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Residential Developments

Student Accommodation Development

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Size: 4,000m2

Demesne Architects were commissioned to prepare designs for a 115 bed student accommodation development, which will also feature a public restaurant and plaza. Each en-suite student accommodation room is self contained. There are both cooking facilities within rooms as well as a number of communal kitchens for social cooking and dining as well as numerous recreation spaces. Students will also benefit from an on site gym and cafe.

The project site is in a sensitive location, being part of an architectural conservation area. There is a prominent protected structure on part of it. The contemporary contrasting design philosophy has been well received by the Council’s Architectural Division. Demesne are currently progressing the project through the planning process

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Estate Housing Developments

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Area: 17 acres

We have particular experience in both the design and delivery of estate housing within the practice. We maximise density, reviewing the development plan, whilst cognisant of the massive current Irish Residential Demand.

The appropriate mix of amenities are introduced and from the outset, we review services capacity. Designs feature a spread of unit sizes to cater for whole life living.

Our senior construction manager has designed and delivered numerous housing estate projects and maintains a very active role in both the design and construction, to ensure quality and value.

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Glendale Mixed Use Residential, Carlow

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Area: 17 acres

Glendale Residential Estate in Carlow is a mixed use retirement village featuring nursing home, sheltering houses and residential units.

The design takes advantage of the steeply sloping contours to maximise views, always conscious of the need to maintain level access throughout to cater for the residents potentially reduced mobility.

The project was well received by the planners and had a smooth journey through to grant of permission. Our construction manager, Ciaran Mulhall oversaw the project from the outset and delivered this successful development.

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Dundrum View Apartments, Dublin

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Size: 8000m2

We were appointed to deliver this striking 80 apartment development on a key site in South Dublin.  The design takes advantage of the steeply sloping contours and features two levels of basement parking below a podium. The complex is located in close proximity to Dundrum Shopping Centre and the Project’s striking palette of materials and form make this an iconic landmark building and distinguishes it from other developments in the area, thus allowing rental yield to be maximised.

This project struggled commercially due to the economic downturn and had not achieved statutory compliance or completion. We were re-engaged initially by the bank receiver who took charge of the asset and subsequently the purchasing investor, who is currently managing the completed asset.

We liaised directly with the statutory authorities and agreed a detailed schedule of works to ensure statutory compliance would be achieved. We implemented a detailed inspection regime in line with the dictates of the new BCAR regulations to ensure that we could certify compliance with relevant legislation, upon final completion. The project is successfully complete, fully certified and fully occupied.

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Croke Villas Development, Dublin

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Area: 18,700m2

We were invited to join a design team for an urban regeneration competition in North Central Dublin organised by Dublin City Council. Working with a second architect on the site of Croke Villas in the shadow of Croke Park, the brief called for a highly efficient masterplan to provide 160 new dwellings and new community facilities for existing tenants and to regenerate the locality.

The site was bound to the south by the canal, to the west by Croke Park and by typical 2-storey residential development to the north.

The response was a reasoned approach where historically accepted urban design features were employed to define both private and public space –streets, squares and avenues described the design and allow the sun to penetrate to the very rear of the site. 

Having been successfully selected as preferred bidder, the project was stalled due to lack of funding.

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Carton Demesne, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

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Size: Various

Demesne are the presiding architects at the beautiful Carton Demesne Development, in Maynooth, County Kildare. Carton house was one of Ireland’s greatest stately homes and one time ancestral seat of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster. Carton Demesne runs to 1,100 acres (4.5 km²). For two hundred years it possessed the finest example in Ireland of a Georgian-created parkland landscape.

Demesne are involved in numerous projects and initiatives on the estate, both of a commercial and residential nature. We recently secured an amended planning permission for additional detached houses at Temple Woods, a luxurious development of 32 houses on individual 1 acre sites. We are currently overseeing the delivery of this development.

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