Paul Clerkin

Thursday, May 8. 2008

Archiseek v8.0

Archiseek.com is currently undergoing a massive re-development covering every aspect of the site from design to content to technology. This is the first major rebuild of the site in four years, and as we know four years is a longtime on the Internet.

Incoming is a new template with more flexibility for larger images or maps; and a brand new identity. The new logo was designed by a young Canadian designer whom I’ve had the misfortune to meet, Braden Gibbs.

Moving away from the blue and grey colour scheme that has always been identifiable with Archiseek (and the predecessor Archeire), it means the end of the current design evolution which has largely being around since 1996 (as previously documented in a Circa article in 2002).

Also in the pipeline are various new sections that will appear under Ireland and the UK areas. These include illustrations from 19th century architecture magazines and the development of our urban centres through the exploration of old maps.

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Tuesday, April 8. 2008

Jobsarchitect.com proving popular destination for jobseeking architects

Jobsarchitect.com, the Irish architects jobs board, is proving to be a popular destination for architects and technicians looking for new jobs in Ireland. Launched in November 2007, the website is a project of Archiseek.com, which is one of the leading architecture websites on the Internet. Figures for March 2008 show that the website had over 11,000 visitors during that period, up 25 percent on the previous month. At anytime there are several hundred jobs in the architectural industry listed, from all over Ireland and the UK.
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Saturday, September 15. 2007

Archiseek Speaks

Plan Magazine - September 2007

Paul Clerkin is sitting in a Winnipeg kitchen. It’s 7 o’ clock in the morning and he is taking my phone call over breakfast. Between coffee gulps, the convivial but busy-sounding Monaghan native says frequent visits to Manitoba (his wife’s stomping ground) aren’t as exciting as they may sound. In fact, life in the “province no one remembers” is a bit too laid back, and Paul doesn’t do laid back. And indeed a quick glance at Archiseek.com – his well-known website - seems to indicate he hasn’t been sitting around doing nothing these last few years. Since its 1996 launch, it has reached gargantuan proportions. With over 24,000 pages, the site now receives over 2.5 million page views per month. His two e-newsletters have a combined total of 45,000 subscribers worldwide. And if that wasn’t enough, his discussion boards are a regular one-stop-shop for anyone seeking the latest architectural gossip. Not bad for a website that started out as a hobby.
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Sunday, January 14. 2007

Online press service sorts wheat from chaff

The Sunday Business Post, Ireland

Ireland’s first online press release service is due to launch in early February. The service, called Prangle.ie (derived from "PR angle’’), offers a one-stop service for journalists to pick up press releases on different topics. Press releases will be grouped on the site by subject, such as sports, education or finance. The service is free to journalists and is a pragmatic solution to newsroom problems. Typically, reporters will hop from subject to subject rather than sticking with specialised areas. The site will help prevent reporters’ inboxes from clogging up with unwanted press releases and will cut down on unnecessary follow-up phone calls from PR executives.
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Monday, April 12. 2004

Poll heavily favours ideas of Montreal, Danish firms

Winnipeg Free Press, Canada

A poll conducted by a website dedicated to architecture shows two designs running neck and neck as the most popular concepts for the Canadian Museum For Human Rights. The design featuring two curved shells, proposed by the Danish firm Schimdt Hammer and lassen, has the support of nearly 31 percent of 364 responses received as of yesterday from curious observers around the world.

A concept from Saucier + Perrotte Architects of Montreal came second with 26 percent. The firm's concept featured two box-shaped buildings on top of one another, at right angles. The Danish entry was also the most popular in a reader surbey conducted by the Free Press after eight architectural proposals were unveiled two weeks ago.
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