A professional architect for the President's house

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2000 / August 24 2000: A professional architect for the President's house

President Mary McAleese is doing nothing unusual by not hiring a qualified architect to design her new lakeside home in County Roscommon, but shouldn't she be giving a lead?. Most people in Ireland will never find themselves commissioning a professional architect to design anything, least of all their own homes. Ordinary people are "scared" of architects, their ideas and their scale of fees. For those planning to build the house of their dreams in the countryside, it seems so much safer and more convenient to choose a design from pattern books such as Bungalow Bliss, pay for the set of plans - and then hire a building contractor.

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