Planning permission granted for new £19m school in Carrick

Ulidia Integrated College has been granted planning permission for a new £19m three-storey school in Carrickfergus, designed by Hamilton Architects. Mid and East Antrim Council granted an application for a replacement building to be constructed on the school’s existing site at Victoria Road. Around 700 pupils will be accommodated in 43 classrooms. The 10,314sq metre […]
Ask an Architect 2021 is live – Ask Us and Help a Good Cause

2021 Ask an Architect website is now live. Hamilton Architects is delighted to be taking part in this year’s annual event, organised by the Royal Society of Ulster Architects and the Jill Todd Trust. Architects across Northern Ireland are opening up their practices between now and the end of May to raise funds for cancer […]
<p style="color:red;">Blog</p>In with the old, in with the new – designs on a post-pandemic city centre

The global pandemic has unveiled and accelerated trends that will have lasting impact on the built environment and architecture of Belfast. With effective vaccines now being delivered, the time will soon come when the city must consider the shape of post-pandemic regeneration. Architecturally, regeneration is re-design closely linked to reflecting a sense of place – […]
Jill Alexander becomes the new Northern Ireland CIAT Councillor

Chartered Architectural Technologist Jill Alexander has been appointed as Northern Ireland’s Regional Councillor for the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT). The two-year appointment for CIAT comes after Jill attended the AGM in Glasgow with the Northern Ireland contingent in 2019. Chartered Architectural Technologists are qualified to negotiate and manage the development of a construction […]
<p style="color:red;">RUA </p>Sculpture Prize Winner, sponsored by Hamilton Architects

Catherine McWilliams has won the Sculpture Prize, sponsored by Hamilton Architects, at this year’s RUA Exhibition at the Ulster Museum in Belfast. A landscape and figurative artist, Catherine hails from Belfast and has exhibited as an artist since the 1960s, with her work being held in a wide range of national and international collections. “Catherine […]
Spooky Goings-on at Hamilton Architects

Boo! There were spooky goings-on at Hamilton Architects this Halloween, with staff using their creative design skills to get in touch with their inner pumpkin. In first place was Francis Quinn with his spine-chilling collection of Tim Burton classics. Second place went to Sarah Carson, with a Fa-Boo-Lous Hallow-Queen… In third place was Mohammad Gholami […]
A Year in the life of a Part One Architectural Assistant

We ask Part One students about their year-out experience with Hamilton Architects Jonathan What have you enjoyed best? It has been a great all-round experience and I have learned a lot. I have really enjoyed being one of the team and it is a very nice place to work. If I had to choose just […]
Hamilton Architects bids a happy retirement to accomplished Director, popular colleague and valued mentor, Neil Moore

The Hamilton Architects team have marked the retirement of Neil Moore, a Director of the practice and a highly respected and much-liked member of staff. Neil, an RIBA Accredited Specialist Conservation Architect of 26 years’ experience, worked with Hamilton Architects on a series of iconic projects over the past 15 years. These included Riddel Hall for […]
Hamilton Architects Sponsor RUA 2020 ‘Virtual’ Exhibition

Hamilton Architects are delighted to sponsor the Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition once again, which opened to the public this year on 16th October at the Ulster Museum in Belfast. Hamilton Architects are sponsoring the award in the Sculpture category of one of the most eagerly anticipated exhibitions in the Northern Ireland cultural calendar. The 139th […]
Hamilton Architects deliver new £3.8m Gaelscoil for Omagh

A brand new Gaelscoil in Killyclogher, Omagh, is ready for the autumn term! Hamilton Architects designed the £3.8m project, a seven-classroom primary school with a single nursery unit. The students and staff of Gaelscoil na gCrann had been operating out of mobile classrooms located in the grounds of St Mary’s GAA, Killyclogher. The new, single […]