Feb 24, 2021 | Advice for Clients, News for architects, Sustainable/Passive
A1 BER passive house county cork Robert Patterson of Seek The Leak (great name!) BER assessors confirmed the astounding result of our A1 BER passive house in County Cork today. Not only that but the assessment produced a negative energy and Carbon emission value, due...
Jan 19, 2023 | Advice for Clients, Property Development
What services does an architect provide? A fair question recently posed by a prospective client. I didn’t mind typing out the answer but realised all that effort needs to be shared with the public. We don’t just do drawings for builders. It begins long...
Sep 8, 2022 | Advice for Clients, News for architects
The PassivHaus Architecture Company features in The Best Architects in Cork consumer page. We are delighted to be listed on this consumer page high-lighting the top 5 architecture practices in Cork. The practices have been assessed in terms of – Quality and...
Apr 9, 2021 | Advice for Clients, News for architects, Practice news, Sustainable/Passive
Interview with University College Cork Architecture Society The following are two interviews on the Bandon PassivHaus project, and links to articles in printed publications. The next interview was with Jonathan Reinhardt from Archly.ie The project featured in the...
Jun 9, 2020 | Advice for Clients, News for architects, Practice news, Sustainable/Passive
We are pleased to invite you to this Bandon PassivHaus Site Visit. This is a great opportunity to join the Bandon PassivHaus Site Visits just as it is about to be completed, before it is occupied by the owners. We have already had many architects and contractors...
May 21, 2020 | Advice for Clients, Ask the Expert!, Sustainable/Passive
Paul McNally was interviewed by the Irish Examiner journalist John Daly in relation to Sustainability Week 2020. The article was published online on the Examiner website on 20/5/2020 and in the Business section of the paper on Friday 22/5/2020. See this link to read...
May 3, 2020 | News for architects, Practice news, Sustainable/Passive
Cork City Passive House This beautiful Cork City Passive House is progressing well on site. It features beautiful glu-laminated timber (‘glu-lam’) structural beams and columns in larch and spruce. The exterior is a series of timber glu-lam members that...
Feb 21, 2020 | Ask the Expert!, Practice news, Property Development, Sustainable/Passive
all context corner patio-2 patio tree Douglas Passive House breaks ground. This development is progressing well in Douglas, Cork, consisting of 5 houses which includes our Douglas Passive House project. The client’s own two storey detached passive house will...
Jan 31, 2020 | Advice for Clients, Practice news, Sustainable/Passive
Clonakilty Passive House Our Clonakilty passive house is almost complete. This will be our most successful example of truly low carbon construction yet. Not only will the energy consumption of this house be almost zero due to the exceptionally efficient design, form,...
Jan 9, 2020 | Advice for Clients
How NOT to Hire a good Architect! I have written at length here on how to hire an architect, how my process works and why it is in a client’s interest to follow the tried and tested method, in order to have a good project outcome. However, some people never...
Oct 30, 2019 | Advice for Clients, ArchiTalksIE, Ask the Expert!
What is a typical house design timeline? I advise clients that a typical house design timeline happens over roughly three years with almost a year for each major stage; – Year 1 Design – Year 2 Build – Year 3 Snagging The first year, Design, is...
Oct 11, 2019 | Advice for Clients, Practice news, Sustainable/Passive
Open House Cork 2019 We were blown away by the interest in Passive House expressed during the events of Open House Cork 2019. Our participation began on Friday with my presentation on Climate Breakdown, Passive House and various projects showing its implementation. We...
Sep 27, 2019 | Advice for Clients, Ask the Expert!, Sustainable/Passive
Passive House De-Coded now on Instagram Instagram Passive House De-Coded series; We are delighted to present video content on Instagram showing our work in progress. The idea behind this content is to talk through all aspects of the design and execution of PassivHaus...
Sep 27, 2019 | Advice for Clients, News for architects, Sustainable/Passive
Bishopstown Extension open for viewing as part of Open House Cork 2019 programme We are looking forward to opening our house extension in Bishopstown, as part of the programme of Open House Cork...
Aug 21, 2019 | Uncategorised
2019 Cost of construction update from the RIAI The RIAI has produced its latest report on the cost of construction in Ireland. Here you can download a copy of that report from our Shop https://pmnarchitecture.ie/shop/ or directly from this...
May 17, 2019 | Advice for Clients, ArchiTalksIE, News for architects, Practice news, Sustainable/Passive
Come see our latest PassivHaus in progress! This Passive House is under way in Bandon, County Cork and we would love you to come see what great construction looks like and have all your questions answered by the experts! First visit will be at 11.00 a.m. on Wednesday...
Apr 4, 2019 | ArchiTalksIE, News for architects, Practice news
Architect required for Limerick region The PassivHaus Architecture Company is expanding. Our next step is to place an architect in the Limerick/Clare region with the capacity to run projects from inception to completion, under the direction of the Cork office. We have...
Mar 22, 2019 | Advice for Clients, Ask the Expert!, Property Development, Sustainable/Passive
LEED Gold Office Design LEED Gold Office design was a central topic at the recent ‘Delivering Commercial NZEB’ conference in Pairc Ui Chaoimh, hosted by the Technical University of Dublin. It is apparent that low-energy office buildings are becoming the...
Jan 7, 2019 | ArchiTalksIE, Practice news
2018 in Review. It’s nearly time to draw the shutters on 2018 and before we all switch off and enjoy the holiday, let’s take a moment to reflect on the high points of what we have achieved over the year practicing as architects in Cork. In terms of...
Dec 5, 2018 | Advice for Clients, Ask the Expert!
MODEL MAKING AS AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TOOL Why do architects make models? Because it is fun! From making Lego as a kid to building castles, dens, forts, treehouses, this was the kind of thing I have always enjoyed doing. Now I get to do it for real with buildings...
