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BA Architecture, RIBA, MRIAI

Jim is Managing Director of Lafferty Architects.

Jim is chartered Architect with extensive experience in Ireland and the UK, having spent much of the 90s practicing as a design and project architect in London, working on a range of office, healthcare and residential projects.

In addition to his strong sectoral knowledge in commercial, retail, leisure, residential, hotel and healthcare design, Jim’s particular expertise is delivering innovative and practical design solutions that achieve maximum income or capital return on existing assets or new developments. He combines a sound knowledge of Planning and Regulatory issues with a thorough understanding of commercial, stakeholder and end-user requirements.

Chairman of the Technical & Construction Issues Committee at Property Industry Ireland, Jim is widely networked and trusted within the property sector.

BSc Hons, PG Dip Architecture MRIAI

Michael is a Director of Lafferty Architects and a registered Architect with extensive design and construction experience in Ireland. Michael has been with Lafferty since its inception in 1997 and has a track record in shopping centre architecture as well as comprehensive experience in healthcare, residential and mixed-use developments. An expert in commercial office delivery, Michael has completed projects for Siemens, DZ Bank, SEB, Ancestry.com, ESB and the HSE.

Prof Dip Arch. ARB, RIBA, MRIAI

Oliver is a Director of Lafferty Architects.

Oliver is an award-winning designer and has completed a significant number of projects across a wide range of building types and scales. Oliver’s work demonstrates a proven ability to understand and interpret complex briefs and to deliver innovative and cost-effective design solutions in the Office, Retail, Leisure, Residential and Commercial Sectors. With Significant master planning experience, Oliver is passionate about considered Urban Regeneration, which is evident in his design approach, a strong Design Team Leader he brings a collaborative and delivery focused discipline to clients projects.

FRIAI, RIBA, ARB

Tom is a Director of Lafferty Architects and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects (RIAI). He has an extensive body of design experience and has completed a significant number of projects across a wide range of industries, building types and scales including Retail, Residential, Mixed-use, Industrial and Leisure, Industrial, Aviation and Stadia, notably the new Limerick Racecourse and the Curragh Racecourse.

Tom has won numerous RIAI awards and has been shortlisted in numerous design competitions, including Best Contribution Award to Urban Design.

Dip Arch Tech

Ronan is currently an Associate Director at Lafferty having gained a varied experience in Architectural practices in Ireland & Australia.

Ronan has a strong technical background and substantial experience of all stages of projects from inception through to completion in the commercial, residential, retail, health & industrial fields. Ronan is also a key member in the ongoing implementation and development of BIM within Lafferty.

BArch Architecture, MRIAI

Daire is an Associate Director and an Award winning Architect at Lafferty. An innovative and creative design Architect who in 2017 won the prestigious Architectural Association of Ireland Award. Daire has strong development experience in residential, public sector, commercial projects and master-planning with a special interest in sustainability.

Since joining Lafferty, Daire has been applying his talent and experience to many of Lafferty’s large scale Office, Retail, Commercial and Residential projects throughout Dublin.

MSc Arch SARP IARP

Ralph is an Associate Director for Lafferty Architects.

Ralph brings to the Practice his award winning and extensive design experience in Masterplanning, project implementation and site operations.

Before Joining Lafferty, Ralph established KameleonLab, an innovative boutique architectural practice known for its design quality, commitment and for an approach based on careful analysis, completing award winning projects throughout Europe and the Middle-East.

Since joining Lafferty, Ralph has been able to contribute his advanced design experience to many of Lafferty’s large scale Office, Retail, Commercial and Residential projects.

BArch BL PgDip(PM) MRIAI

Clare is an Associate Director and Registered Architect at Lafferty.

Clare brings to the practice her experience working on a range of commercial developments, including workplace – new build and fit-out, mixed use and master-planning.

In particular Clare has amassed significant expertise in healthcare, having managed the development of some of the State’s strategic infrastructure projects spanning acute hospital facilities through to long-term residential care.

In addition to her keen design and management talents, Clare is a qualified Barrister at Law and was called to the Bar in 2018. She has also qualified in Construction Law and Contract Administration from TCD.

BA Hons Dip.Arch, MRIAI, ARB

Michael is an Associate Director in Lafferty and has amassed a wide range of design and construction experience in both the UK and Ireland.

Michael has extensive experience of completed developments across residential, commercial, retail, leisure and hotel projects, mixed use and multi-storey projects.

He has been involved in a number of award winning projects and understands the importance of aesthetics and has the ability to translate design intent into detailed design details and built form.

B Arch (Hons) MRIAI

Jack is a chartered architect with a spectrum of experience across Office, Fit-out, Residential, Retail, Conservation, Master planning, Mixed-use and Leisure.

A considered and innovative designer, Jack has strong project coordination and implementation skills through a number of successfully completed projects.

Jack has vast experience in commercial office delivery across a range of scales, completing projects for Facebook, Hammerson, Hasbro, Boulder Media and Prometric.

Suzanne is a Senior Architectural Technician at Lafferty and has worked on various commercial and residential projects with Lafferty and has also been involved with several large scale commercial projects in the Office, Retail and Leisure sectors. Suzanne is an expert interface for tenant marketing and legal requirements, having worked on a number of large town center and shopping Center developments.

