Ciarán Mackel,

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, Dip. Arch, Dip. Project Management,

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Design,

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MRIAI, was born in 1955 is a

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingd ...

-based architect and urban designer. He is "practice principal" in ARD Ciaran Mackel Architects. He is a member of the

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and has been involved in architectural education at the

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Education

He was educated at St Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School,

and at

(QUB).

Professional activities

He was founding partner of Mackel and Doherty Architectural practice in 1994. From 2002-2004 he served as president of the

Royal Society of Ulster Architects The Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA) is the professional body for registered architects in Northern Ireland.RIBA The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

Northern Ireland) and in 2005 he served as

Ulster Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label=Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kin ...

representative to the

Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland ( ga, Institiúid Ríoga Ailtirí na hÉireann) founded in 1839, is the "competent authority for architects and professional body for Architecture in the Republic of Ireland." The RIAI's purpose ...

(RIAI). He wrote on architecture for the short-lived Irish Republican ''

Daily Ireland ''Daily Ireland'' was an Irish daily newspaper which existed from January 2005 to September 2006 to cover news stories from an Irish republican viewpoint. It was linked to the Belfast local newspaper, the ''Andersonstown News''. In September 20 ...

'' newspaper, which formed part of the ''

Andersonstown News The Belfast Media Group's ''Andersonstown News'' is a weekly published (Wednesdays) Belfast, Northern Ireland newspaper, which focuses on news and issues in west Belfast. The paper was founded in 1972. Its stablemates, the ''North Belfast New ...

'' Group of newspapers. In one column in 2006 he called on the Westminster government "to commission a design competition for the proposed centre for conflict transformation earmarked for the Long Kesh prison site." In 2012 he was appointed as a member of the Maze/Long Kesh Development Corporation and re-appointed for a further term in 2017 He contributed an essay to the

Arts Council of Northern Ireland The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Irish language, Irish: ''Comhairle Ealaíon Thuaisceart Éireann'', Ulster Scots language, Ulster-Scots: ''Airts Cooncil o Norlin Airlan'') is the lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland. It ...

collection on arts and the Troubles, which focused mostly on Belfast "the largest urban area in Northern Ireland, as the principal ground of the conflict and as the historical arena for the expression of sectarian conflict even before partition of the island."

Built works and accolades

Mackel's works include the Bunscoil an tSleibhe Dhuibh and the Kinnaird Street office building, both in Belfast. In 2012 a house extension, designed by Mackel, at Osborne Park, Belfast, won an

Award.

References

External links

Ard Ciaran Mackel Architects

Mackel & Doherty Website
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