“We decided to put the bedrooms in the ‘old house’ and the new construction was for day time,” says de Paor. “It’s a day house and a night house.”The Courtyard House has been divided into three rooms, served by anterooms. “As a gardener it was always my intention to try and bring the garden into the house. “I wanted a beautiful house that was properly designed, and it’s a very simple space, but that’s the beauty of it,” she adds. It’s quite comical.”Open House Dublin, presented annually by the Irish Architecture Foundation, takes place from October 12th from 14th.

Source: The Irish Times September 07, 2018 23:01 UTC