Register - Architecture & Landscape

In this episode Aoife Donnelly interviews Marcus Donaghy and Will Dimond of Donaghy Dimond Architects. Donaghy Dimonds work is characterised by robust, elemental massing which is then inhabited and tuned with a meticulous level of attention to the details of how it is made. They appear to be constantly seeking opportunities where the matter of the building can be tuned to support inhabitation - be it in how a doorway might be a good place to sit in the sun, or in how a window in a classroom relates to a tree . These moments are folded throughout the projects, producing a density of consideration which does not overwhelm, but rather sits at ease with the otherwise direct (elemental, typological) strategy as a whole. This is probably best exemplified by their recent Inchicore School project, which was recently awarded the AAI Downes Medal (The highest architectural award in Ireland). http://www.donaghydimond.ie Aoife Donnelly, our interviewer, is an architect in practice and also is a senior lecturer in