Clontarf Extension

This project brief was to provide our client with a new dining and kitchen area to replace the existing cramped and outdated facilities. In addition we were to provide a new downstairs accessible shower room to future proof the house.

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One of the key considerations for our clients was to try and not effect the well proportioned existing living room to the rear of the house. 

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There are numerous examples of new extensions that block up the existing rear facing room. This somewhat defeats the purpose of the extension as the existing room becomes a dark space within the middle of the extended house.

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With this in mind we proceeded to create a courtyard between the existing house and the new extension. This allowed the existing rear living room to remain unchanged. The courtyard then provided a focal point of daylight to both the existing house and the new extension.