Architecture Night 2022

Architecture Night 2022 A great evening was enjoyed by all of us at White Ink who attended this year’s Architecture Night in the fantastic Riddles Warehouse. Credit to the RSUA for organising and Hearth ‘Historic Buildings Trust’ for facilitating the use of this incredible building. We were also blown away by the wonderful projects exhibited…

EOT Conference 2022

EOT Conference 2022 Joan McCoy and Shane McCrory attended this year’s Employee Ownership Association annual conference in Liverpool. Highlights of this event included keynote interviews, workshops, and case study seminars. Having recently celebrated our first full year since becoming an employee owned company, the conference provided White Ink Architects with a fantastic opportunity to connect with and learn from…

The Dunbar Link – Grim to Great

The Dunbar Link – Grim to Great It is very easy to simply accept the environment we experience every day without questioning if it can and should be better. As a Belfast-based practice, we are very conscious of how the built environment is evolving around us and are always looking for ways to improve the…

Blog Post! Emma’s Year in Cambodia!

Blog Post: Emma’s Year in Cambodia!   ABOUT EMMA   Emma joined White Ink in 2013 as a recent Part II graduate and is now one of our Senior Architects in the office, having been involved in the delivery of a mixture of schemes – check out QUB School of Biological Sciences, Holiday Inn &…

UU Your Voice – Part 1-Led Installation

The White Ink-stallation Part 1-Led Installation Project   INTRODUCTION White Ink Architects we’re invited to contribute to the ‘Your City Your Voice’ event. Supporting CCQoL’s aim to increase awareness of public consultation on the development of Belfast. In response, a micro-urban intervention was designed and placed in front of 2 Royal Avenue. Our main goal…

Blog Post! Visiting Site as a Part 1

Blog Post: Visiting Site as a Part 1 – Rory McCormack Over my year out I have been working on a large scale residential project in London. As a Part 1 my role within the team is to aid with subcontractor coordination, design optimisation and the production of construction information. Over the three months prior…

Techcrete Factory Visit

Techcrete Factory Visit We recently got to visit Techrete UK & Ireland in Balbriggan to view precast panels for the next Phase of Canalside we are delivering with Gilbert Ash for ThamesWey Developments. It was interesting to see the process from the mould construction, rebar placement, casting and acid etching. We look forward to seeing…

2022 Student Smart Thinking Award Winners

Congrats to 2022 Smart Thinking Winners from UU & QUB! The Smart Thinking Award is not necessarily for the ‘best’ overall project, but rather it aims to commend innovation, creativity and smart thinking in some aspect of the student’s work for the final degree project. We purposely keep the brief quite wide – it could…