House on Clifden Bay / Tierney Haines Architects
© Stephen Tierney
Architects: Tierney Haines Architects
Location: Ireland
Team: Stephen Tierney, James Casey, Robert Kelly
Area: 250.0 m2
Project Year: 2018
Photographs: Stephen Tierney
Engineers: Trevor Wood Consulting Engineers
Contractor: Paschal Lyons
Quantity Surveyors: Barry Aherne, Dave Cuddy
© Stephen Tierney
Text description provided by the architects. This 250sq.m family home and office were designed to nestle into the side of a hill overlooking Clifden Bay in Connemara in the west of Ireland. The house is set into the side of the low hill; like nearby outcrops of rock, the grounded heavy forms are inspired by limpet shells, coastal defenses and stone piers. The battered limestone cladding is positioned at the exposed corners to give some sense of resistance to the salty southwesterly prevailing winds while larch timber cladding and pillars set up a simple rhythm with the glazing. The low grey irregular roof form echoes the erratic rock outcrops in the surrounding landscape.
© Stephen Tierney
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