‘Armageddon’ for architects as new projects grind to a halt
The collapse last Friday of such a prominent architectural practice as Murray O’Laoire shows how bleak the outlook is for many professionals in the construction sector –
The collapse last Friday of such a prominent architectural practice as Murray O’Laoire shows how bleak the outlook is for many professionals in the construction sector –
An estimated 400 jobs have been lost in architect practices in Northern Ireland over the last 12 months The figure represents 20 per cent of the workforce,
A recent survey projected 41% of architects will have lost their jobs in the period between January 2008 to March 2009.
Job losses that would make headlines in other sectors are happening every day in Irish architectural practices – and it’s not over yet.
Murray O’Laoire Architects let 40 people go over the last month as the slowdown in construction and State contracts continued, writes Barry O’Halloran.
Architect Florian Leavy makes hats and chairs, fellow practitioner Maeve Staunton is in Cambodia studying important works of modernist architecture and architect Derek Trenaman is building a straw-bale house in Sligo.
Murray O’Laoire, the award winning firm of architects that closed down last month, has left debts of more than €10 million.
The Government needs to take the crisis in architecture seriously if more liquidations are to be avoided Sean O’Laoire has been a friend of mine for many years.
The Directors of Murray O’Laoire Architects Limited (MOLA) has announced that the company is going into liquidation. The firm is unable to meet its current financial obligations as a result of cumulative bad debts and the ongoing difficulty of securing profitable work as well as the increasing difficulties in getting paid on time,
Almost one-third of Ireland’s architects have been made redundant over the last 12 months because of the slowdown in the economy and the collapse of the housing market,