The project comprises of the renovation and extension to rear of a 1930?s semi-detached house to accommodate 3 generations of a family with the addition of the owner?s elderly parents. The existing house was previously extended and reconfigured resulting in a ground floor layout of a series of rooms which where underutilised with very poor connections to each other and to the existing mature south facing garden.

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Architects: Architectural Farm

Location: Ireland

Engineer: Cronin & Sutton Consulting

Contractor: McGovern Builders

Joinery: McNally Joinery

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Ste Murray

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Text description provided by the architects. The project comprises of the renovation and extension to rear of a 1930?s semi-detached house to accommodate 3 generations of a family with the addition of the owner?s elderly parents. The existing house was previously extended and reconfigured resulting in a ground floor layout of a series of rooms which where underutilised with very poor connections to each other and to the existing mature south facing garden.
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The brief called for the provision of sleeping and bathroom facilities to provide semi-independent space for the elder generation, a new family room for all 3 generations to share and improved engagement with the garden.

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This was achieved with the reconfig...