Hamilton Architects Welcome New Director of Conservation
Hamilton Architects are delighted to welcome Ben Aston RIBA SCA on to the team as our Director of Conservation. Ben has 22 years’ experience of working on listed buildings up to Grade 1, ranging from pure conservation, through to alteration and creative reuse. As a Specialist Conservation Architect, he has produced iconic award-winning projects which […]
South West College Wins Top BREEAM Award
Hamilton Architects are delighted to announce that one of our premium projects, South West College in Enniskillen, has won the BREEAM Public Sector Project-Design Stage Award. South West College’s Erne Campus is the first Passivhaus Premium education building in the UK and was up against a number of outstanding other entrants, including the University of […]
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 […]
Hamilton Architects Signs Better Mental Health Pledge
Hamilton Architects have signed a pledge in support of measures to promote positive mental health among young architectural technologists. CIAT, the professional body for architectural technologists, are working with David Comiskey of Ulster University to encourage good practice among employers, industry professional, academics and students. David, a member of CIAT and Senior Lecturer at The […]
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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 – […]
Planners Back Design for New £28m College for Holy Trinity, Cookstown
Hamilton Architects are delighted to announce that planning permission has been granted by Mid Ulster Council for the new £28m Holy Trinity College school building. The design concept reflects its rural location at the foot of the Sperrins by incorporating large expanses of glazing featuring coloured glass, a brickwork plinth, and a large undulating pitched […]
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 […]
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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 […]