I am an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) at the School of Architecture and Product Design, University of Limerick, since 2007, where I follow interests in landscape, writing, drawing and photography in my teaching and research. I hold a B.Arch. from University College Dublin, a PhD from the Department of Geography, University College Cork and an MA in Creative Writing from University of Limerick. I practised with Grafton Architects in Dublin for two years and was editor of building material, the journal of the Architectural Association of Ireland, for another two years. From 2002 to 2004 I was a part-time tutor in Geography at UCC, and from 2004 to 2006 was a part-time tutor in Architecture at UCD. In 2012 Ashgate published my research monograph, Where Land Meets Sea: coastal explorations of landscape, representation and spatial experience, and it was re-published by Routledge in 2016. Recent essays have focused on architectural thinking on the coast; topography and spatial experience; writing methods; and spatial literature. 

My research practice follows interests in landscape, the coast, and modes of writing.

PhD supervision

Completed:

Sharon OBrien, 2020, For Space in Landscape Character Assessment (co-supervision with Prof. Merritt Bucholz).

Eimear Tynan, 2022, Tempo-Materialities: encounters with time along Arctic island coasts at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway (co-supervision with Prof. Andrew Morrison, AHO).

Claire Downey, 2023, Dark Potential: Navigating Spatial Possibility in the Paris Night (co-supervision with Dr. Michael G. Kelly, School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, AHSS).

M.Arch. (by research) supervision

Completed: Rosemarie Webb, 2010, Developing a Living City Process: An Architects Approach to Enabling Interdisciplinary Practice in Infrastructure Development (co-supervision with Prof Merritt Bucholz).

I currently teach the following modules: AR4009 Design Studio 5a (21 credits); AR4010 Design Studio 5b (21 credits); AR4035 History and Theory of Architecture 5 - Dissertation I (3 credits); AR4036 History and Theory of Architecture 6 - Dissertation II (3 credits); AR4407 Architecture IU: Writing Place (6 credits).

In addition to the above, I have also taught the following modules for multiple semesters and years: AR4001 Design Studio 1a; AR4002 Design Studio 1b; AR4003 Design Studio 2a; AR4004 Design Studio 2b; AR4021 Drawing and Representation 1; AR4022 Drawing and Representation 2; AR4023 Drawing and Representation 3; AR4024 Drawing and Representation 4; AR4031 History and Theory of Architecture 1; AR4032 History and Theory of Architecture 2; AR4033 History and Theory of Architecture 3; AR4034 History and Theory of Architecture 4; AR4417 Digital Media and Representation: Photography; AR4327 Culture Place Environment; AR6016 Graduate Thesis Dissertation 2.