Architecture

We believe that the best architecture is curated through a collaborative process, bringing together great minds that can shape, influence and inform the character of buildings and the built environment that surrounds them. We understand that each and every project has a myriad of different influences and opportunities. We enjoy nothing more than the challenge of bringing our creative thinking to work collaboratively with our clients and other experts in pursuit of shaping great spaces and experiences.

Architecture involves such a diverse array of elements that need to work symbiotically and we strive to work with all the tools at our disposal to make sure that the architecture serves primarily its function but that it goes beyond this to shape light, manage environments, add to the skyline and, by no means last, to stand the test of time.

We are guardians of our world, both the built and natural environments, and alongside the sustainability engineering and design work, we aim to leave quality architecture as a legacy that will shape peoples lives and uplift the spirits.

The Cliffs of Moher

Specialist Architecture

The new visitor centre for UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Cliffs of Moher is located below ground to minimise visual impact and provide an enhanced experience for visitors. The project emerged following a winning entry in an international design competition in 1993. Opened in 2007, it has won Irish and International Awards.

Given the unique and sensitive nature of the site, the key design priority was that existing landscape and organic forms should take precedence over any building and any development to be located there should not compete with, nor distract from the natural attraction of the ‘Cliffs’ themselves. The project was developed on the concept of a subterranean building, taking its design and influences from the natural materials and forms of the area in order to minimise its impact and footprint in its visually prominent rural landscape setting.  The resultant building has no façades as such, with the exception of the south facing ‘elevation’, where only the entrance doorway and the organic forms of the upper restaurant windows are expressed. The pallet of materials, fittings and surface finishes used were carefully considered. The building structure was designed as a cast in-situ exposed concrete shell, in order to achieve the undulating organic forms fundamental to the design concept. The continuance of natural stone in floor and wall finishes from the exterior to the interior blurs the transition from inside to outside and helps to further integrate the building into the landscape.

with, nor distract from the natural attraction of the ‘Cliffs’ themselves.

The project was developed on the concept of a subterranean building, taking its design and influences from the natural materials and forms of the area in order to minimise its impact and footprint in its visually prominent rural landscape setting.  The resultant building has no façades as such, with the exception of the south facing ‘elevation’, where only the entrance doorway and the organic forms of the upper restaurant windows are expressed. The pallet of materials, fittings and surface finishes used were carefully considered.

The building structure was designed as a cast in-situ exposed concrete shell, in order to achieve the undulating organic forms fundamental to the design concept. The continuance of natural stone in floor and wall finishes from the exterior to the interior blurs the transition from inside to outside and helps to further integrate the building into the landscape.

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Embassy Gardens Phase 1

Specialist Architecture

Detail design and execution of four apartment buildings in London’s premier Development Opportunity zone at Nine Elms Lane, Lambeth. The development comprises 325 residential units, 3 retail units, residents’ facilities and parking for 249 cars and 496 cycles. The buildings range from 8 to 15 storeys.

High-quality residential units with a high standard of detail and finish. Parking located in a ground-level podium topped with a garden and concealed by duplex residential units. The development will achieve HCA Code 4 energy rating and the commercial elements BREEAM ‘Excellent’ – All technical and constructional information being developed in Revit for better coordination and quality of information.

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