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.

 

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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

 

Courthouse Chambers,

27/29 Washington Street,

Cork City

Co. Cork T12 WN8F

 

+353 (0)21 4393800

St. Albert's House,

Old Navan Road,

Dunboyne,

Co. Meath, A86 K856

 

+353 (0)1 802 6881

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