IN PRACTICE WITH… PROCTOR & MATTHEWS ARCHITECTS Stephen Proctor and Andrew Matthews at PROCTOR & MATTHEWS ARCHITECTS talk to Denise Maguire about low rise, high density housing and applying their expertise to an Irish contex You spoke at the RIAI’s National Housing Conference recently. What were some of the topics discussed at the event? Stephen: […]
IN PRACTICE WITH… STUDIO AND Ciara McGonigal at Studio And talks about current projects, the beauty of conservation work and the privilege of working as an architect When did you set up the practice?I established Studio And in 2017. Before that, I had lived and worked in Argentina for six years. The original plan had […]
IN PRACTICE WITH… GRAY DESIGN Colin Dalton, Director at Gray Design, talks to Plan about nurturing relationships with developers and breaking into public sector work When did you set up Gray Design?Myself and the other director in the practice, Barry Gray, set up in 2006. We were both working for other architects in Newry at […]
IN PRACTICE WITH… DRAKE HOURIGAN How did Covid-19 affect the practice? Did you have any projects on site? Conor: No, fortunately we didn’t. One small landscaping job had finished in January and everything else was in pre-planning. Just before Covid hit, we had arranged a new project but hadn’t met either the client or any […]
In Practice… SIMPLY ARCHITECTURE PLAN CAUGHT UP WITH GARETH SULLIVAN AT SIMPLY ARCHITECTURE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING EMPATHY FOR CLIENTS AND WHY PRESERVING INTEGRITY IS OFTEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN A BULGING PROJECT PORTFOLIO Where did your interest in architecture come from? When I was at school, I spent a lot of time […]
IN CONVERSATION WITH… DAVE O’SHEA Q. What impact has the pandemic had on the practice? A. The shutdown of sites obviously reduced our hours. Not all of our projects were on site at the time so we were lucky in that we could move staff onto other projects. Having a good mixed bag saved us. […]
FOCUS ON… BRENNAN FURLONG In the first of a new series focusing on specific practices around the country, Plan speaks to Gareth Brennan, partner at Brennan Furlong about current work, bcar and whether the current climate is open to creativity… Can you tell us about the practice? I set up in 2009 after I was […]
