AATE Panel Discussion

Ronan took part in the thought provoking Architecture at the Edge Festival 2022 discussion on Vacancy and Dereliction in Rural Irish Towns, in Galway last week. Thanks to Valerie Mulvin of McCullough Mulvin Architects who chaired the event, and fellow panelists Canice Architects and Helena McElmeel Architects.

Battery Visit with ATU Students

ATU Donegal Fourth Year Architectural Project this semester is based on The Battery Project. We enjoyed giving the tour.

Architecture At The Edge

Ronan will be speaking at the AATE Festival.

Hold that Corner

• Thursday, October 6, 2022

• 16:00 17:30

• Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane, Galway

Irish towns are a built idea distilling the essence of how to live together around a communal space. Revitalised, they could present us with thousands of instant environments, PLACES made by a wall of buildings, a theatre of the everyday. Smaller size and scale put us directly in touch with nature, and give us places for kids to play and learn, the 15-minute city translates to a town environment where there is life, fun, community, and culture.

Portal to the Stars

Donegal Site Visit

Saltpans Cottage Features in Photography Portfolio

Cruit Island House Granted Planning Permission

RIAI Architecture Awards 2022

Saltpans Cottage: 

Highly Commended in the Living Category - RIAI Architecture Awards 2022

Killybegs Regeneration Strategy: 

Highly Commended in the Urban Design / Masterplanning Category - RIAI Architecture Awards 2022.

Thank you to our clients, contractors and collaborators.

RIAI House + Design 2022

Pasparakis Friel are delighted that Saltpans Cottage is featured in the RIAI House + Design 2022. Pick up a copy to find out more.

RIAI Public Choice Awards 2022

Pasparakis Friel are thrilled to have two projects included in the RIAI Public Choice Awards 2022; Saltpans Cottage and Killybegs Regeneration Strategy.

Voting now open: click here

We Are Hiring

Pasparakis Friel are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Part 2 or Part 3 to join our studio.

You would be involved in all stages of our residential, cultural and urban regeneration projects.

Send submissions by email to info@pasparakisfriel.com by 17.06.22.

Craigadarton House Granted Planning Permission

Following a grant of planning permission we look forward to constructing this house atop a plateau within an undulating site in rural Donegal.

The monopitch roof is a nod to the tapered form of the adjacent standing stone. The building’s orientation responds to views, light and the topography of the site. Overhanging roofs on the east and west sides of the building create verandahs to take in sunrises and sunsets over far reaching coastal and mountain views.

Mullaghaneary House Granted Planning Permission

Drumboe Woods and Environs Public Consultation

Our draft proposals for Drumboe Woods and Environs are out for public consultation for the next four weeks.

Follow this link for more information:

Digital Consultation Boards

Museum and Community Hub Tender Win

We are thrilled that our team has been successful in our tender to design and deliver a heritage led regeneration project which will include a new museum, community hub, and urban realm works. In conjunction with Robin Lee Architecture we will be working within the beautiful and sensitive contexts of a Napoleonic era Gun Battery, a 500 year old Abbey, and the village streets of Rathmullan on the shores of ‘that loveliest of Irish sea-loughs’ *, Lough Swilly.

*Praeger, R 1937, The Way That I Went, Methuen & Co. Ltd, London

Site Visit

Morning site visit. Tranquility on the banks of an inland Lough.

Washed in by the Wild Atlantic - Saltpans Cottage

We enjoy allowing what we find on site to influence the tonal or textural finish of elements of our buildings. The intertidal zone which bounds the edge of our Saltpans Cottage site hosts a rich and everchanging array of shells; periwinkles, augers and whelks.

Top left is the lime render to an existing structure on the site which employs sea shells in its mix. Top right is a close up of a new window cill to Saltpans Cottage with roughly exposed sea pebble and shell aggregate.

Bottom left are the wonderfully glossy periwinkles on the shore adjacent to Saltpans Cottage. Bottom right is the colourful polished concrete floor to the cottage extension.

Insulated Foundation System on Rathmullan House

The fully insulated Kore foundation has been completed on site. The system provides a U-Value of .11W/m2K and is free of cold bridges. The system reduces both time on site and the quantity of concrete required. The reinforced concrete slab was poured recently.

RIAI Architecture Awards 2021

Ronan was delighted to have been on the jury panel for this year’s RIAI awards. The awards are given annually to acknowledge achievement in architecture and celebrate the quality of work carried out by RIAI members and the contribution registered architects make to the built environment. Take a closer look at the award winning projects via the following link:

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Working with your Town and Neighbourhood

Our Design Vision document for Dungloe features on the RIAI’s free online resource to support those involved in Irish towns and neighbourhoods. Get in touch with us to discuss how we can support your town or village.

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