Andrew Brady graduated from UCD Architecture in 2003, has worked in design led award-winning practices in both Australia and Dublin, is a full member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (MRIAI), is qualified in the role of Project Supervisor Design Process (PSDP) and has a Postgraduate Certificate in Energy Efficiency in Design (EED) from TU Dublin (2019).

Having gained a variety of experience in Architecture working in Dublin, Chicago and Sydney, Gearóid Carvill, who graduated from UCD in 2000, established private practice in Dublin in 2007, is a full member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (MRIAI), Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Conservation Architect Grade III (2007),  an RIAI Environmental Accreditation (2020), postgraduate Diploma in Building Performance, Energy Efficiency in Design (BP/EED) from TU Dublin (2021), a Masters (BP/EED) (2023).  Gearóid is Registered Energy Renovation Advisor with the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) a member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland’s Sustainability Taskforce as well as the Institute’s Visiting Board of Education.

Their highly versatile award winning practise has a significant portfolio of work across a wide typology of buildings illustrating their design thinking, multi disciplinary approach, strategic analysis and design and conservation skills. A consistent methodological approach is used for each project. ABGC’s portfolio illustrates the positive transformative impact of quality design achieved through their capacity for imaginative reuse and adaptation of existing buildings, with interior health, a focus on fabric design holisticity and of realising ever more climate sensitive outcomes while also working at a variety of scales and eras, from Canal architecture to Cafés to train stations to domestic buildings from 1790 to the present.

abgc architects are a Registered Practice with the RIAI.

Awards

2023 Finalist Conservation Project of the Year, Irish Fit Out Awards
2023 Finalist Office Project of the Year, Irish Fit Out Awards
2017 Winner Interior Designer of the Year, Image Interiors & Living Design Awards
2016 Commended Commercial Interiors, IDI Awards
2016 Commended Residential Interiors, IDI Awards
2016 Highly Commended Design & Fit Out Awards, Architecture Expo
2016 Finalist Collaborative Project of the Year, Irish Fit Out Awards
2016 Finalist Retail Project of the Year, Irish Fit Out Awards
2015 Highly Commended Commercial Interiors, IDI Awards
2015 Finalist Fit Out Designer of the Year, Irish Fit Out Awards
2015 Finalist Retail Project of the Year, Irish Fit Out Awards

Openhouse

2022, Jameson House, Apartment Scheme
2021, Jameson House, Apartment Scheme
2020, Leinster Road West, Single family home
2019, Blarney Park, Single family home

Openhouse Worldwide

2020, Leinster Road West, Single family home

Talks

2023, ‘Incomplete Resistance’ International Conference on Moisture in Buildings, University College London
2023, ‘Evolving Practice/Starting Points’ Griffith College
2022, ‘Home Energy Upgrade’, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council/Open House
2020, ‘Switch it up/Sustainability Advice’, Irish Times/Ulster Bank
2020, ‘Chance’ Red & Grey, Chitchat
2017, ‘Starting Points’ Institute of Designers in Ireland
2015, ‘Dublin Honey Project’ Pecha Kucha/IAF
2014, ‘Professional Practice’ NCAD
2012, ‘Collaborative Processes’ Dublin City Council/the Lab 2012

Publications

2020, Design Wisdom in Small Space II Clothing Shop, Jon Gentry, Design Media Publishing
2017, Design Wisdom in Small Space, Jon Gentry, Design Media Publishing
2016, Réinventer LEGO, I. Bruno & C. Baillet, Hoebeke
2014, EPHEMERAL, Miquel Abellán, MONSA Publishing
2010, Graphics Alive 2, viction:ary Publishing