2011.09.09 Cox Power Architects are attending the RIAI & DoECLG Sustainable Communities & Housing Committee National Housing Conference. David Power is one of the speakers at the conference taking place in Dublin on 12th September 2011 with a talk titled "Rural Housing". 2011.07.11 Cox Power Architects "Kilmeena Village" has won the RIAI Best Housing Award 2011. http://www.irisharchitectureawards.ie/index.php/annual-awards/2011/kilmeena_village/ 2011.05.30 Cox Power Architects "Kilmeena Village" has been shortlisted in the RIAI Awards 2011.Vote for your favourite project on www.riai.ie 2011.03.31 Cox Power Architects are participating in the 7th Annual “RIAI Simon Open Door” Fundraising Initiative 2011. RIAI architects throughout Ireland will open their doors on Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th May to give members of the public an hour’s consultation with an architect in return for a €50 donation to the Simon Communities of Ireland. All participating architects are giving their time for free and every cent raised will go directly to Simon, to assist those experiencing homelessness. For more information and to book a consultation go to www.simonopendoor.ie 2011.02.14 Mayo County council has granted permission for an application by Cox Power Architects for a 1,383 square metres Supermarket with 71 Car Parking spaces in Ballinrobe. 2011.01.28 David Power is elected Vice President of the RIAI for 2011 having served as Honorary Secretary for 2009/2010 and Western Region Representative from 2005 to 2008. 2010.11.02 Cox Power Architects application for a Nursing Home at Toormakeady County Mayo been granted planning approval by Mayo County Council. The building incorporates 56 beds, a family apartment, community rooms, gym, hair dressers, oratory and consultation rooms on an elevated woodland site overlooking Lough Mask. For more information including drawings see: http://www.mayococo.ie/PlanSearch/mcc4/PlanningViewer/displayafile.asp?la=1&filenum=09901 2010.09.24 Cox Power Architects are attending the RIAI Annual Conference which is taking place in Westport on the 3rd - 5th October 2010. 2010.09.20 Following a 3rd Party Appeal An Bord Pleanala has granted permission for an application by Cox Power Architects for a new 1,644 square metres Licensed Discount Foodstore with 86 Car Parking spaces at Northern Feather Westport. The new store will have an 86-space car park, with hard and soft landscaping and a public lighting system.Among the planning conditions imposed is the widening of the existing North Wood pathway. 2010.02.24 Cox Power Architects are participating in the 6th Annual “RIAI Simon Open Door” Fundraising Initiative 2010 RIAI architects throughout Ireland will open their doors on Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th April to give members of the public an hour’s consultation with an architect in return for a €50 donation to the Simon Communities of Ireland. All participating architects are giving their time for free and every cent raised will go directly to Simon, to assist those experiencing homelessness. For more information and to book a consultation go to www.simonopendoor.ie 2009.10.30 Cox Power Architects are attending the RIAI Annual Conference. David Power is one of the speakers at the conference taking place in Limerick on the 2nd and 3rd November 2009 with a talk titled "Creative West". 2009.10.02 Everyday Architecture Exhibition is launched as part of the Westport Arts Festival running from October 2nd – October 11th 2009. The exhibition features architectural projects throughout Mayo and will take the form of an open-air installation along the mall river, with public walkabout and discussion at 4:00pm on Sunday 12th October 2009. One house by Cox Power & Associates in Louisburgh forms part of the exhibition. 2009.08.30 Kerry County Council has published its new design guidelines “Building a house in Rural Kerry” featuring 7 Houses by Cox Power Architects. For more information go to: http://www.kerrycoco.ie/en/allservices/planning/news/ruraldesignguidelines/thefile,2910,en.pdf 2009.03.30. Cox Power Architects will have 4 Projects exhibited at this year’s National Housing Conference. David Power is one of the speakers the conference taking place in Sligo on 27th and 28th April 2009. Cox Power Projects to be exhibited are: 1 Town House Development in Co. Mayo 2 Urban infill at Market Lane Westport, 3 Mixed Use Development at Westport Quay. 4. Housing Offices and Apartments at Louisburgh Co Mayo. For more information on the National Housing Conference go to: http://www.nationalhousingconference.ie 2009.03.27 The RIAI has just published “The New Housing 2” book featuring 3 Projects by Cox Power Architects at Newport County Tipperary, Westport County Mayo & Kilmeena County Mayo. 2009.03.07 Cox Power Architects are participating in the 5th Annual “RIAI Simon Open Door” Fundraising Initiative 2009 RIAI architects throughout Ireland will open their doors on Saturday 7th March to give members of the public an hour’s consultation with an architect in return for a €75 donation to the Simon Communities of Ireland. All participating architects are giving their time for free and every cent raised will go directly to Simon, to assist those experiencing homelessness. For more information and to book a consultation go to www.simonopendoor.ie 2009.02.16 The Western Development Commission's launches its report “Creative West: The Creative Sector in the Western Region.” D Power is one of nine members of the Industry Advisory Group on the 2009 publication. For more information on the report go to: http://www.wdc.ie/documents/CreativeWest-TheCreativeSectorintheWesternRegion-WDC.pdf 2009.02.13 Cox Power Architects are one of the exhibitors at the the RIAI Architectural Awards 2008 Exhibition which was opened today in the new Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny by D Power in his role as Honorary secretary of the RIAI. For more information on the exhibition go to: http://www.donegalculture.com/ 2009.01.01 David Power is elected Honorary Secretary of the RIAI for 2009 having served as Western Region Representative for 4 years.