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Architects Provide Advice at the National Ploughing Championships

September 12, 2012 / barros / 2 Comments

The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland will participate for the first time with a free Advice Centre at the 2012 National Ploughing Championships.

From Tuesday 25th to Thursday 27th September, the RIAI will run an Advice Centre at the show where the public can meet a registered architect for a 20-30 min. consultation, completely for free.

What can I discuss with an Architect at the Ploughing Championships?

A Registered RIAI Architect can provide professional advice on a wide range of issues relating to your home and your project including:

Improving energy efficiency and reducing your utility bills
Building a new home or extending your current home
Planning applications and planning issues
LEADER funding
Registration of septic tanks
Sustainable development and reuse of vacant buildings
Rep 4 Traditional farm building grants
Conservation issues – an RIAI Conservation Architect will discuss appropriate methods and materials

Isabel Barros, B.Arch. (Hons.) MRIAI will be providing advice on the 26th September from 3pm to 6pm.

To book your time with Isabel or any other architect, please visit Stand No. 726 – Row V – Block 1, within the ‘Avondale Arcade’.

To help the architect give you the best advice, please bring with you (if possible) some photos, a brief description of what you want to do, and some measurements to give an idea of how much space there is to work with.

For more information visit the RIAI website.

Simons Says ‘Get Help From an Architect for €50’

April 18, 2012 / barros / 1 Comment

We are pleased to announce our participation once again in this year’s “Simon Open Door” initiative.

Anyone looking to build, renovate or extend their home or business may be interested in this initiative. Isabel Barros Architects will offer an hour long consultation in return for a donation of €50 to charity. All of the money raised goes towards the work of the Simon Communities of Ireland.

The Simon Communities of Ireland work with people who experience homelessness and housing exclusion in Ireland.

This is the eighth year that the Simon Communities of Ireland has partnered with the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Over the course of this wonderful partnership almost €265,000 has been raised for the Simon Communities of Ireland.

This is an exciting opportunity that allows anyone to get advice from an Architect no matter the size of their project. Our previous participation were very rewarding and the projects could not be more varied. From new builds to small extensions or houses that are not functional, the Architect has the most appropriate training and experience to help you with your building project.

For us, Architects, Simon Open Door is an interesting challenge and people always get amazed about how much can be done in one hour. And if that wasn’t enough we are helping the homeless with the donations you give to the Simon Communities. Everybody wins!

You can sign up for an appointment with Isabel Barros Architects on either Saturday 12th May or Sunday 13th May directly here, or with other registered Architects at www.simonopendoor.ie.

Read Testimonials about the Simon Open Door. Join Simon Open Door page in Facebook.

Free Valentine’s Vouchers With “I Love Architecture” Campaign

February 2, 2012 / barros / 0 Comments

Yes, we love to love! And we love to love Architecture. That’s why we do our work with love so you can also love it and so much love can only make a better and loving world!

This is a very special campaign that was launched for the first time last year. This campaign aims to promote Architecture as a priority to improve the quality of the built environment.

The campaign, which runs throughout February, aims to make the general public aware of the importance of good architecture.

Everywhere we go we are surrounded by built environment that influences our lives. Good architecture contributes to our daily life and well-being of society as a whole.

Good architecture needs to be sustainable, needs to solve the problems of its users and help them to achieve their dreams.

As part of this campaign Isabel Barros Architects is offering 5 Valentine’s Gift Vouchers for a free consultation worth €100.

This is a great way to get free advice and ideas from a qualified Architect. In one hour we can cover design ideas for an extension, renovation or a new building, optimize your shop layout or window display, explain the planning and construction stages or provide general planning advice.

Wether it’s a small house extension, a shop restyling or a major scale development, architects can bring their creativity and technical experience to help you achieve a design that contributes to your sense of well being and respects the built environment.

You can obtain your free Valentine’s Gift Voucher for a consultation worth €100 by contacting Isabel Barros Architects office at 053 91 78957 or by sending an email to office@isabelbarrosarchitects.ie. Hurry up, last year the vouchers were gone really fast!

The offer is limited to the first 5 eligible registered respondents who respond before the end of February 2012 with name, address, email and contact no. Terms and Conditions apply.

February 10, 2012 Update: All vouchers have been claimed and no more are available.

More love here

Disclaimer: “I Love Architecture” campaign is an initiative created by Isabel Barros in 2011. The idea, initiative and logo are property of Isabel Barros Architects. The copyright of this content is subject to Government copyright according to the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000. References and use of logo image are permitted if author or source are quoted.