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Project • By Fuinneamh Workshop Architects • Private Houses
Gort Uí Ghaoithín
Four squares dictate the spatial layout for this extended family home in Co. Clare. The house is broken into three simple block forms around these squares. The central block accommodating the living quarters for the house acts as the focal point between the sleeping blocks on either side.
Jed Niezgoda
Jed Niezgoda
On arrival, a porch marks the principal entrance to the central block. Openings in the project are influenced by the pattern of openings on early 20th-century Irish farmhouses. Blind windows continue classical rhythms where it was not possible to make a window opening. Externally, a wet dash plaster finish, a drystone wall and a black slate roof reference vernacular building materials of the locality.
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Project • By Isabel Barros Architects • Private Houses
River House Kilkenny
The site presented a number of challenges, including a house over 150 years old, the proximity to a Special Area of Conservation (River Nore) and the existing topography.
Although not protected through statutory designation the original house with its modest scale and unassuming architectural aspirations makes a contribution to our quality of life by informing us of our past and adding visual interest to the environment. The project aimed to preserve the heritage while making a contemporary architectural statement derived from a conservation objective.
The brief asked for additional accommodation to meet current lifestyle demands. An adaptive reuse of the existing house was envisaged. The new volumes create an amicable relationship with... More