Mike has extensive experience in the architecture and construction sector with many years of large project experience in the Middle East and Ireland. Mike consistently delivers projects in the Office, Retail, Fit-Out, commercial and Leisure sectors to completion, and is renowned for his total commitment to the project, ensuring clients objectives are met.

Mike is an integral part of Lafferty’s Building Information Modelling approach and brings experience and technical knowledge to the project team.

Jacqueline is a Senior Architectural Technician at Lafferty with special expertise in Fire Safety Engineering.

Having worked at Lafferty since its inception, Jacqueline has developed a high level of experience in Architectural Surveying, Fire Safety, land registration and legal mapping, for small and large scale projects in the Retail, Fit-out, Office, Healthcare and Industrial sectors.

Liam is a Senior Architectural Technologist and has a strong design and engineering background and substantial experience in the Office and Retail sectors in the UK and Ireland.

On joining Lafferty Architects Liam continues to build on this experience and is currently enjoying working on large scale Office and retail developments for international clients in the Dundrum and Blackrock areas.

Liam combines a sound technical knowledge with a passion for Building Information Modelling and Construction Detailing.

Patrick is a Senior Architect at Lafferty and is a talented designer who brings immense experience, creativity and innovation to his work.

Patrick has delivered several large mixed use and urban design schemes in both Ireland and the UK.

Joe is an Architectural Technologist at Lafferty.

Joe has worked on a large number of construction projects varying is scale through his career. Having a keen interest in BIM Joe has worked on several commercial, residential & educational projects through Ireland as well as helping to develop BIM standards within the office.

Since joining Lafferty Joe has worked on several commercial projects and collaborated on residential projects in the office.

Prior to joining Lafferty, Emanuele has gained vast experience in Architectural and Engineering practices in both Italy and Ireland.

Emanuele has a strong technical background, having worked on an extensive portfolio of medium and large scale mixed-use projects across all project stages, with a particular emphasis on construction management.

Jelena is a Project Architect at Lafferty.

Prior to joining Lafferty, Jelena built up an impressive portfolio of work on several commercial and retail fit outs, as well as residential projects in her native Croatia.

Jelena is experienced in working through all phases, from conceptual design, planning permission application and construction documentation. She also brings with her a passion and flair for interiors.

Andrew is an Architectural Technologist at Lafferty.

Andrew is a technical expert with a keen interest in Building Information Modelling (BIM). He is currently studying for a Masters in Applied Building Information Modelling and Management.

Since joining Lafferty, Andrew has worked on large scale Office, Fit-Out and Commercial projects.

Michael is an Senior Architectural Technologist who has gained experience in a number of architectural practices since graduating in 2005. He has worked across a wide variety of projects, in the healthcare, residential, hospitality and educational sectors, covering all work stages.

Michael’s particular areas of expertise lie in construction technology, statutory requirements, best practice and universal design guidelines. He implements and audits all project documentation to ensure compliance with building regulations, building codes and planning regulations. Michael also brings to Lafferty a deep knowledge and understanding of technical development standards from his work on acute and non-acute projects within the healthcare sector.

Oisín brings to Lafferty his experience in the Retail, Health and Commercial Sectors having worked in Scotland and Ireland.

Oisín has particular expertise in advanced building technology and detail design. Since joining Lafferty Oisín has gained valuable experience in working on projects through detail design stage in office fit-out and retail projects. During his time in Scotland Oisín worked in the project team on the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, gaining experience in Acute Healthcare and coordinated team involvement.

Armando is a Senior Architectural Technician at Lafferty.

Armando is an expert in Construction Technology with strong experience in Education, Residential, Social Housing and Retail Sectors. He has worked as an Architectural Technologist in the United States and Mexico with 8 years experience in Ireland. As part of the design team, Armando is involved in all project stages from concept design to completion.

Daniel is an Architectural Technician at Lafferty.

Since joining Lafferty, Daniel has worked on a range of large scale Office, Retail, Fit-Out and Commercial projects.

He is a technical expert with a keen interest in Building Information Modelling (BIM) and is currently studying for a Masters in Applied Building Information Modelling and Management.

Stephen is a Senior Architectural Technician at Lafferty.

Stephen has project experience spanning commercial, retail, healthcare, educational and hospitality with a strong focus on attention to detail and compliance to regulations and procedures. Stephen has a strong design and aesthetic appreciation of the built environment.

On joining Lafferty Architects Stephen continues to build on this experience and is currently enjoying working on large scale Office and retail developments for international clients in Dundrum, Blanchardstown and Dublin City Centre.

Since graduating from Waterford Institute of Technology with an honours degree in Architecture, Gen has carried out work on bespoke domestic scale and office fit-out projects in previous experience.

During his time with Lafferty, he has worked on a range of projects at differing stages including workplace fit-outs, urban residential scheme and retail developments and has a particular interest in feasibility study explorations.

Gen is currently undertaking his Part III Professional Practice Studies in TU Dublin.

Marta is qualified architect in Poland, having graduated with a masters degree in Architecture from the Cracow University of Technology.

Since then she has gained design and construction experience on a range of developments spanning Commercial, Residential, Public and Leisure sectors. Marta has played a key role in several new large-scale projects within the Practice through her progressive work on feasibility studies, identification of project requirements, client needs and engaging with Local Authorities as part of the planning process.