Two Stone Cottages Fused With A Glass Stairwell Enclosure

Two Stone Cottages Fused With A Glass Stairwell Enclosure

The Irish landscape was the perfect background for this mixture of cottage architecture and modern redesign. The Connemara Residence is composed of two stacked stone vernacular buildings tied together with a transparent structure housing the light-flooded staircase. The hillside was transformed under the attentive supervision of Peter Legge Associates who imagined a modern residential structure perfectly adapted to the surrounding rural countryside. The Dublin-based studio turned two degraded cottages into an inspiring single family modern residence. The dining area seems to have been cut out of the stone wall – adorned with glass bi-fold doors opening out to the terrace. This front entrance facade is pierced by a series of small windows and skylights bringing natural light inside. Combining stone and glass elements into a splendid reinterpretation of cottage living within a n atural landscape, the first photo of the Connemara Residence just became my desktop background.

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