While many extensions to the typical ‘two up two down’ house create an aesthetic division between old and new, we wanted to blur the lines between these conditions. Our approach was surgical. Through a series of cuts and openings in the existing, visual connections are created from the street to the new extension to the garden beyond. The existing rear room was stripped of its plaster to expose its brick construction, relating it to the new brick extension. The shared structuring material of concrete links old and new together spatially and materially. The result of these blending interventions is a series of characterful and livable rooms that are distinct but cleverly interlinked. Winner of the 2018 RIAI Award for the Best Extension in Ireland
Beach Road House. Galway
No.16 Henrietta Street. Dublin
Leagaun House. Galway
Catherine’s House. Portobello, Dublin
Shandon House. Dublin
Baltrasna House. Dublin
Carlisle House. Donnybrook
Vita Family Centre. Roscommon
Bealalaw House. Carlow
Kenilworth Park. Harold’s Cross, Dublin
Marino Park House. Marino, Dublin
Belmont House. Donnybrook, Dublin
Sallymount Terrace House. Ranelagh
Clifden House. Galway
Harold’s Cross House. Dublin
Venice Architecture Biennale 2018
Borris Pavilion, Borris House. Carlow