Michael Haslam is a partner with Solearth

Michael was educated in architecture at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Bath and has a diploma in Building Ecology from the Bau-biologie Institute in Neubeurn, Germany.
He has worked for Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects and Edward Cullinan Architects in the UK and in Spain and Germany. Michael was project architect on a college library and several successful housing schemes with Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects and on a mobile theatre in Cologne, Germany.
Since joining Brian O’Brien as a partner in Solearth in 2001, he is fully involved in realising the establishment of an ecological agenda in architecture with projects such as a wetland visitor centre and a factory utilising round wood technology in construction.
He won first prize in the UIA international ideas competition: 'Architecture and the Eradication of Poverty' with a catalyst eco-system for the Sahel Desert and received an RIBA award for the college library in Winchester with Feilden Clegg Bradley.
Michael has written for both the 'Architectural Review' and 'Architecture Today' on architecture and the environment and has taught at the University of Bath and teaches at DIT in Dublin. He is a member of the Sustainability Task Force with the RIAI and is a registered architect in Ireland and the UK.

Professional Standing And Education

Michael Haslam RIAI, RIBA
BSc. Arch. University of Edinburgh
B Arch. (Hons). University of Bath UK
Certificate in Bau-biologie
Registered Architect Ireland and UK

January 2004.