PRACTICE

Mullarkey Pedersen Architects is a design led partnership committed to meeting their clients' needs and objectives to produce quality design solutions. We consider ourselves as advocates for design that is firmly rooted in ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance.  Our ESG ethos is designed around a set of high standards that apply across all aspects of our practice.

This is achieved by considering every aspect of design in detail with the client and creating excellent working relationships with consultants, contractors and investors in a collaborative manner with our highly skilled design team.

Mullarkey Pedersen Architects provide both Architectural Services and Passive House Designer services.  

Our success in this field has resulted in winning the prestigious 2022 Irish Building & Design Award for Sustainable Project of the Year, in recognition of our achievements at Erne Campus, Enniskillen, for South West College. 

The Erne Campus is both the largest building in the world to achieve Passive House Premium certification and is also the first educational building in the world to achieve Passive House Premium certification. 

Passive House is a voluntary standard for energy efficiency in building design, which reduces the building's ecological footprint. It results in ultra-low energy buildings that require little energy for space heating or cooling.

Passive House Premium requires an even higher standard of sustainable design – it is awarded to buildings that not only meet the Passive House standard for fabric efficiency and ventilation, but that also generate a significant amount of renewable energy on site.  Erne Campus, designed and constructed with meticulous attention to the building fabric, features nearly 1,600 photovoltaic panels on the roof, capable of generating 116 kWh per square metre of floor area, with excess energy stored in Tesla batteries.  As a result, the Erne Campus building effectively produces its own power on site through renewable resources, making it totally self-sustainable.  Erne Campus is also the first building in the UK to achieve both Passive House Premium and BREEAM Outstanding accreditations.

Our History

The practice traces its roots back to Liam McCormick, who founded his original practice with Frank Corr in 1962.  Together they practiced as Corr McCormick until 1968, at which point Liam founded Liam McCormick and Partners.  After expansion in the 1970s the practice name changed to McCormick Tracey Mullarkey Architects, when Tom Mullarkey became partner in the firm.  Throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s the practice added to their reputation for quality design, being honoured with numerous design awards, including the RIAI Gold Medal for St Aengus' Church in Burt, Co. Donegal, which was also named 'Building of The Century' by a national poll just before 2000. 

In 2004 McCormick Tracey Mullarkey was restructured as Mullarkey Pedersen Architects under the partnership of Tom Mullarkey and Karl Pedersen. Ciaran Mullarkey joined as partner in 2006.

WHAT WE DO

ARCHITECTURE  /  CONSERVATION  /  SUSTAINABLE DESIGN  /  BIM  /  HEALTH & SAFETY - CDM + PSDP CO-ORDINATORS  /  ARCHITECTURAL TECHNICAL ADVISORY SERVICES  /  PROJECT MANAGEMENT  /  Assigned certifier (roi)  /  CONDITION APPRAISALS  /  MASTER-PLANNING  /  INTERIOR DESIGN & SPACE PLANNING  /  ACCESSIBILITY AUDITS  /  EXPERT WITNESS  /  Professional & registered

Professional & Registered

Our team of architects are registered members of a number of regulatory and professional bodies including; the Architects Registers Board (ARB), the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, Association of Project Safety, Investors in People and Construction line. Membership with these bodies ensures that an appropriate level competence and high professional standard is maintained.  

Mullarkey Pedersen Architects is a trading name of Mullarkey Pedersen LLP.

TEAM

Our team of architects, technologists, clerk of works and administration staff combine their specialist skills to produce excellence in design, sustainability, conservation, specification, project management and health & safety, guiding projects expertly from conception to completion.  We work closely with our clients and collaborate with specialist consultants to produce architecture of the highest quality . 

SENIOR PERSONNEL 

Very Rev'd William W Morton

dean of Derry & Rector of Templemore

"A hallmark of Mullarkey Pedersen Architects is the degree to which they sensitively attuned to the age, character and specific needs of any building with which the firm is engaged.  Along with his team, Karl is an excellent and most effective communicator with whom it is always a privilege to work.  He is extremely approachable and accessible.  Mullarkey Pedersen Architects is a firm of excellence and is renowned for outstanding professionalism."

Fr Colm Ó Gallchóir

PARISH PRIEST, ST.MARY's church OF THE VISITATION, KILLYBEGS, CO.DONEGAL

"As well as addressing the damp problem, and adding an apse, a spire and sacristy, it was our wish to preserve the original character of the building while enhancing it with the best of modern design and construction. We are delighted with the end product. We have an elegant and uplifting space for worship and prayer. Parishioners enjoy the interior space with its warm, serene and spiritual atmosphere, complemented by the beautiful exterior environment. Visitors are in awe of this Killybegs jewel."