Deirdre Keeley
Address: 44 Merrion Grove, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
E-mail: office@dathanna.ie
Tel: +353 879413251

Work experience
September 2013 - May 2016
Mesh Architects, Pavilion House, 31/32 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2
- Project / Conservation architect on various residential conservation and refurbishment works in Dublin and surrounding areas
- Preparation of successful conservation grant applications (Two no. Built Heritage Investment Scheme grants 2016 with Dublin City Council & Meath County Council, Structures at Risk Grant 2016 with Dublin City Council)
- Preparation of successful An Bord Pleanala appeal submissions
July 2013 – present
Dathanna Architecture
Co-founder of Dathanna Architecture with Alan Connolly
March 2012 – July 2013
OPW EU Presidency and Planning Office, Dublin Castle State Apartments, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
- Site architect based in Dublin Castle with responsibility for designing, procuring and project managing a series of building and renovation projects leading up to EU Presidency. Deirdre was the Architect member of Operational Working Group in Dublin Castle managing the EU Presidency, with key responsibility for preparing all drawings for all EU events (ministerial meetings, conferences, gala dinners, site operations etc).
November 2009 – March 2012
OPW Conservation Unit, OPW Head Office, Jonathan Swift Street, Trim, Co. Meath
Collaborating on a number of projects including:
- Abbotstown House – Proposed headquarters of the Irish Sports Council (ISC) / National Sports Council Development Authority (NSCDA) [February 2012 – April 2012] Conversion and extension of existing house and former laboratory buildings into headquarters for the ISC / NSCDA
State Apartments, Dublin Castle, - Electrical upgrade works [May 2012– October 2012] Involvement in construction stage of a large programme of electrical upgrading works to upgrade M&E services in Dublin Castle for the EU presidency 2013.
- State Apartments, Dublin Castle, - Accessibility Works and Fabric and Services Upgrade [2011 – March 2012] Involvement at detailed design, tender & construction stages of a programme of works to provide universal access to the State Apartments (which include the installation of a new universally accessible passenger lift car and which also included upgrading works to M&E services & fire compartment upgrading works)
- Houses of the Oireachtas Complex, Dublin 2 - (private)
- Green Street Courthouse - Works to the Historic Fabric
September 2007 – February 2009
Paul Arnold Architects,38 Lennox Street, Portobello, Dublin 8
Collaborating on a number of projects including:
- Isolde’s Tower, Dublin 2
Preparation of feasibility study of the presentation, conservation and maintenance of a National Monument
- Julianstown Church, Julianstown, Co. Meath
- Clane Parish Centre, Clane, Co. Kildare
- New Ross Courthouse
May - August 2006
Scott Tallon Walker Architects, 19 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
- Liaising with design team on completion of feasibility study for office
development on St. Stephens Green.
- 3D modelling of design studies for various projects
May 2004 - August 2005
Fitz.Gerald and Associates Architects, 87 Harcourt St, Dublin 2
Collaborating on a number of projects including:
- Killeen Castle - detailed surveys
- Residential development, Edenderry, Co. Offaly (to planning stage)
RIAI


Skills
Autodesk Revit 2014
Vectorworks 2013
AutoCAD 2013
SketchUp Pro
Maxwell Render
V-Ray
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
2010 - present
2010 - present
Education
Dublin Institute of Technology
2016
Professional Energy Skills in nZeb
Dublin Institute of Design
2016
Revit and Level 2 Building Information Modelling
Trinity College Dublin
2011 – 2012
Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Building Repair and Conservation (P Grad Dip ABRC)
University College Dublin, Dublin
2012
Professional Diploma in Architecture (P.Dip Arch)
University College Dublin, Dublin
2005 - 2007
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)
University College Dublin, Dublin
2001 - 2004
Bachelor of Science [Architectural Science] (B.Sc. Arch)
Honours and Awards
Attingham Summer School 2015
Sansovino Scholarship recipient
Arts Council Travel and Training Award recipient