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...
