Writer | Urban Theory | Architect
Interested in how we understand, record an interact with cities in light of the work of thinkers like Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari.
Collaboration and Poetic Rigour - Celebrating the 'Rising Stars of Irish Architecture', Wed, Oct 4 '17
There is a poetic rigour to the work of the practices I interviewed for my Irish Times piece: The Rising Stars of Irish Architecture. I’d spent all day — from my in-car interview with Douglas Carson, stuck in traffic on the City Quay, to Laurence Lord’s fascinating five minute cultural ...
Studio Visits: MMAS , Fri, Aug 11 '17
This week I went to visit MMAS, a Belfast based practice, in their studio, a converted mill just outside of the city centre. MMAS are a small practice, but their studio, full of models, drawings, sketches and ideas scribbled on whiteboards, is a dynamic place. I really enjoyed hearing their ...
Holidays and Bonfires, Mon, Aug 7 '17
July is not a usual month in Belfast. It’s holiday time — north coast beaches, infinite Donegal sands, the beautiful flat half-light of dusk of the western coast. For others it’s a time to play their part in, what is for some a controversial historical narrative that has, one way or ...
What we do as architects is not neutral: it is political, Wed, Jul 5 '17
I started writing this on the 13th of June. It was going to be a piece on the importance of critical engagement for sole or small practitioners. Thoughts on why, generally, as architects, we don't engage with other practices as much as we should; why it is important to do so; and to tell you about ...
Chasing rabbits — tales from a new practice., Fri, May 19 '17
My first entry into the practice diaries is apt. Last week I launched a new architects practice LōF architects. I use the plural, but sat in my office — a small room at the bottom of my garden with just about enough room for either me or a swinging cat, but not both — I realise that ...
