About
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FKL architects is committed to contemporary design with a focus on the application of abstract ideas to built form.
Each project is approached from first principles by responding to the specifics of site and program and formulating a singular concept that informs all aspects of the design. This individual concept is firmly rooted in the pragmatics of the project. We seek to condense ideas to their essentials, from the building form to the detail of junctions between materials with all decisions re-affirming and complementing the primary concept. The form and language of each project grows out of this approach leading to a diversity in the work, within a framework given by enduring interests; in space, atmosphere, assemblage, pattern, hierarchy, texture and materiality.
FKL is committed to a pragmatic, first principles approach to environmentally aware, energy efficient design. Avoiding mechanical or technological solutions where practical and focusing on prevention before cure. Our office is run on similar lines with all waste recycled and the environmental impact of travel offset.
FKL is currently involved in a wide range of projects from commercial, private to public. We believe it is important to maintain a diversity of projects scales from domestic to master planning and feasibility studies in order to allow a focus on detail and strategy to coexist. While requiring different skills, the same pragmatic approach is applied to balance commercial, aesthetic, pragmatic and social concerns. We relish the challenges associated with tackling new projects and finding appropriate solutions to diverse problems.
2008
Häuser Award, special mention - Project: Private House, Dublin 4
2007
AAI Awards, special mention - Project: Social Housing, Shangan Avenue, Ballymun, Dublin
2006
AAI Awards, special mention - Project: Reuben Street Apartments, Dublin
AAI Awards, special mention - Project: Martin Valley Artistic Retreat and Sculpture Park, Cork
2005
RIAI Regional Awards, Winner, Dublin region – Project: 4 St. James Terrace, Milltown, Dublin
2004
RIAI Irish Architecture Awards, Winner, Dublin region – Project: Library & Local Area Offices Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
RIAI Irish Architecture Awards, Winner, Dublin region – Project: First Floor Apartment, North Georges Street, Dublin
AAI Awards, Award – Project: Brick House, Milltown, Dublin
RIBA Awards, shortlisted – Project: Brick House, Milltown, Dublin
RIBA Awards, shortlisted – Project: Library & Local Area Offices Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
2003
AAI Awards, Award - Library & Local Area Offices Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
2002
RIAI Regional Awards, Winner, Dublin region – Project: Silicon & Software Systems, Sandyford, Dublin
RIAI Regional Awards, Winner, Eastern region – Project: The S House, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow
2000
AAI Awards, special Award – Project: Three Houses Rathmines, Dublin
RIAI Regional Awards, Winner, Dublin region – Project: Three Houses Rathmines, Dublin
1998
AAI Awards, Special mention – Project: Amiens Street Apartments, City Centre, Dublin
2008
Construction Ireland July - Cover, “FKL architects the application of design” featuring 3 Projects by FKL
The Sunday Times Home Section, May 11, featuring: Private House in Dublin 4 Plan Magazine April – featuring: Private House Dublin 4
2007
A10 May/June - featuring: Reuben Street Apartments
Line to Surface Ireland at the Lisbon Triennale 2007
Young European Architects 400 page hardback, ISBN 3-937718-72-9 Featured Projects: Library & Local Area Offices Baldoyle, Co. Dublin; Silicon, Software Systems, Dublin; Brick House, Dublin
1000 x European Architecture 1026 page hardback, ISBN 3-938780-10-X Featured Project: Library & Local Area Offices Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
2006
Architecture Ireland April/ May, featuring: Folded Plane
Suburban to SuperRural – Ireland at the Venice Biennale September, 144 page hardback, ISBN 0-948037-37-7
Plan Venice Biennale; SubUrban to SuperRural
Architecture Ireland November, featuring: Reuben Street Apartments
2005
Sunday Times Culture Magazine May 22nd, featuring: Library and Local Area Offices
Abstract Magazine May/June, featuring: Brick House
AJ Corus 40 under 40 172 page paperback, ISBN 1-86081-756-4 June 2005, featuring: Library and Local Area Offices
Architecture Ireland July/August, featuring: 4 St. James Terrace
Detail, Wall Construction, September/October, featuring: Brick House
2004
Practising Architecture 48 page paperback,Strand Street Press ISBN 1-903875-15-3
Architecture Ireland April, featuring: Library and Local Area Offices
RIBA Journal May, featuring: Library and Local Area Offices
Architecture Ireland June/July, featuring: Brick House
2003
Architecture Today July, featuring: S House
Architecture + Urbanism 03:10 (Issue 10), featuring: Residential Terrace Rathmines
Architecture+Detail, No. 20-2003 Volume 11, featuring: S house
2002
Monument Residential Special Issue Spring Issue, featuring: S House
Irish Architect April, featuring: Silicon & Software Systems
