Finding an Architect?

Ask all your relations and friends and friends parents, everyone you know, and you will have a list of the good and bad! This is how most people find an architect.

Did you visit any individual websites? Don’t be dazzled by how flash the website is, look at their photos. You know yourself what style you are looking for.

Some Dublin Architects don’t like doing houses because sometimes they turn out to be un-profitable if the design/ tender stages take a long time. Keep them on the phone, and reassure them you are not the type of client who will get caught up about the colour of your carpet at the planning or tender stage!

Be choosy when selecting an architect
The Irish Times

Find the right architect and you’ll have a beautiful home, but choose the wrong one and it could be a nightmare. When Richard and Joan Martin employed architects Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey to design them a house by the sea in Co Louth, the four of them piled into a JCB and were lifted into the air to find the ideal height for the perfect sea view. The finished house enjoys views out to the sea from many rooms, has space for a grand piano (which Richard plays) and shelves galore for the many books owned by the clients. So, choose the right architect and you will have a beautiful home that suits your needs and addresses the surrounding area. Choose the wrong architect, or try to go without one at all, and you face a potential nightmare.

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2005/0127/3011154320RPEMMAARCHITECT.html