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Claremont Court Renovation and Extension
Claremont Court Renovation and Extension
Glasnevin, Ireland
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Claremont Court Renovation and Extension
Glasnevin, Ireland
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2013
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
BUDGET
$100K - 500K
Extension and Full Renovation to a 1970's Glasnevin House.
The client, a well-known author, had brought up her family in the house, which was subsequently rented and fell into disrepair. Our brief was to renovate and extend the house to create a modern home to which she and her husband could return to. A desire for a light-filled, contemporary home to live, write, entertain and display art generated a design which turned the house upside-down and introduced light into the middle of an awkward elongated plan at all three levels. The previously dim spaces now benefit from natural light filtering in from multiple directions, even on overcast days. Close collaboration between client and architect has resulted in the reinvention of this house to create real flexibility for living.
Client comments:
Claremont Court, Glasnevin, Dublin 11.
“As an architect, Paul Mulhern took on a very tricky project for me at the above address, a Seventies terraced house on a long narrow site in a housing estate. This was a house that had been lived in wisely for a while but latterly not too well. My brief to him was to illuminate what had become a murky, dark, cramped and very dilapidated property by creating a space filled with light and air. I also wanted him to bring it up to modern standards of insulation, wiring and plumbing, and thereby making snug what had been damp and cold. On such a site, the brief seemed impossible and when I led him into the property in its original condition, I expected him to be daunted, even to refuse to have anything to do with it, but his reaction was immediately to see it as a challenge. And how brilliantly he overcame that challenge! While remaining aware of my relatively limited budget, the design he produced involved gutting the entire house and opening it up to light from the roof, via three voids. The result is the fulfilment of my own dream, the testament to which is the steady stream of neighbours arriving on various pretexts but with the obvious aim of being invited in. Throughout the construction vicissitudes (and there were many, none of his making) he remained steadily supportive to me in what was a very difficult and long process. I cannot praise him highly enough for his tenacity, his concentration on what was best for the house and for me as a client - and not least for his calm tact when things fell apart, as they frequently did. His professionalism and collaborative spirit are outstanding but overarching all of the above, his creativity and vision were and are superb”.
DEIRDRE PURCELL.
The client, a well-known author, had brought up her family in the house, which was subsequently rented and fell into disrepair. Our brief was to renovate and extend the house to create a modern home to which she and her husband could return to. A desire for a light-filled, contemporary home to live, write, entertain and display art generated a design which turned the house upside-down and introduced light into the middle of an awkward elongated plan at all three levels. The previously dim spaces now benefit from natural light filtering in from multiple directions, even on overcast days. Close collaboration between client and architect has resulted in the reinvention of this house to create real flexibility for living.
Client comments:
Claremont Court, Glasnevin, Dublin 11.
“As an architect, Paul Mulhern took on a very tricky project for me at the above address, a Seventies terraced house on a long narrow site in a housing estate. This was a house that had been lived in wisely for a while but latterly not too well. My brief to him was to illuminate what had become a murky, dark, cramped and very dilapidated property by creating a space filled with light and air. I also wanted him to bring it up to modern standards of insulation, wiring and plumbing, and thereby making snug what had been damp and cold. On such a site, the brief seemed impossible and when I led him into the property in its original condition, I expected him to be daunted, even to refuse to have anything to do with it, but his reaction was immediately to see it as a challenge. And how brilliantly he overcame that challenge! While remaining aware of my relatively limited budget, the design he produced involved gutting the entire house and opening it up to light from the roof, via three voids. The result is the fulfilment of my own dream, the testament to which is the steady stream of neighbours arriving on various pretexts but with the obvious aim of being invited in. Throughout the construction vicissitudes (and there were many, none of his making) he remained steadily supportive to me in what was a very difficult and long process. I cannot praise him highly enough for his tenacity, his concentration on what was best for the house and for me as a client - and not least for his calm tact when things fell apart, as they frequently did. His professionalism and collaborative spirit are outstanding but overarching all of the above, his creativity and vision were and are superb”.
DEIRDRE PURCELL.
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