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We are an award-winning architectural micro-practice specialising in residential projects, including newbuild, reconstruction and significant refurb / extension / transformation of existing. We are currently involved in a small number of projects with construction values ranging from €350,000 up to €1.5m.
The majority of our projects will end up as highly efficient A-rated homes for life.
We have a track record in delivering highly bespoke projects which run smoothly through design, planning and construction stages, many of which have received awards and been widely published.
We use highly detailed 3D Digital models to plan, visualise and clearly communicate from early in the design process to ensure a successful outcome.
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Completed Works
Newbuild house
Mount Merrion
A new two-storey house on a steeply sloping site replaces a dilapidated single-storey bungalow. Internally, eight gables shape eight vaulted ceilings to dramatic spaces underneath.
Calculated BER: A2
40.01 kWh/m2/yr
8.73 kgC02/m2/yr
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A large two-storey split level house on a steeply sloping site overlooking the city replaces a dilapidated bungalow. This new energy efficient house will use one third of the energy of the old one while providing for modern living.
Completed Summer 2023
Double extension to 1930s house
Blackrock
“Red Wonder....
The best-loved spaces are rarely just austere, minimalist and perfectionist creations. They are busy, improvised and personal. This is clearly accommodated in David Flynn Architects' design”
Warm red-brick gives character to the front of this Arts-and-Crafts style house and this became the design driver for a double height extension to side and rear.
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The finished house has a symmetrical elevation with large bay windows to the reception rooms
Angled view of the entrance elevation with recessed porch
The rear elevation has large shaded areas of glazing overlooking a long mature garden
The rear elevation includes a large bay window outside the dining area
The living room is dramatically toplit
Kitchen with access beyond to a playroom, utility room and home office
House rebuild and transformation
Clonskeagh
“The team delivered in designing the home of our dreams.”
Client comments
A simple modernist material palette transforms a detached 1960s house into a timeless family home. By extending out to the side and rear, large open spaces are formed overlooking the mature rear garden.
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Transformation and Extension
Malahide
Reconstruction of a large three-storey house in a conservation area
Calculated BER: A3
56.04 kWh/m2/yr
10.9 kgC02/m2/yr
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This mid-20th century dwelling forms half of a pair of distinct houses in Malahide. This house exhibits a number of fine features which contribute to the special character of the street, but internally the layout is an array of small rooms with winding corridors.
These details are to be retained and the quality and style of the street preserved while the interior rooms are reconfigured into large, bright spaces.
This new layout combines the flow and openness of open- plan with private break-out spaces, ideal for a growing family. Relocating the staircase, allows the new covered porch and hall door to be centred on the impressive front gable elevation, instead of hidden off to the side.
This provides long views through the entrance hall and living space directly out to the mature garden. At the rear, the existing flat roofed extension to the rear is to be rebuilt with a higher ceiling.
Floor-to-ceiling glazed sliders flood the living spaces with evening light, while a high level window and large rooflight capture the first morning rays ensuring the interior is bright throughout the day.
Completed Spring 2023
Dormer bungalow rebuild
Terenure
“Behind the unassuming facade of this semi-detached bungalow in Terenure lies a light-filled oasis ideal for modern family life.”
“Sensitive, simple, understated design.”
Jury Commentary
A modern home is rebuilt behind the front gable of an existing dormer bungalow. To the rear, the North-facing elevation is enlivened with a dramatic glazed screen which sweeps out to catch afternoon sun.
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Pavilion extension to Victorian house
Sandymount
“Real architectural intelligence at work”
AAI Awards commentary
“It's an emblem of the new century, but with a delicacy that respects the old house.”
A contemporary extension is added onto a fine Victorian house in Sandymount, Dublin.
The new room aims to emulate the scale and grandeur of the original drawing room to the front of the house for everyday use.
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New glazed screen opens onto raised patio over large garden
Modern Glazed Screen
New front porch with built-in bench and sunny patio
Double doors to front patio and garden in Blackrock
The front sitting room has been refurbished and modernised.
Feature Fireplace
Sunlit living spaces
The living spaces are located around a central chimney breast with two-way fireplace while the ceiling slopes to follow the roof profile.
Built-in Kitchen overlooking raised patio and garden
The new kitchen sits beneath new rooflights meaning the kitchen is bright throughout the day, all year round
Although the kitchen living dining spaces have strong visual and physical links, the spaces are seperated and have their own specific zone and function.
Refurbished and reconfigured 1970s bungalow
Blackrock
A 1960s semi-d in Sandymount is refurbished and extended with a new two-storey addition to the rear. At ground floor level, an offset in the plan allows Southlight to reach the back of the house.
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Brick Extension to 1960s House
Sandymount
“Full of light and warm details. A series of roof lights, interspersed with sculpted plaster curves, also allows light and shadows to move through the space during the day, creating beautiful effects.'
