Creating great architecture and interior design is a passion, a calling; as well as a science and a business.
It has been described as a social art and also an artful science, and at Newry-based P. O’Hagan and Associates they use this wide-ranging expertise to bring into being imaginative design solutions which are creative in their response to the client’s aspirations and appropriate to the client’s needs.
Established in 1986 by Mr Patrick O’Hagan, P. O’Hagan and Associates is this year celebrating its 25th anniversary: a celebration that revolves around the practice’s reputation for delivering high quality architecture for all types of commissions, including private dwellings, commercial developments, community projects, religious buildings, educational, health and sports establishments. With an impressive portfolio and award winning buildings, P. O’Hagan and Associates is always very firmly focused on its clients and is committed to exceeding their expectations through design, project management and cost control. This is underlined in its Practice Statement:“Our practice priority is to provide a professional service to client’s specific requirements delivering projects within programme and budget. We undertake all types of commissions that include private dwellings, commercial development, community projects, religious buildings, educational, health and sports facilities. The Practice uses the latest computer-aided design techniques and programmes available. The practice has an in-house Continual Professional Development programme in accordance with R.I.B.A. requirements. We are committed to providing sustainable architecture and are members of the Green Register of Construction Professionals. The Practice is also BS EN ISO 9001 registered.”Transforming Environments
The opportunity to create a better environment, of course, is considerable and challenging. The improvement could be as small an item as a piece of furniture or as large as development within a major commercial complex. As a practice, P. O’Hagan and Associates believe in working to improve the environment we live in, and believe that thoughtful and meticulous design contributes to fashion a better society and to encourage harmony between those who participate in it. P. O’Hagan and Associates believes that it is possible to produce ground-breaking architectural designs that transform its clients’ residential or working environments; leaving owners, tenants and visitors with not only a pleasing experience, but also nourished souls.Diverse Skills, Broad Client-BaseP. O’Hagan and Associates employs nine staff, including three chartered architects, two architectural technologists, an architectural CAD technician, senior building surveyor & CDM co-ordinator, office manager and administration officer.Together, they serve a diverse and wide range of clients throughout Ireland, including health trusts, education departments, local councils, community groups, sporting organisations, ecclesiastical groups, including the Diocese of Dromore, Down & Connor and Armagh, financial institutions, developers and private clients.
Each commission undertaken by the practice is developed through its core design team, which works closely together throughout the design process towards the realisation of the project.Recent successfully completed projects include New Windsor Day Centre (Newry), a new Trauma & Orthopaedic Unit for Craigavon Hospital, Armagh Athletic Grounds, St. Patricks Church (Dromintee), the Five Ways commercial development (Newry), and the African Arts Centre at Dromantine College, Newry.Quality at its HeartSo whether your project is a private or commercial development, renovation, conversion or simply an extension, P. O’Hagan and Associates has extensive architectural experience, dictating that whatever you want, it can help you to achieve it. For this is a practice with quality at its heart – and this is more than simply marketing hype, it is firmly integrated into the P. O’Hagan and Associates ethos.And this quality can be seen in pioneering design and an efficient, smooth project, with P. O’Hagan and Associates providing imaginative ideas (utilising space, light and design), practical solutions, and added value; the latter being fuelled by the practice’s high design values and its insistence on developing long-term relationships with high-quality suppliers that offer a superior range of materials.It will come as no surprise, therefore to discover that P. O’Hagan and Associates has won a whole clutch of awards, including the Prince’s Trust for Community Architecture Project and the Newry Best Building award, two years in succession.Engaging Clients’ EmotionsA member of ConstructionLine and an approved architect with the Department of Education & Health Estates, P. O’Hagan and Associates is structured to provide a flexible service, which responds to the individual requirements of each client. The approach to projects is determined by their size, complexity and timescale.
The practice’s impressive track record of projects delivered on time and within budget has been achieved through a rigorous system of quality control over design and drawing production (it uses the latest computer-aided design techniques and programmes available), as well as through firm control over the execution of the work on site.Engaging clients’ emotions can build long-lasting commitment, and that’s why a sizeable proportion of P. O’Hagan and Associates’ work is derived through repeat business and recommendation. There are a lot of reasons this, not least the fact that its designs make people feel good.Creativity is an innate capacity for thinking in a different way than most, seeing another way, making connections and perceiving relationships others fail to notice. But most significantly, it is the ability to then extrapolate contextually useful ways of employing that information: to create something that meets a particular challenge. Or to put it another way, imagination is the muscle that flexes to turn facts into fascination, visions into reality.For further information on P. O’Hagan and Associates please visit www.ohagan-arch.co.uk.
