The extension to a 50’s house in Dublin – an unusual house with a transparent roof by the team GKMP Architects

Designing a house with a transparent roof in Dublin

This semi-detached house with a small courtyard sits in Silchester Park in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. It was built in 1950. and needed a little improvement, more precisely – modernization. The owners decided to turn an old duplex into an unusual, beautiful, bright house. The team of GKMP Architects, invited to renovate the building, decided to create a modern extension to the old part of the house. The small, stylish and elegant outbuilding was a great addition to the old building. In addition, to provide a visual connection with the garden, landscape designers carefully planted sedum bushes on the roof of the extension.

Designing a house with a transparent roof in Dublin

The walls of the extension is decorated in some places with terracotta tiles, which looks like brickwork. This gives the building a traditional Irish look.

The interior of a house with a transparent roof in Dublin
The interior of a house with a transparent roof in Dublin
Interior of a house with a transparent roof in Dublin

Where the new part of the house connects to the old part of the house, a lantern is installed to illuminate the addition. This idea is similar to the Japanese design of the house with light walls. We loved this unusual windowless house with a transparent roof and reflective walls, and you?

Plan of a house with a transparent roof in Dublin
Plan of a house with a transparent roof in Dublin

Photo courtesy of Alice Clancy.

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