Anyone else looking forward to Friday night drinks?!
One of our recent projects was in our old neighbourhood of SE1. Crol & Co Bermondsey Street opened last summer and builds on the success of our Client’s first two independent cafes in south London. We assisted in obtaining planning permission for the new shopfront in the Bermondsey Street Conservation Area, obtaining Building Control approval for the new layout and preparing information for the lease agreement with their landlord. Crol & Co designed the eclectic interiors themselves and the new shopfront allows the cafe bar to completely open up and activate the street front.
Thanks to @crolandco for the photos and for being great Clients. Looking forward to visiting London again soon!
#se1 #bermondseystreet #architecture #cafe #bar #northernirisharchitecture
Very welcome sunshine after a lot of rain in Belfast this week. Busy working on lots of new things whilst still slowly finishing Cherry Cottage.
1 View from the new stairs through an internal window into the living room
2 One side of our hall is formed by the original rear wall of cottage
3 Concrete window cills drying off in the sunshine, glad we got round to planting some bulbs last year
#irisharchitecture #northernirisharchitecture #selfbuildireland #belfast #renovation #refurbishment #cherrycottagebelfast
Lovely to have Clover Cottage included in the March edition of Grand Designs magazine. However contrary to what the article says we definitely didn’t save money by selecting standard door and window sizes!
The project was built to a modest budget with carefully selected high quality products and materials such as the Rationel doors and windows. The size, proportion and orientation of the openings were thoughtfully considered to maximise natural light. The doors are all 2.2m in height. Also whilst the rooms are rectangular in plan, the ceiling heights and volumes are definitely not standard!
📷 @elysekennedy
Magazine @granddesignstv
Non standard sized window and doors @rationelwindows
#irisharchitecture #northernirisharchitecture #newbuild #newbuildhouse #downsizing #GrandDesigns #newhome
New photos on our website of the conversion of a Victorian carriage house. We provided the detailed drawings for Building Control approval and our Client completed the project on site with @nmccontracts
📷 @elysekennedy
#irisharchitecture #northernirisharchitecture #selfbuildireland #belfast #renovation #refurbishment #gardenroom
Slowly easing ourselves back into work whilst still thinking about blue skies and strong shadows from Christmas in Spain. Some photos from our visit including old favourites in Segovia and the newly opened Royal Collections Gallery and La Casa de la Arquitectura in Madrid.
1 La Casa de los Picos, Segovia
2, 3 Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja
4 Palacio Real De Madrid
5,6,7 Galería de las Colecciones Reales, Madrid, Mansilla + Tuñón Arquitectos
8,9,10 @casadelaarquitectura
We were lucky to be able to enjoy some winter sunshine in Spain over Christmas.
The Palace Gardens in La Granja are a fascinating superimposition of French formal garden style over a steeply sloping topography which culminates in a lake with a contrasting natural setting. The lake (or ‘The Sea’ as it’s known) provides the head of water pressure which powers the gravity fed spectacular fountains. The beech hedges that line most of the strictly geometric paths have been gradually replanted over the last 10 years and provide beautifully changing delineation to the long vistas created typically focusing on a fountain or sculpture.
Works planned for Cherry Cottage in 2024 include framing out and tiling the chimney breast, timber window linings (airtightness tape to go on first), a window seat and much more! The stepped chimney breast design takes inspiration from the tiled fireplace in Guido’s family home.
@charnwoodstoves Cranmore 5 supplied by @lamontfireplaces
Quarry tiles @ketleybrick
#irisharchitecture #northernirisharchitecture #selfbuildireland #belfast #renovation #refurbishment #cherrycottagebelfast
Still plenty of work to do on Cherry Cottage but pausing DIY for the holidays 🎄
Coral door handles @hewi_gmbh
Mustard kitchen door knobs 1980’s vintage Hewi from Etsy
Beverly green door @farrowandball
Blush Pink door @duluxuk
Pompeji Red linoleum @gerfloruk supplied by @cecoproducts
Christmas tree @nifarmforestry
#irisharchitecture #northernirisharchitecture #selfbuildireland #belfast #renovation #refurbishment #cherrycottagebelfast
Approximately 3000 quarry tiles laid by our own fair hands!
An epic and challenging process but delighted with the results.
#ketleybrick #quarrytiles #workinprogress #irisharchitecture #northernirisharchitecture #selfbuildireland #belfast #renovation #refurbishment #cherrycottagebelfast
Photos of our refurbishment to a house on Kings Road in Belfast just added to our website. The project involved extensive renovation to allow our Clients to continue living comfortably in their family home.
#irisharchitecture #northernirisharchitecture #selfbuildireland #belfast #renovation #refurbishment #inclusivedesign #accessibledesign