• Design & Feasibility (Houses, extensions, commercial fit-outs etc.)

• Create design briefs for private clients & community groups

• Planning & Pre-planning Applications

• Retention & Change of Use Applications

• Tender Production & Negotiations

• Site Inspections & Contract Administration

• Disability Access Audit & Design

• Fire Safety Audit & Design

We provide clever design solutions for existing buildings, infill sites, back-land developments & greenfield sites. We also advise on relevant permissions & statutory requirements for your project and guide you through the process from brief formation to completion of your project on site.

We take our responsibility as designers seriously, we understand the profound effects our built environment & context have on people. We are aware that as architects we work in a problematic sector for the environment so it is our duty to act responsibly to minimise our negative impact.

We get excited about the imaginative reuse of existing buildings by designing through circular economy principles & low-carbon approaches.

We have a keen interest in researching & specifying sustainable & locally sourced materials.

As design team lead, Islander offer full project management services. We are certified Project Supervisors for the Design Process (PSDP).

We advise on the appointment of consultants, such as surveyors & structural engineers. We have a network of talented contractors, consultants & craftspeople to call upon.

We coordinate the design team & act as the central point of communication with planners, contractors, suppliers & building control.

As registered Architects we can provide:

• Certificates of Practical Completion*

• Architect’s Opinion on Compliance with Building Regulations*

• Architect's Opinion on Compliance with Planning Permission and/or Exemption from Planning Control*

• Payment Certificates

*We offer certification for projects that we have been appointed on for full architectural services only.

As architects we have the skills to undertake Health Checks on towns & villages. We analyse, question & research in order to produce concept visions that can enhance the public realm, local environments & local economies.

By listening directly to communities & through meaningful public engagement we design strategies for future improvements. We devise easy to follow action plans for the towns, villages & communities that we serve.

We are a collaborative practice, we work directly with the public to tease out design solutions for communities. We strive to be agents of change. We encourage a bottom-up approach by listening to our communities & enabling people to have a say in the architecture of their neighbourhoods.

We actively pursue opportunities to be involved in Co-Design projects for community-led housing & public spaces.

We have previously been awarded Workhouse Union’s Town Ecologies project for rural renewal in Kilkenny & Self Organised Architecture’s national research & co-housing project Reimagine Elderhood.

We have previously devised & delivered a variety of urban, suburban & rural public engagement workshops.

The culture of play is an innovative engagement method to provoke interesting conversations within community groups. We like to emphasise a creative approach to bring people, their stories & ideas together to make meaningful community projects.

We have previously worked with Fingal Arts Office, Dublin Heritage Office, Cruinniú na nÓg, Armagh Banbridge & Craigavon Council, Architecture at the Edge & The Irish Architecture Foundation.