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A farm workers’ cottage in Tipperary by Tierney Haines Architects
Dublin architects Tierney Haines are about to start building this timber cottage in Tipperary.
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The two-bed home, for workers on a stud farm, received planning permission earlier this year. "The brief was to make it as simple as possible and use timber from the farm (larch, ash, oak)", says Stephen Tierney.
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See furniture designed by Tiernes Haines in our earlier story.
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Here's some info from the architects:
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A Farm workers cottage in Tipperary
This small dwelling is for workers on a stud farm in Tipperary. There are plentiful local resources of timber and this was an important part of the brief that the house have a timber quality.
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It was stressed both by the Clients and the planners that the house needed to be very simple. However we felt that the full length rooflight provided the possiblility of creating a unified internal space that made the most of the building’s volume.
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An enlarged mezzanine (study – play area) overlooks the kitchen/dining room and sitting room joined by a small bridge. The house turns a quiet austere façade to the farmyard activities while opening up to the good views and favourable aspect to the South.
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