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When considering renovating and extending your home, your outdoor space is probably not at the forefront of your mind – naturally, maximising the interior space is usually the focus. But this Dublin project proves that incorporating the exterior into the design has benefits for the whole space.
As Michael Lamb, director at Ryan and Lamb Architects and project architect on this project explains, when the homeowners first approached them, this house had plenty of different rooms, they didn’t function well together.
“What was important with the external area was to provide a functional space that was partially covered, to provide some shelter from the rain and that would still allow daylight to get into the rear living room.”
What also works well is the landscaping has allowed vines and wisteria to grow across the new structure, softening the extension and allowing it to feel part of the original house.
Full of light, with plenty of places to sit and chat, read, or just relax, this design has clearly achieved everything it set out to.
Photography: Ste Murray
This article was originally published in December 2023.
