public have over dealing with officialdom in the building process. Whether it’s the worry over what the planner will let you do, the Read More …
This came up today and I thought the answers I gave to client would make useful short blog post: What is a Protected Structure? You may be more familiar with the UK term of ‘Listed Building’, in Ireland the similar Read More …
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