I wrote THIS POST a while back (2011) on the differences between UK and Ireland which focussed on site notices advertising the planning application. I’ve been luck enough over the last few works to be working the opposite way round Read More …
Welcome to a new website dedicated to Passivhaus design, construction and methodology combined with architectural excellence from Mark Stephens Architects. CLICK HERE FOR WWW.TEACHPASSIV.COM Why TeachPassiv.com ? Teach: Verb (English) 1. To impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction Read More …
There’s been a lot of comments floating around concerning “UK architects would kill to have the proposed Irish Building Control system”. Now I’m not going to say who said what, I’m simply going to give my personal perspective as a Read More …
Yesterday’s Room to Improve on RTE1 with Dermot Bannon MRIAI became a Twitter trending topic in Ireland last night and is a great source of discussion between myself and fellow tweeting architects. And yesterdays episode raised a very important issue Read More …
Following on from the ‘The Americans are like us, but they are different: Framing vs Cavity walls’ post; I was getting ready to criticise the level of insulation in US framed walls compared to that in the UK and Ireland Read More …
The order of these posts has been a bit haphazard as this US/UK difference is a big one – Framing vs cavity walls Even with the advantages that timber frame houses have with regards to airtightness, the cavity wall still Read More …
This follows on from the post about Mud Rooms and Utility Rooms and the differences between UK/Ireland and the US Really I should have done this post first, the biggest difference between me working on UK drawings and those from Read More …
Whether you’re thinking of extending or building a new house, the benefits of discussing your options with a registered architect are immense: Architects have the skill, imagination and expertise to understand what you are looking for and then visualise and Read More …
I love it when I can feel a series of blog posts starting and I feel this one has legs. I’ve been very lucky over the last year working for a US company producing drawings for architectural projects in the Read More …
Over the last few months I’ve been working on some interesting projects in the US. What’s interesting is that I haven’t left my home in rural County Mayo. All the files have been exchanged online dynamically in the cloud, we’ve Read More …
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