Beauty in the Details.

Expressing the idea that whatever one does should be done thoroughly.

 

The Coach House

Breathing life back into a barn. Exploring the previous uses; poultry house, stable and coach house.

 
 

Planning Application Lodged for Letterkenny Cultural Corridor

Pasparakis Friel Architects are collaborating with Donegal County Council in the development of a Cultural Corridor for Letterkenny; Donegal’s largest and most populous town.

The project seeks to connect three existing institutions;  An Grianán Theatre, The Regional Cultural Centre and Donegal County Museum and serve as a catalyst for the growth of culture and arts in the spaces between.

Creating a sense of commonality between the three buildings became important to us; a Trinity.

 
 

Ground Truth

Information provided by direct observation as opposed to information provided by inference.

 

New Project Beginning

“Begin”

Begin again to the summoning birds
to the sight of the light at the window,
…
Every beginning is a promise
born in light and dying in dark

by Brenden Kennelly

 
 

Architecture Ireland Publishes Dungloe Design Vision

Dungloe is a Gaeltacht town. The origins of the town date back to 1762 when the bridge was built. Gaeilgeoirí however have proudly held onto its Irish name ‘An Clochán Liath’. The name means ‘grey stepping-stones’; the means by which the river was crossed prior to the bridge being built. The Irish name conjures up a picture of a place that might have been. The importance and worth of river crossings are signified within Brehon law which stipulated that the honour price of building a clochán such as this was two cows.

We propose a new set of stepping stones; an intervention which references the historic origins of the town and becomes the starting point for connecting Main Street with its river, the bay, the loughs, and onwards towards a tidal bathing pool known locally as ‘The Pond’.