Article source: Broadstone Architects

Broadstone Architects were commissioned to design a single family dwelling and stables in rural Ireland. The form of the building itself is twofold – one side, the living area, reaching high in the style of a barrel-vaulted barn abutted to a lower mono-pitch roof, as witnessed in agricultural structures throughout rural County Kildare and Ireland. As these were originally built using corrugated metal in a dark red protective paint, a similar roofing material, unpatinated copper, is used. The bedroom area with internal courtyard is lower in height with a low gradient mono-pitch roof and a regular rhythm of openings to associate it with traditional stable buildings. The white rendered walls, and extended enclosure walls, which tie disparate elements of the dwelling together are analogous to typical traditional farmyards where white coloured stone and rendered walls tie together an archipelago of outhouses, dwellings, barns and stores. In effect the proposed design attempts to provide a dwelling in character with its surroundings by promoting its environment and applying a relatively traditional agricultural building language in a modern architectural style.

Image Courtesy © Paul Tierney

• Architects: Broadstone Architects
• Project: Ardnalea
• Location: Kildare, Ireland
• Photography: Paul Tierney

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