About JCA Architects
ABOUT JCA
Jack Coughlan Architects is an established multi-disciplinary architectural practice with offices in Cork City and Dunboyne, Co. Meath. Founded by Jack Coughlan in 1985 as an architectural practice producing contemporary designs, JCA has expanded to incorporate the disciplines of architectural conservation, retail and passive house design. The in-house expertise in all these areas allows JCA to provide full design and project management services from concept stage to completion. JCA is a vibrant practice with a broad skill base comprising architects, project managers, architectural conservation consultants, architectural technologists and graphic artists with supporting administration providing a comprehensive and rapid design and execution process.
JCA is an award-winning RIAI Grade 1 Conservation Practice having developed a wide range of experience in various areas of conservation and provides an exceptionally high level of expertise within the practice. A fundamental first step is the understanding of the building. Once achieved, JCA can approach a design or intervention with confidence, based on many years of conservation experience in combination with the ethos of contemporary design that the practice is committed to. Indeed, JCA’s strength has been found to be a combination of conservation with a contemporary intervention.
JCA projects establish the credibility of its design philosophy: contemporary, appropriate, sensitive, functional, sustainable and economical. Many of these criteria can only be fully tested by interaction with the end-user. As the client’s role has a major influence on the design outcome, the management of that relationship is critical. JCA has a very strong track record where, for an architectural practice, it has a significant repeat business.
Retail is one area where JCA has established a strong client relationship over a decade, with repeat projects in Ireland, Germany, Holland, Austria and Belgium. This body of work has resulted in JCA building up a wide base of experience and expertise in the ever changing retail design field. Our work in Europe is undertaken in collaboration with local partners, design team colleagues, contractors and specialist sub-contractors and carried out by teams led by a Project Director who has hands on delivery of the project.
JCA’s commitment to sustainability includes appropriate site planning, selection of Green Rated materials, careful design of the building envelope, passive and active energy conservation and generation, use of renewable energy sources, optimising natural ventilation and daylight, water conservation and harvesting, air tightness testing and thermal imaging of buildings.
STAFF
GARETH O'CALLAGHAN
DIRECTOR CONSERVATION
BArch MRIAI
Grade 1 Conservation Architect
HAROLDO OLIVEIRA
DIRECTOR ARCHITECTURE
BArch
PAT THOMA
DIRECTOR RETAIL
Dip. Arch. Tech.
MCIAT.
KIAN BUCKLEY
ASSOCIATE
PROJECT MANAGER
BSc Architectural Technology
Parametric CAD QQI Level 5, with Revit Architecture.
MSc Building Conservation
ORAN BUCKLEY
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNICIAN
BIM MODELLER
PHILIP BULFIN
ASSOCIATE
BSc ( Hons) Degree in Architectural Technology
WERONIKA CHWASTEK
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST
REVIT TECHNICIAN
DENIS CLIFFORD
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST
REVIT TECHNICIAN
BSc ( Hons) Degree in Architectural Technology
SEAN COUGHLAN
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
REVIT TECHNICIAN
BA Graphic Design
MA Screenwriting
NEIL DEWHURST
ASSOCIATE
SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST
MSc Architectural Technical Design
BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology
MARK DROOG
ASSOCIATE
ARCHITECT MRIAI
(ARAE) 2017
A (Hons) Design Studies
Higher Diploma – Interior Design
ROSS DUGGAN
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNICIAN
DENIS HAYES
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNICIAN
BIM MODELLER
PAUL HIGGISON
NATALIA KOWALSKA
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST
QQI Level 5 Diploma in Architectural Technology& Design
LEANNE MARLEY
ASSOCIATE
SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST
BSc Hons Architectural Technology,
BSc Architectural Technology,
ALAN MACILWRAITH
ASSOCIATE
ARCHITECT MRIAI
Grade 3 Conservation
M Arch
BSc (Hons) Arch
DUNCAN MACKENZIE
ACCOUNTS MANAGER
KATHERINE MCCLATCHIE
ASSOCIATE
CONSERVATION CONSULTANT
BA
MUBC
JACQUELINE MORGAN
ASSOCIATE
PROJECT MANAGER
Dip. Arch. Tech. ACIAT
CAPM PMI
Cert. Comm. Dev. & Leadership
Cert. SEAI Energy Assessor for SME’s
Cert. ISO 50,001 Energy Management Implementation
HPI Assessor
Green Star Associate
BILLY MURPHY
ASSOCIATE
ARCHITECT MRIAI
DEAN NEILAND
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST
MARTIN O'CALLAGHAN
ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS MANAGER
Dip. Arch. Tech.
JOHN O'CONNELL
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST
BSc, Architectural Technology
MSc, Project Management
CHRISTOPHER OLDEN
ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT
BSc (Hons) Architecture,
M.Arch University College Cork 2018
BEN O'LEARY
JUNIOR TECHNOLOGIST
Bsc (Hons) Architectural Technology
ALAN SLATTERY
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST
Dip ArchTech
HEROLIND SYLEJMANI
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST
DEREK TURNER
Revit / BIM Manager
Senior architectural technologist
BA (Hons) in Architectural Technology and Design
ANDREI VARTIC
Full architectural RIAI Schedule A design services from concept to completion:
Project Management
Preliminary Assessments
Sketch proposals
Scheme Design
Planning Application
Detail Design
Fire Certificate Application
Disabled Access Certificate Application
Tender Documents
Prequalification- selection of tenderers
Award of Contract
Contract Documents
BCAR-Commencement Notice
Assigned Certifier
Design Certifier
Contract Administration
Practical Completion Certification
Full architectural conservation service, including research, recording, design and repair specifications for Protected Structures and other historic structures
Architectural studies: feasibility : site investigations, site analysis and research
Masterplanning
Planning assessments and planning reports
Model making
3D Modelling
Project Supervisor Design Process (PSDP)
Assigned Certifier and Design Certifier
Certified Passive House designer
Fire Safety Certificate applications
Disability Access Certificate applications
Building Energy Rating (BER) Assessment and Energy Audit services for domestic and non-domestic buildings
Thermal Imaging Surveys and Air Pressure testing
SCOPE OF SERVICE