Gareth Andrews BA (Hons) MArch RIBA :

Royal Institute of British Architects
Member of the 
Royal Institute of British Architects



Registered as an architect 
under the Architects Act 1997



Energy Assessors Certification Scheme

Certificate Number BREC300066


 

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StArch and GA Design NI

posted 19 May 2013 10:57 by Gareth Andrews   [ updated 19 May 2013 11:07 ]

 GA Design NI is a founder member of a new professional and academic strategic partnership - StArch. 

Click here to visit the StArch website:

Sustainability  |  Stone  |  Architecture

At StArch, we’re passionate about promoting the wide-ranging and tangible benefits of a sustainable approach, whether it’s at the macro-scale policy-making and policy-influencing level or at the scale of individual projects from working on conservation schemes to the design & construction of highly energy-efficient new homes.

We're using this new website to bring updates to you on news stories and relevant issues on sustainability and we'll bring some case-studies of projects that we're involved in too.

With over ten years' experience as a RIBA Chartered Architect and several years' experience as an Energy Assessor (OCDEA), Gareth Andrews brings a wealth of professional experience and expertise in sustainability and energy-efficient design to this exciting new partnership.

We'll be using the new StArch website to promote some great ideas and information on sustainability and house design, so check it out regularly and feel free to sign up for updates.

If you're looking at extending your home, or thinking about building a new energy-efficient home, then get in touch for a free consultation.


GreenBookLive & BRE

posted 19 May 2013 10:56 by Gareth Andrews   [ updated 19 May 2013 11:06 ]

 GA Design NI are now listed on GreenBookLive: 

GreenBookLive is the unique reference source and online listing of environmental products and services.

Gareth Andrews is an accredited On Construction Domestic Energy Assessor (OCDEA) with the BRE Global Energy Assessors Certification scheme. 

If you're thinking about building a new energy-efficient home, then get in touch for a free consultation.

BRE Global - GreenBookLive

GA Design NI on Pinterest

posted 16 Mar 2013 12:49 by Gareth Andrews

Pinterest is a great place to draw and gather ideas and inspiration.

And while it's a great place to show what we've been involved in and what we're interested in, it's even better to build up a scrapbook of idea for specific projects. This free tool is proving to be really great for bringing the architect and client together - to collaborate, share and work side by side to achieve the dream project.

Come and take a look at our page on:
 pinterest.com/gadni/ 

If you're on, why not follow us?

Thanks,
Gareth

Design

posted 13 Nov 2011 10:01 by Gareth Andrews   [ updated 13 Nov 2011 10:06 ]

 “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” - Steve Jobs 

As a passionate user of many different apple products over the last fifteen years, Steve Jobs has been a bit of a hero and a champion to me (along with millions around the world). A Champion of design: in making things just work, in form and function, in designing for people. Whether you know or care about the closed practices of Apple or not, there can be no denying the creativity and sheer innovation - the strive for excellence.

 “Questions about whether design is necessary or affordable are quite beside the point: design is inevitable. The alternative to good design is bad design, not no design at all." - Douglas Martin 

At GA Design NI, we believe that good design is important - whether it's for a phone, a computer or a house. We believe that the client, the user of the design should come first.  

 “A design isn’t finished until somebody is using it.” - Brenda Laurel 

 


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