S3, 48 page paperback, Strand Street Press ISBN 0-9543317-0-2
Irish Architect September, featuring: S House
Architecture Today October, featuring: Silicon & Software Systems
2001
Irish Architectural Review Volume 3, featuring: short-listed Kildare Civic Offices entry
Irish Architect September, featuring the ESAT Mast at ParkWest
2000
Building Design March, featuring: 3 Houses Rathmines
Monument, Residential Special Issue April, featuring: 3 Houses in Rathmines
ARQ Magazine 4/4 issue, featuring: Residential Terrace Rathmines
Building Material Issue 5, Winter, ESAT Mast at ParkWest
Irish Architecture Review Volume 2, featuring: 3 Houses Rathmines
1999
Irish Architecture Review Volume 1, featuring: Wolfe Tone Park competition
2008
Architects in Practice, The Photographs of Tim Soar, RIBA Gallery, London, Featuring FKL
Process, Contemporary Architecture in Latvia, Latvian National Museum of Art,
Featuring FKL’s Project Park and Concert Hall in Ventspils
For The Road, European Design Tour in Budapest, featuring: Library & Local Area Offices
2007
SubUrban to SuperRural, Belfast, Cork, Kildare, Naas, Dublin and Limerick
Featuring: Ireland’s entry at the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale
Form in Light, Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition in London
Featuring: FKL’s housing project Shangan Avenue, Ballymun, Dublin
Line to Surface, Lisbon Architecture Triennale – Featuring: D-Void
2006
Venice Architecture Biennale, curator and exhibitor for Irish Pavilion
10 September - 19 November
2005
40 under 40 Exhibition, V&A Museum, London, England
Featuring: Library & Local Area Offices, 21 June - 29 August
RIAI Irish Architecture Awards Exhibition, various locations nationwide
Featuring: 4 St. James Terrace
2004
AAI Awards Exhibition, Guinness Storehouse, Dublin
Featuring: Brick House
Practising Architecture Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 28 January - 28 March
2003
AAI Awards Exhibition, Office of Public Works, Dublin
Featuring: Library & Local Area Offices
Housing in Context Exhibition, RIAI Architecture Centre, Dublin
Featuring: S House
2000
AAI Awards, RIAI Architecture Centre, Dublin
Featuring: Houses in Rathmines
1999
AAI Awards, RIAI Architecture Centre, Dublin
Featuring: Amiens Street Apartments
1998
Dublin Institute of Technology, Architecture Week, DIT, Dublin
Featuring: Hitman/Eddy House, Group Housing at Ena Japan, Europan 4 Competition, Yokohama Urban Design Competition and Smithfield Competition.
Design Philosophy
FKL architects is committed to contemporary design with a focus on the application of abstract ideas to built form.
Each project is approached from first principles by responding to the specifics of site and program and formulating a singular concept that informs all aspects of the design. This individual concept is firmly rooted in the pragmatics of the project. We seek to condense ideas to their essentials, from the building form to the detail of junctions between materials with all decisions re-affirming and complementing the primary concept. The form and language of each project grows out of this approach leading to a diversity in the work, within a framework given by enduring interests; in space, atmosphere, assemblage, pattern, hierarchy, texture and materiality.
FKL is committed to a pragmatic, first principles approach to environmentally aware, energy efficient design. Avoiding mechanical or technological solutions where practical and focusing on prevention before cure. Our office is run on similar lines with all waste recycled and the environmental impact of travel offset.
Current Projects
FKL is currently involved in a wide range of projects from commercial, private to public. We believe it is important to maintain a diversity of projects scales from domestic to master planning and feasibility studies in order to allow a focus on detail and strategy to coexist. While requiring different skills, the same pragmatic approach is applied to balance commercial, aesthetic, pragmatic and social concerns. We relish the challenges associated with tackling new projects and finding appropriate solutions to diverse problems.
Awards
2008
Häuser Award, special mention - Project: Private House, Dublin 4
2007
AAI Awards, special mention - Project: Social Housing, Shangan Avenue, Ballymun, Dublin
2006
AAI Awards, special mention - Project: Reuben Street Apartments, Dublin
AAI Awards, special mention - Project: Martin Valley Artistic Retreat and Sculpture Park, Cork
2005
RIAI Regional Awards, Winner, Dublin region – Project: 4 St. James Terrace, Milltown, Dublin
2004
RIAI Irish Architecture Awards, Winner, Dublin region – Project: Library & Local Area Offices Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
RIAI Irish Architecture Awards, Winner, Dublin region – Project: First Floor Apartment, North Georges Street, Dublin
AAI Awards, Award – Project: Brick House, Milltown, Dublin
RIBA Awards, shortlisted – Project: Brick House, Milltown, Dublin
RIBA Awards, shortlisted – Project: Library & Local Area Offices Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
2003
AAI Awards, Award - Library & Local Area Offices Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
2002
