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View fullsize Ireland House, Tokyo, Japan Awarded Second Place Irish Embassy, Ambassador’s Residence and State Agencies Arigho Larmour Wheeler Architects, in collaboration with Ostick and Williams Architects, have been awarded Second Place in the RIAI Inte
View fullsize Back visiting some completed projects today. #alwa #irisharchitects #brick #canopy #danishhandmadebrick #kolumba #petersenbrick
View fullsize Just back from a few days in Donegal and picking up ‘North by Northwest: The Life and work of Liam McCormick’ written by Jane’s Dad, Paul Larmour and Shane O’Toole (2008, Gandon Editions). Enjoying a refresher on the art and a
View fullsize Work in progress, layers, landscape, light, shade, context. #watercolour #wip #irishlandscape #inspiration #irisharchitect #context #irisharchitects
View fullsize Celebrating the work of our talented Queen’s University Belfast students and colleagues this Friday with the launch of the 2020 end of year book! Congratulations all on a great year...and thanks to all our guests for their input to our studios
View fullsize Reference: Luis Barragán - Secret Gardens Garden: House in the Woods, ALWA .................. ‘...if we frame the immediate landscape against a good view behind, the achieved effect is doubly enhanced.’ ‘It gives one the f
View fullsize Full planning permission granted for a new house in the curtilage of a listed building with works to a listed outbuilding, in Holywood, County Down. Site plan, watercolour. #conservationarchitecture #listedbuilding #holywood #countydown #charteredarc
View fullsize Studio, bookshelves. Model of Public Housing, Community Buildings and gardens. #competition #irisharchitects #alwa #alwarchitects #rsua #riai #charteredarchitects #northernireland #ireland
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View fullsize Patrick was delighted to be a guest reviewer for the Architecture School at Umeå University, Sweden, today. The students have spent the year studying the city of Kiruna, in the north of Sweden, above the arctic circle.
View fullsize Beautiful handmade Danish bricks, the Petersen Kolumba, in a recent project in Donnybrook. As good old Louis Kahn said “Architecture appears for the first time when the sunlight hits a wall. The sunlight did not know what it was before it hit a
View fullsize Organisation studies, in watercolour, of the main spaces of a new house and their relationship to each other. #process #designthinking #composition #organisation #newhousedesign #design #architecture #ireland #northernireland #watercolour #watercolor
View fullsize We brought this house, a protected structure, back from its former subdivision as 8 bed-sits to a single family home. A new concrete, steel and Iroko stair reconnects the main living spaces to the beautiful garden. More project photos by @ste_murray
View fullsize Once again we’re pleased to be supporting the annual RSUA ‘Ask an Architect’ charity event. Chartered Architects across Northern Ireland are offering 1 hour consultations in exchange for donations of £40 to the Jill Todd Trus
View fullsize Public Square, Ås, Norway. Shortlisted Competition entry from a few years ago. Watercolour on paper. Publicly accessible outdoor spaces have never been more important, especially for those with limited access to private outdoor space. #publicspace
View fullsize Working from home... #paintedbrick #belfastbrick #workingfromhome #architects #irisharchitects #outdoorspaces #alwa #alwarchitects #arigholarmourwheelerarchitects #light #shade #riai #riba #rsua #arb #charteredarchitects
View fullsize Conceptual roof plan sketch of a new house adjoining a listed building. Watercolour on paper. Planning approval granted 2020. #adaptivereuse #adaptation #conservationarchitecture #sustainablearchitecture #newhome #house #newhouse #listedbuilding #iri
View fullsize Seasonal stones. Wishing you all a happy and restful Easter from all of us at ALWA. #notchocolate #pebbles #beachfinds #inspirationeverywhere #irishlandscape #irisharchitects #context #coloursandtexturesofireland #coloursandtexturesofnature #naturei
View fullsize Talking to our Masters students at Queen’s University Belfast recently about our approach to technology, construction and technical decision making in our practice. Showing how we use precedent to inform these in practice and how a common sens
View fullsize Conservation Architecture CPD yesterday at the @royalsocietyulsterarchitects indulging our love of stone and geology (science bits included!) Excellent lecture by Geomorphologist Dr Patricia Warke of QUB @qub_geography on stone dynamics, weathering,