Our design approach:

Explore what is special about you and your site.

Exaggerate the best through architectural design.

Brief: We ask a lot of questions and listen carefully to clients. It’s important to learn a client’s personal likes and dislikes to design specifically for their requirements. The design should be like a fingerprint, unique to the client and the site.

Budget: As each design is individual, so are budgets and we take careful consideration of this from inception to completion. Early cost analysis allows us to focus on the important aspects of the design, even with a modest budget.

Site: We examine each site carefully and map the sunlight, wind, shelter, views to exaggerate and views to hide. Designs develop from this site analysis so indoor rooms and outdoor spaces responding to their surroundings.

Patrick Dunne Barch MRIAI

Architect

Member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland

Accredited in Conservation

Accredited Project Supervisor Design Stage

Before heading Patrick Dunne Architects I worked with

  • The Office of Public Works in Ireland, where I worked on commercial fit outs for Government agencies, and on state owned historic buildings.

    www.opw.ie

  • Darby Partners ltd., Queenstown, N ew Zealand, where we focused on large scale land management and resort development, planning and designing houses which blended with their surroundings in rural New Zealand.

    www.darbypartners.com

  • Architecture53seven, where we won international competitions and awards with contemporary designs.

    http://architizer.com/firms/architecture-53seven/

  • East Lothian Council, Scotland, working on several environmentally friendly, low energy school projects.

  • Michael Rice Architect, where we designed timber framed buildings using natural materials and geometries.

Fiona Brugha B.Arch MCL

I have expertise in interior architecture, landscape design and Irish and European law.

In the past I’ve worked

  • as a senior architect with NODA architects, where we worked primarily on high end commercial projects, but also on retail and residential including high end houses, winning awards for several hospitality interiors.

    www.noda.ie .

  • The Office of Public Works in Ireland, on nationally important historic buildings, and new facilities for the emergency services.


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Collaboration

We frequently collaborate with other architects including

  • Ian Tracy of MMX architects

  • Katie Keenan

  • Andy Sherridan Barch

  • Elizabeth Clyne of NOJI architects

  • Hennessy Associates

  • Conor McNamara Barch