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This may be naive and certainly a less than successful strategy in terms of competition success, but it has had positive benefits. Long before establishing a practice or building together, it allowed us to formulate a working method, which was based on a rigorous adherence to concept and theory. We came to an understanding of common objectives forged through repeated projects where the primary focus was on the architectural fundamentals.

Consequently, we have grown not just architecturally, but as people, through the character-building process of repeated failure, tinged with occasional success.

Footnote 1
FKLarchitects: Diarmaid Brophy, Greg Davey, Michelle Fagan, Paul Kelly, Gary Lysaght, Donncha O'Shea, Sterrin O'Shea, Dave Smith

Footnote 2
d-Compass: Ralph Bingham, Tom Creed, Michelle Fagan, Paul Kelly, Gary Lysaght, Cliona White

Footnote 3
FKLarchitects was established in 1998 by Michelle Fagan, Paul Kelly and Gary Lysaght as a logical next step in a long association having collaborated since 1990 on many projects and competitions.