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...
Nov 27, 2018 | Advice for Clients, Ask the Expert!
This topic follows on from the recent general advice on things to budget for when planning a house build. The amount set aside in a contract or tender for a specific product is called a Prime Cost Sum, or p.c. sum. Contractually this means that it is a sum put in the...
Oct 11, 2018 | Ask the Expert!, Property Development, Sustainable/Passive
Nenzing Nursing Home / Dietger Wissounig Architects. photo copyright Albrecht Imanuel Schnabel Ireland is edging closer and closer to making our buildings more energy efficient with new Building Regulations becoming incrementally better as time goes on. Time will...
Oct 9, 2018 | Ask the Expert!, Hotel architecture, Property Development, Sustainable/Passive
PassivHaus certified Explorer hotel Montafon by Herz and Lang architects in Austria. Hotels have an enormous space heating and cooling demands compared to other building types. I have noted in previous posts how Irish hotel bedrooms are actually uncomfortable because...
Oct 5, 2018 | Advice for Clients, Ask the Expert!, Property Development
How to plan for developing your site in Cork for small infill developments. There is huge potential locked up in under-developed sites in all over the city. With the huge pressure to get houses built, there is a great opportunity for those sites to yield much needed...
Oct 5, 2018 | Advice for Clients, Ask the Expert!
The single most important thing to do if you want your house build to go as smoothly as possible, is get a realistic budget in place before you start designing. A budget is not what you want to spend, that is just a notional figure of what funds you think you can live...
