Cover Story
P
atrick Bradley is a RIBA/ Multi Award winning Architect
from Belfast. Bradley established his practice in 2011 with
offices both in Mahera, Northern Ireland and London and
most recently Patrick has gained the public’s attention
after appearing on Channel 4’s ‘Grand Designs’ and ‘House
of the Year.’
Admitting that he was a child who was completely ‘’obsessed’’ with
Lego and building everything from fire stations to houses; new pieces
were available to him each year and birthday presents were never a
problem for his parents.
Words: Emer Kelly Pics: P Bradley, R Trainor, R Lavery and A Monghan
“Having difficulty getting a mortgage is what
pushed me in the direction of using a container.”
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“From a very early age, I was into buildings the way other kids are
to cars or animals and by the time I reached secondary school, I knew
architecture was the only career for me. Being totally certain about it I
thought why waste time doing ‘A Levels’ when a Btech National Diploma
in Construction would get me into an Architecture course at Queen’s
University in Belfast,’’ said Patrick Bradley as to how he became an
Architect.
“My mother’s enthusiasm for old building’s and houses in general
although she didn’t realise it at the time had a profound effect. When I
was about seven, we used to stop whenever we passed an old building
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