This mews house built on sustainable principles is located on a square (13.0 x 13.0 m) site in the rear garden of a large Edwardian house in South Dublin. The ground plan is analogous to an Islamic house with external garden courts inset within a regular enclosure, the internal space free flowing under an uninterrupted concrete soffit.
Varieties of garden are planned for the external spaces; the roof is another planted landscape, with upstanding rooflights. External walls are made with coursed granite and cedar panels.
Location: Rathmines, Dublin
Year: design-completion – 2008-2010
Collaborator: Client – Confidential
Structural Engineers – Kavanagh Mansfield and Partners
Mechanical and Electrical Engineers – McArdle McSweeney
Quantity Surveyors – John Skelly
Main Contractor – Eamonn Hassett Construction/Pierce Healy Developments
Photo Credit: Henrietta Williams/ Mary-Louise Halpenny