Company Profile

Stephen Carr Architects (formerly Design Unlimited) was established in Wexford in 1989 and is now one of the best known and most progressive architectural firms in the south east. We have built a reputation for delivering quality architecture combined with reliable service.

Stephen Carr Architects is a design led firm, driven by the pursuit of quality and the belief that architecture has a major role to play in the quality of our lives.

The firm’s growth and reputation has been backed by satisfied repeat clients, well designed buildings, and a core team of creative and talented people. Today, the body of completed work that has positively impacted on our clients and the built environment continues to grow.

Our expertise includes Architecture Design, Interior Design, Master Planning and Urban Planning and our experience spans all sectors and includes commercial, industrial, hotel and leisure developments, Offices, Industrial buildings, healthcare facilities, housing schemes and one-off houses.

Our commitment to efficient professional service is backed up by our expertise in leading multi-disciplinary project teams, by our investment in high calibre staff and by our ongoing commitment to staff training and technology investment and the testimonials of our many long term clients.
Stephen Carr Architects work continues to be featured in Architectural Publications both in Ireland and abroad.

Design Philosophy

Architecture can impact on people’s quality of life both in the home and in the workplace.  Design solutions are derived from the simple basics of how people live and work and are overlaid with innovation and an understanding of the basics of space, quality of light, orientation, form, colour, texture and materials.

Our design solutions constantly challenge expectations while always grounded in understandable building methods and structural systems. Our projects transcend “style” and our philosophy is grounded in the belief that good design is timeless, founded on an analytical and creative process and practical decision making.

This core design philosophy also recognises how design impacts on the street, village town and landscape. Buildings are not produced in isolation but are considered responses to the urban or rural patterns and context.