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The critical dates for your planning application…

This is one of the most popular things I regularly explain to clients: CLICK HERE for the Key Dates for your Planning Application This pdf (80kb) shows in diagrammatic form the key dates you need to...

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Where does architecture end and interior design begin? A call to Interior...

An interesting question this one. The question arose when I added this new ‘Tear Sheet’ on a project from a while back to the website: And realised that there was an incredible amount of interiors work...

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Living Small, Tiny houses and @guardianweekend

OH: Why do you get the Guardian at the weekend? Me: Well, it has an excellent sports section (by that I mean decent cycling coverage by journalists such as William Fotheringham. And great recipes (I...

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Can someone second me for #Be2awards please…(a third or fourth would be cool...

It’s the awards nominations season again. I’ve gone and nominated myself for the Be2Awards in the Built environment blogger of the year category. What I need YOU to do is to second, third and fourth...

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Why an architect is coolest job in world, Part 2: Exceptional Clients

I’ve discussed what makes for a perfect job in the previous post at ‘Being an architect is coolest job in world – this is why…’ and if you look back at the jobs you deem most successful there is one...

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Yay, I’ve made the Blog Awards @blogawardsie Ireland Shortlist #bloggm

Yay I’ve made the Short list on the Blog Awards Ireland this year in two categories: Best Blog of an SME and Best Eco/Green Blog Please visit each of the award sponsors websites as without them the...

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YT nominated for @Be2awards #Be2Awards

More good news concerning this blog as I am now also shortlisted as one of the four nominations for a Be2Award in the Best sustainability or built environment blog Category Here’s a snippet from the...

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What to know what’s happening in construction? – Consult the events Calendar

If you’re in the construction industry and need to know what events are relevant for you, why not visit the Building Design Expert Events Calendar The Calendar signposts relevant industry and...

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Statistically NOW is the best time to start planning your house or extension

When you’ve been running a website for a good period of time it’s interesting to see the statistics over a long period. What’s particularly interesting in terms of web site views on our site is that...

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Triathlon, Architecture, sharing and why I blog…

The faithful readers will know that I attended a triathlon coaching weekend a while back run by Triathlon Ireland; and as well as being excellent and thoroughly enjoyable (and also hard work and...

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Longlisted for 2nd year in The Blog Awards Ireland 2013 @BlogAwardsIE

For the second year I’ve made it onto the long list for The 2013 Blog Awards Ireland I’m long listed in the Best Blog of a SME Business Category I’ve also added the badge in the right sidebar. Best of...

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#BIM for Beginners – BIM in action – @bobborson and LifeofanArchitect mentioned

This is the fifth post on BIM following on from: BIM for Beginners – what is BIM BIM for Beginners – A simple BIM example and BIM for Beginners – Client Benefits BIM for beginners So is BIM just...

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#BloggingTip #WordPress A blog post a day on one subject; Who are you?

I’ve seen this blogging tip before, so it’s not my invention but it’s one that I use on an irregular basis when I feel I have a subject that spans across several blog posts. Write a blog post every day...

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The conundrum of the ‘Initial Consultation’

I think i’m going to have to make a list of these ‘Architect Conundrums’, here’s a cracker – The Initial Consultation. In order for an architect to get appointed the client needs to choose him/her....

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Well January, you haven’t disappointed (business wise), one for @priteshpatel9

I posted THIS this at the end of December saying that January is the most popular month when considering construction work later in the year. Well the statistics have been astonishing with a 133%...

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11th in the Top 500 active Twitter users involved in the Architectural industry!

According to leaderboarded.com I am now 11th on the LeaderBoard of the top 500 active Twitter users involved in the Architectural industry!: CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LEADERBOARD & MY POSITION...

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You know I’m a prolific blog poster, but did you know I also wrote these…...

As the post title says “You know I’m a prolific blog poster but did you know I’ve also written these…”: The titles below are all e-books for Kindle and did you know that you don’t need a Kindle to read...

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[POLL] – Singing/Dancing or Blog/Content?

I haven’t done a poll for a while… I’ve been playing with my personal site a bit and have really jazzed it up at www.MarkStephens.net (opens in new window), you can also see some architecture examples...

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The No Vote wins! Jens Voigt beats hour and I win best website of week

What a week for winners and losers: 1. Scotland decided against being independent. 2. Jens Voigt beats the hour record: Photograph: Peter Klaunzer/ap via The Guardian Click HERE for The Guardian...

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iChart update – @appleforarch mentioned #AppleForArchitects #Vectorworks

I wrote THIS POST in 2011 upon the demise of Steve Jobs (RIP). The iChart shows how Apple hardware has weaved it’s way through my life. Well I’ve updated the chart below (click on image for enlarged...

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