Rural House Guidelines – Narrow depth plans There are several consistent themes running through every County Council in Ireland regarding rural house design: • Simple plan forms • Traditional roof pitches (35-55 deg) • Narrow plan depth It’s this last Read More …
After a lot of pre-planning; we’re lodging the planning application on this unusual house next week: It has a stack of thinks I love in design: • Plan is to go fully Passivhaus Certified • Folded origami style roofs • Read More …
I’ve just sent these 4 key pages to a client considering a new house in County Mayo. All of them essential reading: 1. The Mayo Rural House Design Guide by Mayo County Council 2. What is the difference between an Read More …
Just lodged this application for a traditional yet contemporary house. Double split level on steep site. Fingers crossed…:
This problem is rearing it’s head again; clients having unrealistic expectations of the house they’re looking for in County Mayo. Actually this is still occurring across the other counties I’m working including: Sligo, Roscommon, Leitrim, Galway… So if you’re looking Read More …
THIS POST on a slideshow of a ‘take’ on a traditional cottage (from 2010) for a new house was the most popular in 2014. If you’re looking for something similar then why not CONTACT US… Have a great 2015 everyone.
I wrote this post last year on the topic “Why an architect shouldn’t design what the client asks for”. Well, I’ve updated it to include: • Clients sketch • My watercolour at design stage • The finished house Interesting to Read More …
The client on this one-off house in Co.Longford sent me this photo after the long-awaited wood pellet boiler and flue was installed (which she was more than happy with – flue visible on flat roof section): The design concept was Read More …
We’ve just been given notification on the Grant of Planning permission for this extension to a cottage in Connemara. One of the planning Further Information requests was for a photomontage showing the proposed development; below is what we produced in Read More …
Below is a mosaic of the photos from the site visit this morning on the first SI9 house we’re undertaking for a one-off house in County Mayo. The oak trusses come from Glenfort:
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