How Nursing Home design could yield better outcomes for occupants

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...

Why Hotels would profit from Passive architecture

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...

How to plan for developing your site in Cork

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...

13 things to budget for when planning your house build

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...

How to Hire an Environmental Architect

Oct 2, 2013 | Advice for Clients, Ask the Expert!, Property Development, Sustainable/Passive

How to hire an Environmental Architect This is based on a presentation I have prepared to give to people at their place of work during lunchtime. These people by nature of the business, were particularly interested in low-energy buildings and so the presentation is...

How warm is your hotel room?

Jul 8, 2013 | Ask the Expert!, Hotel architecture, Sustainable/Passive

Why are hotel bedrooms so hot? As an eco-architect it is a source of immense frustration when on the rare occasions that we get to stay in a top class hotel, everything is perfect down to the last detail except the ability to get a good night’s sleep. Why?...