“Thoughtful and clever use of natural light.”
Awards jury commentary
A 1960s semi-d in Sandymount is refurbished and extended with a new two-storey addition to the rear. At ground floor level, an offset in the plan allows Southlight to reach the back of the house.
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Large kitchen extension
Blackrock
“...work brimming with intelligence, ingenuity, judgement and taste.”
AAI Awards
“Stylish functionality”
“David was a pleasure to work with...we were absolutely delighted with how things turned out”
Client comments
A typical north-facing 1960’s semi-D is refurbished and extended. With a North-facing rear orientation, carefully positioned light wells were introduced to draw sunshine into the new family spaces.
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Portico extension
Blackrock
“Inside the extension, the white brick creates a bright space of timeless modernist character.”
“David brought us a very unique design which we absolutely love.”
Client comments
With a wedge-shaped corner site, this house was refurbished and re-orientated to create privacy and take advantage of a perfect Southerly location. A tall white-brick portico shades the interior.
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Art Deco House renovation
Terenure
“The new layout flows in a beautifully simple way that appears effortless but takes a lot of work to get right.”
“With great attention to detail, both original and new features have been blended seamlessly. Beautifully refurbished, and would make a lovely family home”
An unusual Art-Deco era house from 1938 is refurbished and extended to provide a modern home. The front of the house was reconstructed with a new porch, entrance area and raised planter which are sympathetic to the period.
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1930s house rebuild
Harold's Cross
“The final result is stunning, as well as being a comfortable, bright and warm living space.”
Client comments
“Worthy for commendation for remaining true to the original house in its detailing.”
Jury Commentary
Red, bull-nosed bricks were an unusual feature we found in this 1930s Art Deco house and became a design cue in rebuilding the house with extra bedrooms, bathrooms, storage, and living space.
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Bungalow rebuild
Shankill
New house in a Woodland setting
Lying in a slight hollow on a one acre site of mature woodland, the structural shell of an existing bungalow dating from the 1970s is planned to be incorporated into a new house.
Lying in a slight hollow on a one acre site of mature woodland, the structural shell of an existing bungalow dating from the 1970s is planned to be incorporated into a new house.
A series of new gables will articulate the roofscape and create additional accommodation upstairs as well as dramatic double-height spaces below.
The principal living spaces have been laid out to track the movement of the sun from morning to evening, and provide a series of graceful spaces for family living and entertaining.
The new high performance thermal envelope creates a home performing to contemporary standards whilst reusing an old structure to minimise embodied carbon.
Sketch Design Stage
Current Works
Period house extension
Park Avenue
Creating everyday living spaces in a Victorian house
Built in the 1860s, this brick-fronted home features beautiful original reception rooms and an elegant stairwell but lacks the basics of a contemporary family home.
Extending to the side and rear, additional accommodation will provide kitchen and living spaces, a home office, children’s play area and ancillary requirements like utility, pantry, plant room. Within the original building new ensuites and wardrobes will be sensitively inserted.
With a very long floor plan, a large new lightwell is included between the original rear reception room and new living areas so that daylight continues to spill into the original house.
In three piered bays, the new garden elevation has a deep porch to shade the extra-tall glazing overlooking the garden.
Planning Permission granted. Tender stage
Transformation of a mid-century house
Glenageary
An existing house will be significantly extended to the side and rear, with a new front entrance elevation and dramatic two-storey garden façade. South-facing, the garden elevation features deeply incised glazing to maximise sunlight without overheating.
An asymmetric pitched roof sits over the master bedroom which has a dramatic pitched ceiling underneath, and large monocular window overlooking the garden.
An asymmetric pitched roof sits over the master bedroom which has a dramatic pitched ceiling underneath, and large monocular window overlooking the garden.
Organised around a new toplit stair hall, an efficient layout creates a seamless enlargement of the original house, and increased ground floor ceiling height in the main living spaces.
With a new high performance thermal envelope, the new house is expected to achieve a BER ‘A’ rating.
Planning permission granted. Construction due for Completion Spring 2024
House reconstruction and extension
Callary
Extending a house to fill a sunny double-width site
This unusual mid-century house is wide and shallow with a wide redundant garage to the side and a very sunny outlook to the rear. The reconstruction will incorporate much of the original fabric into a significantly enlarged house which is being pushed out to front, side and rear, as well as up into the attic.
A new two-storey extension wraps around the house and has been sensitively designed to tie into the original roof structure to create a coherent whole.
The new front elevation has been designed around a new entrance porch area with a stepped floorplan to mirror the steps leading up to the door.
To the rear a new porticoed elevation steps up with a taller ceiling and extensive, shaded glazing overlooking a sunny back garden.
Planning Permission granted. Construction commencing in 2023.
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