{"id":6362,"date":"2016-01-04T12:02:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T12:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=6362"},"modified":"2016-01-04T12:02:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T12:02:19","slug":"happy-new-year-all-the-best-for-2016-lets-get-to-know-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/happy-new-year-all-the-best-for-2016-lets-get-to-know-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year, all the best for 2016 & let's get to know each other"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mark Stephens Architects hopes you all had a great Christmas, Happy New Year and all the best for 2016.<\/p>\n
There are many faithful readers amongst you; and I thank you for reading, commenting and being a vital part of the success of this web site.<\/p>\n
I thought I’d start the year with a ‘Getting to know me & you’<\/em> post; some of the faithful readers will already know some of the information below but I expect there will be a few surprises too:<\/p>\n \u2022 I am a UK born and trained Registered & Chartered Architect with ARB and RIBA. I am not Irish although I am an Irish Architect! (registered with the RIAI since 2006). My family was originally from the Channel Islands (traced back to the 1700’s) and my father ( David Bernard Lewis Stephens (RIP) ) was evacuated to Cornwall from Guernsey prior to WWII breaking out. This is why you might see Kernow (Cornwall) based tweets popping up every now and then.<\/p>\n \u2022 I qualified as an architect in 1990 and promptly decided to do a heap of other stuff for nearly 15 years before resuming my career as an architect in Ireland. Some of this ‘other stuff’ included:<\/p>\n – CAD sales & consultancy What’s interesting is that this ‘other’ work has helped in all aspects of the current business; from web development, marketing and business.<\/p>\n \u2022 My architectural career resumed when we moved as a family to Ireland in 2003 and we designed & self-built our own house which was completed in 2006. Up until this time although I had experience of all stages this was the first project I’d overseen from the very beginning to the very end. The house is still cited as being a great example that adheres to the Mayo Rural House Design Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n
\n– Cycling software distribution
\n– Website & multimedia development
\n– Photographic virtual reality (I was one of the pioneers of Apple’s QTVR technology in the UK & Ireland from 1995 onwards. I even pitched in 2003 to a mapping company the concept of having photographic virtual tours on every street! Who would have guessed what Google would have done four years later ! (here’s the actual PITCH<\/a>)<\/p>\n