RIAI Regional Awards, Winner, Dublin region – Project: Silicon & Software Systems, Sandyford, Dublin
RIAI Regional Awards, Winner, Eastern region – Project: The S House, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow
2000
AAI Awards, special Award – Project: Three Houses Rathmines, Dublin
RIAI Regional Awards, Winner, Dublin region – Project: Three Houses Rathmines, Dublin
1998
AAI Awards, Special mention – Project: Amiens Street Apartments, City Centre, Dublin
Publications
2008
Construction Ireland July - Cover, “FKL architects the application of design” featuring 3 Projects by FKL
The Sunday Times Home Section, May 11, featuring: Private House in Dublin 4 Plan Magazine April – featuring: Private House Dublin 4
2007
A10 May/June - featuring: Reuben Street Apartments
Line to Surface Ireland at the Lisbon Triennale 2007
Young European Architects 400 page hardback, ISBN 3-937718-72-9 Featured Projects: Library & Local Area Offices Baldoyle, Co. Dublin; Silicon, Software Systems, Dublin; Brick House, Dublin
1000 x European Architecture 1026 page hardback, ISBN 3-938780-10-X Featured Project: Library & Local Area Offices Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
2006
Architecture Ireland April/ May, featuring: Folded Plane
Suburban to SuperRural – Ireland at the Venice Biennale September, 144 page hardback, ISBN 0-948037-37-7
Plan Venice Biennale; SubUrban to SuperRural
Architecture Ireland November, featuring: Reuben Street Apartments
2005
Sunday Times Culture Magazine May 22nd, featuring: Library and Local Area Offices
Abstract Magazine May/June, featuring: Brick House
AJ Corus 40 under 40 172 page paperback, ISBN 1-86081-756-4 June 2005, featuring: Library and Local Area Offices
Architecture Ireland July/August, featuring: 4 St. James Terrace
Detail, Wall Construction, September/October, featuring: Brick House
2004
Practising Architecture 48 page paperback,Strand Street Press ISBN 1-903875-15-3
Architecture Ireland April, featuring: Library and Local Area Offices
RIBA Journal May, featuring: Library and Local Area Offices
Architecture Ireland June/July, featuring: Brick House
2003
Architecture Today July, featuring: S House
Architecture + Urbanism 03:10 (Issue 10), featuring: Residential Terrace Rathmines
Architecture+Detail, No. 20-2003 Volume 11, featuring: S house
2002
Monument Residential Special Issue Spring Issue, featuring: S House
Irish Architect April, featuring: Silicon & Software Systems
S3, 48 page paperback, Strand Street Press ISBN 0-9543317-0-2
Irish Architect September, featuring: S House
Architecture Today October, featuring: Silicon & Software Systems
2001
Irish Architectural Review Volume 3, featuring: short-listed Kildare Civic Offices entry
Irish Architect September, featuring the ESAT Mast at ParkWest
2000
Building Design March, featuring: 3 Houses Rathmines
Monument, Residential Special Issue April, featuring: 3 Houses in Rathmines
ARQ Magazine 4/4 issue, featuring: Residential Terrace Rathmines
Building Material Issue 5, Winter, ESAT Mast at ParkWest
Irish Architecture Review Volume 2, featuring: 3 Houses Rathmines
1999
Irish Architecture Review Volume 1, featuring: Wolfe Tone Park competition
Exhibitions
2008
Architects in Practice, The Photographs of Tim Soar, RIBA Gallery, London, Featuring FKL
Process, Contemporary Architecture in Latvia, Latvian National Museum of Art,
Featuring FKL’s Project Park and Concert Hall in Ventspils
For The Road, European Design Tour in Budapest, featuring: Library & Local Area Offices
2007
SubUrban to SuperRural, Belfast, Cork, Kildare, Naas, Dublin and Limerick
Featuring: Ireland’s entry at the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale
Form in Light, Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition in London
Featuring: FKL’s housing project Shangan Avenue, Ballymun, Dublin
Line to Surface, Lisbon Architecture Triennale – Featuring: D-Void
2006
Venice Architecture Biennale, curator and exhibitor for Irish Pavilion
10 September - 19 November
2005
40 under 40 Exhibition, V&A Museum, London, England
Featuring: Library & Local Area Offices, 21 June - 29 August
RIAI Irish Architecture Awards Exhibition, various locations nationwide
Featuring: 4 St. James Terrace
2004
AAI Awards Exhibition, Guinness Storehouse, Dublin
Featuring: Brick House
Practising Architecture Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 28 January - 28 March
2003
AAI Awards Exhibition, Office of Public Works, Dublin
Featuring: Library & Local Area Offices
Housing in Context Exhibition, RIAI Architecture Centre, Dublin
Featuring: S House
2000
AAI Awards, RIAI Architecture Centre, Dublin
Featuring: Houses in Rathmines
1999
AAI Awards, RIAI Architecture Centre, Dublin
Featuring: Amiens Street Apartments
1998
Dublin Institute of Technology, Architecture Week, DIT, Dublin
Featuring: Hitman/Eddy House, Group Housing at Ena Japan, Europan 4 Competition, Yokohama Urban Design Competition and Smithfield Competition.
FKL architects
Unit 19b, Greenmount Lane
Harolds Cross
12 Dublin
Ireland
Phone +353 1 473 63 50
Fax +353 1 473 62 50
Unit 19b, Greenmount Lane
Harolds Cross
12 Dublin
Ireland
Phone +353 1 473 63 50
Fax +353 1 473 62 50
Partners
Michelle Fagan
Paul Kelly
Gary Lysaght
Established
1998