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| We have a dedicated and highly skilled team We provide creative solutions in a relaxed environment. Please scroll for more on our awards, approach and experience or take a look at our projects... |
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| / WHO WE ARE Since forming in 2005, Phil Coffey Architects have been named winners in the AJ Corus 40 under 40 Award, awarded by the leading industry magazine, The Architects Journal. Our work was exhibited at the V&A Museum, central London and has featured widely in the architectural, local and national press. Prior to setting up his own practice, Phil Coffey worked with the world renowned practice Ian Ritchie Architects. He worked for seven years on arts projects, helping to design and deliver the Plymouth Theatre Royal production centre and the Spire of Dublin, both shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2003/2004 respectively. Phil Coffey has been a part time tutor to degree and diploma students at the Welsh School of Architecture since 2005, he has also been an invited critic at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London. Phil Coffey Architects Ltd. is an RIBA Chartered Practice. |
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| / OUR APPROACH Our clients are our primary concern We have the ability to multi-task our projects ensuring they all move forward on program, within budget and to a high quality. You will enjoy working with us We believe in an inclusive process, it takes time to create architecture and we work to provoke you, provide options and inform your decisions. Our hope is that by the end of the process we will know more about you and your passions, and you will know more about us and ours. Who we work with is important If required, we can introduce you to our consultants who understand us and allow our architecture to do the talking. We can coordinate your project through concept design, planning and construction, ensuring that the team deliver a quality product that meets with your ambitions and your deadlines. We bring added value to your project The right way is not necessarily the most expensive way. Our architecture is buildable. The detail of your project informs the very first sketches we will produce for you. You can be confident of a holistic approach to meet your budget. As for our architecture... In summary, we believe you feel architecture before you think it, its whole should be more than the sum of its parts, materials should get better with age and, that in the end, we would all rather be outside... |
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| / PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Phil Coffey BSc DIPArch ARB RIBA Director Phil Coffey Architects Ltd. / 05-Present 40 under 40 Award 05 Design Tutor Welsh School of Architecture 05-08 Ian Ritchie Architects 98-05 The Spire of Dublin Shortlisted for the Stirling Prize 04 Plymouth Theatre Production Centre Shortlisted for the Stirling Prize 03 Avery Associates Architects 96-97 Royal Academy of Dramatic Art RIBA Regional Award 01 IMAX Cinema Waterloo Civic Trust Award 2000 |
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| / PTR / 2004 Phil Coffey worked as a senior member of the design team on the Plymouth Theatre Royal production centre for Ian Ritchie Architects. The rehearsal spaces of this building sit like driftwood on the rock beach, clad in soft to the touch, phosphor bronze woven wire mesh. Courtesy and Copyright Ian Ritchie Architects. Shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize 03 
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| / THE SPIRE OF DUBLIN / 2005 Phil Coffey worked as a member of the design team on the Spire of Dublin for Ian Ritchie Architects. The 120m tall stainless steel spire rises from O'connell Street from a logarythmic spiral cast in bronze. At the apex of the spire an LED aviation warning light reaches 2000 candela to warn approaching aircraft. Courtesy and Copyright Ian Ritchie Architects. Shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize 04 
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| / IMAX CINEMA / 1998 Phil Coffey worked as a member of the design team on the IMAX cinema, London for Avery Associates Architects. The building occupies a primary location, linking Waterloo station to the south bank. At night the external glazed skin acts as a beacon from the other side of Waterloo bridge. Courtesy and Copyright Avery Associates Architects. RIBA Regional Award 01 
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| / OUR PHILOSOPHY Ideas are not enough Each of our schemes is germinated from an initial essence based on our feelings surounding a project. How a building engages with us emotionally is at least as important as how well it performs practically, otherwise all our choices would be based strictly on cost and pragmatism, rather than emotion and appeal. What you feel is more important than what you think, the essence of a project. Designing depth We strive for an irreducible complexity in our work. For us, The holistic perception of a piece of architecture is infinitely more important than any one part or attribute. We enjoy design that reveals itself over time. To create this we continually draw, photograph and make models, through this iterative process we discover space, texture and form. Clear construction and truth to materials We have experienced many buildings either through design, construction or simply as visitors. We enjoy architecture that is well constructed. Our projects are built from details which create a holistic symbiotic relationship with the wider form of the building. A human approach which appeals to all the senses through materiality. Our environment matters Our passion for space is derived from inspirational landscape, fresh air and differing light. A mental and physical connection to the outside through distant views, natural ventilation and daylight drives our work. Through a balanced mix of feelings, process, construction and passion for landscape, we aim to discover a delightful, complex architecture based on emotion, depth, substance and context. |
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