AJ 40 under 40: Ann-Marie Fallon
17 December 2020 By will hurst, illustration by Simon Hayes
The AJ 40 under 40 architect is associate director at Passivhaus specialist Architype, for whom she has established its Edinburgh office
Passivhaus specialist practice Architype has had stunning success in Scotland in the past two years and a large part of that is down to associate director Ann-Marie Fallon. Fallon, who is 35 and grew up in Ireland, joined the practice in 2016 and delivered its first EnerPHit projects before leading on the delivery of Agar Grove in Camden, the largest high-density Passivhaus scheme in the UK.
Since 2018 she has been busy establishing a new Edinburgh office for Architype, spreading the message of large-scale Passivhaus, focusing on education and heritage work and growing the office from two to 12 people. Among the major projects Fallon is leading on, Currie High School in Edinburgh stands out. In bringing together community services such as
FOCAS Research Institute, Dublin
An open international contest has been launched for a landmark new 4,500m
2 research centre for Technological University Dublin in the Grangegorman suburb of the Irish capital [Deadline: 2 February 2021]
The anonymous two-stage competition – organised by Grangegorman Development Agency – seeks proposals for a new ‘enduring, adaptable and environmentally responsible’ building which could host the university’s FOCAS Research Institute which specialises in spectroscopy and is currently located at nearby Camden Row.
Advertisement
The winning architect-led multidisciplinary team will create a new home for the institute within the 29-hectare Grangegorman site which has been masterplanned by Moore Ruble Yudell and is set to become a new campus for Technological University Dublin alongside upgraded health facilities for the local community. Shortlisted teams will receive €10,000 each to participate in the second round of the competition.
AWS to provide free recycled heat to Ireland’s new energy company
From left: Mike Beary of AWS with architect Eddie Conroy and Daniel McLoughlin of SDCC. Image: SDCC
Ireland’s first publicly owned, not-for-profit energy company will begin supplying heat before the end of 2021.
South Dublin County Council (SDCC) is establishing a new publicly owned energy company, which will supply low-carbon heat to local buildings, with support from Codema, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Finnish energy company Fortum eNext.
The collaboration optimises the potential of recyclable heat combined with additional heat-pump technology.
Trading as Heatworks, the company will deliver the Tallaght District Heating Network. When completed, this network aims to reduce carbon emissions in the South Dublin County area by nearly 1,500 tonnes per year.
Irish entrepreneur Deirdre McGettrick has launched a Series A funding round ahead of planned expansion of her London-based shopping portal ufurnish.com targeting more than £5m (€5.5m).
The Sligo-born former City of London investment banker launched the business, which does for furniture shoppers what platforms like Daft.ie do for house buyers, two years ago with her husband Ray Wright.
An early-stage £1.8m investment closed at the start of this year was backed by a group of well-heeled Angel Investors including Dalata founder Pat McCann and UK-based investors Michael Holland and Craig Wilson, who sold their Financial Express investment data business in 2018 as well Anthony Bond, a hedge fund commodities trader nicknamed ‘Chocfinger’ after once buying up a huge share of the world’s cocoa supply in a move reminiscent of Bond villain Goldfinger’s bid to control global gold supplies.
Maggie Cusack Appointed First President of Munster Technological University universitytimes.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from universitytimes.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.