About Us

HMA Architects - Residential Projects - Havelock Square

Halley Murphy Architects, established in 1988 by Patrick Halley, is a design-led architectural practice setting a superior standard for quality design, management, planning, cost-control, and technical fields. We are a collective team of highly skilled and personable Architects & Architectural Technologists with a wealth of experience spanning over 30 years across all sectors of Architecture.

Being aware of new building methods, products and materials helps to ensure that the buildings we design will stand the test of time. Our comprehensive design service is firmly based on the belief that buildings are for people. Improved quality of life for building users is a major consideration in the design process.

In all our work, we commit to:

Achieve design objectives within cost constraints.
Apply cost control with regular updating.
Comply with Statutory Authorities’ requirements in an efficient and effective manner.
Consider future-proof design/cost-in-use design.
Meet deadlines/plan carefully from inception.

How We Work

Our approach is to consider each project and each Client’s needs as unique. We adopt a rigorous creative approach to bring out the maximum value in each specific circumstance. The right balance of financial, environmental, logistical, social and cultural value is achieved through our highly collaborative, ‘can do’ attitude.

Our Team

Patrick Halley

Partner | Principal Architect

Patrick Halley, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland (FRIAI), has over thirty years of experience in residential and apartment, retail and commercial, hotel and leisure, as well as industrial architecture.

Ian Murphy

Partner | Architect

Ian Murphy, a Member of the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland (MRIAI), became a Partner in HMA Architects in 2006. Starting his career in 2000, he has an extensive and diverse background in architecture, having worked in architectural practices in Berlin, Dublin, and London before joining HMA Architects (then Patrick Halley & Associates) in 2004.

Paul Leonard

Partner | Architect

An Associate of Halley Murphy Architects, Paul is a Registered Architect with the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland with over 8 years’ experience working in architecture on projects of varying scale and size, both in residential and commercial sectors. Having graduated from Waterford Institute of Technology in 2013, Paul studied in Oxford Brookes University before completing his studies in University College Dublin, during which time he was awarded both the RIBA Martin Pearce Award and the Thomas Ivory Medal for academic performance.

Gillian Halley

Associate | Senior Technologist

An Associate of Halley Murphy Architects, Gillian is a Senior Architectural Technologist with over 15 years’ experience in the field.

Practice