Company Overview
The quality of our work depends on a close working partnership with the client – this is the hallmark of our approach. We look for challenging opportunities to test and develop the diversity of knowledge and skills embedded in our professional team. We establish durable relationships with clients, colleagues and partners and we deliver major projects in the public and private sectors.
We invest in our knowledge base to enhance the quality of our services, by providing and availing of professional training and development, by encouraging a critical approach to the work of the practice, and by publishing our work.
Healthcare
Healthcare design forms a core element of the work we do. We have delivered over 100 healthcare projects to both public and private clients over the past fifteen years, often in partnership with others.
Through our continued experience and research, we have developed within our practice the expert knowledge that enables us to deliver such projects on behalf of our clients. Our approach is to see each project, whether large or small, as a challenge to develop and improve healthcare systems and designs with a view to achieving the most modern and efficient solutions to meet future needs of patients and clients.
Architecture
The practice also works on a wide range of projects outside the Healthcare sector including large and small scale commercial, cultural and residential work.
Conservation
The practice has, over recent years, developed an expertise in conservation works and has consolidated a reputation for detailed research and analysis together with a positive approach to the protection and conservation of our heritage within a current active and living environment.
Consultancy
We provide a range of consultancy services to our clients in specialist areas of healthcare planning and construction law. We have developed, through Brian O’Connell, a knowledge and expertise in the area of building contract law and arbitration, and we have experience in the area of healthcare strategy and planning, universal access and design.
Accreditations
O’Connell Mahon Architects works continually to ensure that the practice is appropriately equipped to deliver a comprehensive architectural service to all of its clients.
2012
The practice has been active in the area of conservation since its inception: the past two decades have seen a growing demand both culturally and legislatively for the protection of our built legacy and an expectation that specialist knowledge and expertise is necessary in order to rehabilitate and restore our buildings and towns. In 2012 Brian O Connell successfully completed a full-time interdisciplinary research Masters in Building and Urban Conservation in UCD. In 2004 Sean Mahon successfully completed the RIAI Conservation Module
University of Ulster Accessibility Audit
August 2009
O’Connell Mahon has an historical commitment to acknowledging and understanding the issues of accessibility within the built environment: founding Director, Brian O’Connell lectures on the leglislative framework relating to disability access in the Republic of Ireland as part of the Accessibility Auditing Course offered by the School of the Built Environment, University of Ulster. Associate Director Kate O’Hea has successfully completed this course and now offers accessibility auditing of existing and proposed buildings to clients as wells as in-house auditing of any design proposals progressing within the office.
July 2009
O’Connell Mahon Architects’ head office in Dublin is certified to the international ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems standard since July 2009. The Cork office achieved certification in 2014. ISO9001 is the world’s foremost quality management system used by hundreds of thousands of organisations in over 170 countries. It sets out the essential requirements for a practical and effective quality management system minimising risks and maximising opportunities: it provides a tried and tested framework for managing an organisation’s processes so that they consistently provide services that satisfy customer expectations. Our quality management system is audited and implemented by our own in-house Quality Coordinator and recertification is subject to annual surveillance audits carried out by an external certification body.
RIAI Accreditation in Project Supervisor Design Process
August 2008
Director Victor Lowe and Associate Director Rozalind Murphy having successfully completed a two day intensive training course were accredited by the RIAI as trained PSDPs and are qualified to undertake this role in building projects. the PSDP is a required appointment during a construction project under the Safety Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2006 with a duty to co-ordinate the work of designers throughout the project.
Awards
O’Connell Mahon Architects work has been recognised in both national and international awards schemes. The practice values the opportunity to test the architectural standards of the buildings it produces and sees these schemes as providing such an opportunity.
European Healthcare Design Awards – NHS Healthcare Design award for 2017
The North West Cancer Centre designed by O’Connell Mahon Architects in association with Isherwood & Ellis Architects and commissioned by the Western Health and Social Care Trust at Altnagelvin Area Hospital Derry.
http://europeanhealthcaredesign2017.salus.global/conference-static-page/ehd-2017-awards-winners-announced
and the
Schuco Excellence Awards – Health Award hosted by the RIBAJ awarded for creativity and design innovation and excellence in construction
International Academy for Design and Health Awards 2009
Finalist Healthcare Project Under 40,000 sq m
The Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore designed by Murray O’Laoire/O’Connell Mahon Architects* was a finalist at the IADH awards announced in Singapore in June 2009.
International Academy for Design and Health Awards 2009
Elderly Care/End of Life Design
The Community Nursing Home Unit, St. Mary’s Hospital Grounds in the Phoenix Park designed by Murray O’Laoire/O’Connell Mahon Architects* was a finalist at the IADH awards announced in Singapore in June 2009.
Best Health Building
Midlands Regional Hospital (Murray O’Laoire/O’Connell Mahon Architects*)
Assessment Citation
The jury were impressed by the architects’ response to an extremely demanding programme where rigorous space planning and the establishment of vital functional relationships are of the essence. Without compromising these demands a building of appropriate spatial drama has emerged. The architecture achieves an informal non-institutional image and feel; a bonus for this building type.
www.irisharchitectureawards.ie
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Best Health Building
Bons Secours Hospital Galway (Murray O’Laoire/O’Connell Mahon Architects*)
Assessment Citation
This is a calm, light-filled building, on a very human scale. The roofscape is very carefully considered and unified as part of the overall landscaping of the site. While the impact of the building is subtle, the detailing and use of materials create a sense of excitement. The building is a strong addition to the hospital complex.
Winner Art in Architecture
Bons Secours Hospital Galway (Murray O’Laoire/O’Connell Mahon Architects*) Was the inaugural winner of this prize which celebrates the collaboration of artists and architects to create buildings which celebrate visual art.
*previously Murray O’Laoire / Brian O’Connell Associates healthcare architects
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