A special thanks to Justin for this animation of current sketch design project

I hope you’ve had a Great Christmas & Happy New Year. Our office takes on TY students during the year and the model & animation below from Justin was completed in a week or so. With zero knowledge of SketchUp Read More …

Update to working arrangements due to Covid & lockdown

Below is an update of our working arrangements for the next 3 weeks due to the current lockdown announced today (Wednesday 6th January 2021). The office is now closed. This is from Friday 8th January 6pm Work is continuing remotely Read More …

Site visits resuming Monday 18th May…

Well it looks like I’ll be resuming site visits on the projects that were on hold on Monday 18th May (subject to Government confirmation). The office will still be closed and I’ll be continuing to work from home until the Read More …

Covid19 Coronavirus Mark Stephens Architects work update

Hi everyone As Ireland has been now effectively been put into lockdown from midnight of 27/03/2020 for 2 weeks below are our current working methods: • Consultations for new work are ongoing – online HERE (details, & costs & how Read More …

Common misconception on architects’ stage payments & fees… @RIAIonline mentioned

I’ve written about architects’ fees recently HERE and I’m not going to reiterate the value that you can get from appointing an architect. From a well-designed home that will increase in value over the years, to a home that is Read More …

New Years Resolution : More commercial work. @paulmknally mentioned

Over the last year there were a couple of non-residential, commercial projects that I thought “Yes, I could have done that one”. In much the same way that an actor sees the roles that he could have done better [than Read More …

Will 2015 be the year of design and making for me?

2014 was always about the cycling, maybe this year will be about designing and making… The eagle-eyed readers will have known about the shed currently under construction but it’s currently missing a vital component, a door. Rather than just go Read More …

Differences between Ireland and UK…

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 …

What other jobs (as well as architects) are asked to do work for free?

I am constantly amazed about the requests for about whether I’ll do some work for free and it got me to thinking about what other jobs receive similar requests for do work for free. I guess graphic or web designers Read More …

First Things First – my wife, retainers, planning & life

My wife has a great expression for when I need a bit of guidance on what my attention needs to be focussed on: “First Things First…” What she’s meaning is that in order to reduce your stress in life when Read More …