Richard Rainey established Richard Rainey Architects in Kinsale, Co. Cork in 1992, having previously worked in private practice in London since 1982.

The company has a highly qualified workforce of 12 staff members, including experienced architects, technicians, an interior designer and an office manager.

The main work load in the office has been residential projects in the form of apartment schemes and housing estates (ranging from 6 units to 600 units).

In the last few years, the office has expanded which allowed us to get involved in larger mixed use developments in Cork City. Richard Rainey Architects have wide experience and knowledge in retail, commercial, industrial, office and hotel projects. While being a medium sized company we can offer more personalised service and achieve good quality, innovative design and cost effectiveness.

Our 2,600 sq.ft premises are fully computerised with 12 workstations using Autodesk products (AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop and AutoCAD LT) for easy interface with Clients and other Design Team members.

Sketch-up and Revit Software are used for computer visualisation and photomontages. We also produce physical models and 3d watercolour perspective illustrations.