Irish design studio Scullion Architects draws inspiration from the look of long galleries in country homes with the Rathdown design. This is a new extension to a house located in Terenure, Dublin which is lined with windows for a bright and illuminated space. This also contains components such as a kitchen and dining room which open to the existing home's ground floor.
The studio director, Declan Scullion shares with Dezeen, "The existing house was lacking any social heart. Although the original home had three generous ground floor reception rooms, their distance from the kitchen and garden views meant that none lent themselves to daily use, and the family would instead tend to squeeze around an undersized table in the kitchen. The long gallery was introduced to stimulate a more social home environment for the family, and act as a conduit between the existing ground floor reception rooms, hallway, and the garden."
Window-Lined Country Home Extensions
Scullion Architects Presents the New Rathdown Extension
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