Town House Refurbishment in Nenagh

Coming to completion our recent project on-site a town house refurbishment. We relocated the lower staircase and lined it up under the new staircase leading to the attic. This opened up space especially in the ground floor. In the first floor we also reduced the oversized bathroom and created an open-plan utility area which creates an impression of a larger space as well as bringing additional light into the stairwell. Our aim was to keep as many of the original features as possible, for example the tiles in the ground floor and stripping back the existing wooden floors as well as repairing the existing fireplaces. With good work from Contractor Jim Hogan and his team we got the project on time and on budget. See below photos for our successful outcome.

Feature staircase first floor:
















Floor plans before:

Floor plans now:

Staircases before:

after:

Entrance before:                                     after:

 

Living room before:

 

New living room:

Kitchen before:

after:

Bedroom before:                                    after:

Attic before:                                           after:

Back garden:

International Selection, CI Magazine Issue 11, Vol 5

Article by Patti O'Neill and Sharon O'Brien

Step by step

Steady progress with a town house refurbishment in Nenagh:

Cloughjordan eco house, CI Issue 10 Volume 5

Construct Ireland recentlty featured a house in Cloughjordan which is a fine example of self-build architecture.

The result, says architect Patti O’Neill, makes it hard to believe there were no design professionals involved. She visited the house during a tour of the Cloughjordan eco-village in November. “The Hutchinsons' house proves that care, patience and perseverance are the main ingredients for good architecture, whether trained or untrained,” she says. “As opposed to learning by doing or experimentation on site, their thorough planning approach prior to construction has resulted in the optimal placing of the building on the site, room layout arrangements and excellent detailing.”

Simon Open Door on 12th & 13th May 2012

 

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RIAI Annual Review, Irish Architecture, Vol 2

ZERO WASTE by O'Neill Architecture.

 "Receiving a 'Highly Commended' in the RIAI Emerging Practice Award has given us 
the confidence to persevere in an industry that still needs to improve the environmental contribution it could be making"

Nenagh Guardian - Saturday, November 12, 2011

House on the Curve - As seen on TV 'About the House' 22nd November 2011 RTE 1 at 8.30pm

To view excerpts of the program please click:

 

About the Architect

Duncan's comments

for more information please view: 'About the House' programme 3

House on the Curve - slowly getting there

RIAI Emerging Practice Award

Thank you to everybody for the support and help which contributed to us getting this award.

Limerick Chronicle newspaper article 14th June 2011

 A house in Limerick city, which was redesigned by architect Patti O'Neill, and has been shortlisted for a prestigious RIAI award

Click here to view Limerick Chronicle article

House on the Curve - Architect's Imagination

It's 8pm mid summer. All is quite, the workmen have gone home. I am alone in the new space. There is movement behind the curved wall; kids playing on the square, people and cars passing occasionally. Already I get the sense of protection the curved wall will offer although for now I hear the sounds. There is a big distraction through the sun rays glowing in the space. It's exciting. As architects we design these spaces, we imagine what they will look like and feel like, we anticipate the effects of light throughout the day, we consider the views and carefully select the materials. The process is a long one and for a long time it is in our imagination. So we create it and we own it. Until such time when it is built. And even during that process it is still ours until just about now. This evening it still feels like mine even though I know from now on I'll be handing it over.

House on the Curve - continued

 

 The foundations are in, the wall is going up and its beginning to attract attention!