Mark Hackett is a Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 architect

Architect

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 and a past member of the RSUA

Royal Society of Ulster Architects

The Royal Society of Ulster Architects is the professional body for registered architects in Northern Ireland. Chartered RIBA members in Northern Ireland are automatically members of the RSUA. RSUA Members use the suffix RSUA and also may use RIBA....

 Council.

Having previous experience with Belfast

Belfast

Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

-based practice Mackel & Doherty Architects, he set up a private practice with Alastair Hall following their successful entry for the Lyric Theatre design competition, which shared first prize with the entry by O'Donnell & Tuomey

O'Donnell & Tuomey

O'Donnell + Tuomey is an architectural practice based in Dublin, Ireland.The partnership was established in 1988 by Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey...

. In 2006, Hackett-Hall won an RIBA

Riba

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 Award for Triplicate Design Offices.

Other important works include reception spaces at the Belfast House of Sport, fit-out of Deane's Deli, Belfast and a commission for the RSUA offices .

Until 2004, he was active in architectural education, tutoring in the BSc course at the Queen's University of Belfast

Queen's University of Belfast

Queen's University Belfast is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university's official title, per its charter, is the Queen's University of Belfast. It is often referred to simply as Queen's, or by the abbreviation QUB...

 and later in the University of Ulster

University of Ulster

The University of Ulster is a multi-campus, co-educational university located in Northern Ireland. It is the largest single university in Ireland, discounting the federal National University of Ireland...

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He took his BSc at Queen's, before taking his Diploma at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow

Glasgow

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, where he was awarded various prizes.