New design for Single story courtyard house goes to planning stage
Thursday, July 08, 2010

New design for upside down House, Co Wexford at sketch scheme stage
Thursday, July 08, 2010

Doyle+ Partners worked with the site by pushing the lower part of the house into the hill, to ground it in the landscape.The house is designed with living space, kitchen/dining/living rooms on the first floor to take advantage of natural light and views and takes advantage for solar gain as the living space gets natural light all day. The bedrooms etc are on ground floor with allows it to use the natural warmth of the earth to help heat the house. The open sun terrace is orientated to receive sun from midday right through to late evening.

SEAI Home energy saving Grants
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Who can avail of the SEAI Grant scheme?

It is a National scheme and therefore all homeowners of dwellings built before 2006 may apply. Landlords and owners of multiple properties may also apply, however they must submit a separate application form for each property. If you are a landlord or a management company considering an entire building upgrade, please contact SEAI before applying online for the grant.

See the link below to find out more information

http://www.seai.ie/Grants/Home_Energy_Saving_Scheme/HES_FAQ/Homeowner%20FAQ/#avail

Eco apartments
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Sketch scheme design starts for Eco aparrtments.

Under the new BER system this will be one of only a handfull of apartment schemes to achieve the much coveted A1 status and will set a benchmark for apartment development.
The concept is to be a low carbon, contemporary and stylish development fusing modern with ecological design.

Tender levels back to 1999 levels
Friday, April 09, 2010

The SCS tender index (which is the only independent assessment of construction tender prices in Ireland ) highlights how prices have fallen dramatically since they peaked in the first half of 2007.

Construction tender prices have now dropped to levels not seen since the first half of 1999, eleven years ago. The severe contraction in prices reflects the ongoing reduction in activity in all sectors of the construction industry. The shortage of new projects has meant that contractors and sub-contractors continue to tender at cost or below cost in order to secure new work. 

Link:- www.scs.ie

Sustainable house, design stage starts
Friday, March 12, 2010

Doyle and Partners are starting a new one off house in Co Wexford which we hope to get to passive house or A1 rated standard. Most houses in Ireland at the moment are at an E or F rated standard. Under the new building regulations part L introduced in 2006 substantial reductions in energy consumption and carbon emissions are required

Sustainable Feature to be included in house :

• Rainwater harvesting
• LED Lighting
• Ecocem cement
• Really low U-Values through good insulation
• Air tightness
• Wood pellet boiler
• Solar panels
• Solar gain living area south facing
• Sustainably resourced timber

Doyle + Partners website goes live
Monday, March 08, 2010

We are delighted to announce that our new website doyleandpartners.ie has gone live. On the site you'll find all the information you need to now about our practice from our philosophy and design services to our unique one stop shop solution for home extensions and alterations, information on our team and projects we have worked on.

You can also become a fan of our facebook fan page and connect with us on linked in as well as following our News feed where we will post useful articles to help you with your own Home extension, landscape and interior design projects along with keeping you up to date with all our on going work. We look forwarding to hearing from you and hope you enjoy visiting our site. Any feedback you have is warmly welcomed.

Regards and happy surfing!

Philip Doyle