Derham Barry Architects

DERHAM BARRY ARCHITECTSFounded 2003

Commercial and Domestic Design

Planning

Feasibility Studies

Building Energy Rating

Low Energy Design and Retro-fit

Conservation

Interior Design

Project Management

RIAI Membership

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A Director is always point of contact with Clients.

Flexibility – contract staff

DirectorsPaul Barry B.Arch MRIAIPreviously spent 9 years with A+D Wejchert Architect working on large commercial projects.

Paul Derham B.Arch Sc. Dip. Arch.Previously spent 10 years with Henry J. Lyons, Sam Stephenson, Gilroy McMahon and A+D Wejchert Architect working on large commercial projects.

Mixed use Commercial BuildingsDerham Barry Architects

Grainger Development,

Malahide Road, Clontarf.This mixed use development comprises the demolition of a collection of old existing buildings and the construction of a replacement bar and lounge, new office suites and retail units, apartments and townhouses. There is basement parking and a communal garden to the rear.

Planning Permission Received.

Area: 2490 m²

Grainger Development,

Coolock Village.This mixed use development comprises the demolition of the existing bar and lounge and the re-use of the site and its associated car park.

Right at the centre of Coolock Village, we have been able to provide a more civic scaled building compared to the existing sprawling single-storey bar.

A good mix of uses was proposed including a new, smaller bar, retail units, a health clinic, apartments and townhouses.

Planning Permission Received.

Area: 2566 m²

Chester House Hotel,

North Circular Road, PhibsboroThis project involves the demolition of an existing pastiche Georgian building and the construction of a contemporary new hotel. It is to incorporate the three adjoining Georgian shops/houses.

Parking is accessed through a new archway in one of the old buildings and a large bedroom block is situated to the rear.

Our building deliberately breaks the current 2-storey parapet line to announce its presence on the street and to highlight to entrance.

Although clearly contemporary, the proportions of the new front elevation reflect the form and proportion of the surrounding Georgian houses and windows

We also propose creating a pleasant paved and landscaped area in front of the hotel to replace the current casual parking on the footpath. A new café will address this space.

New Urban Hotel (Planning Permission received)

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Photomontage of new hotel in context

Front street perspective

Front street perspective

The site is a long narrow site running North - South, parallel to the road and the River Brosna. The proposed building follows the shape of the site to provide all occupants with a relationship to the river and the proposed park alongside.

The building form is composed of two main blocks of office space curved in different directions to offer a softer physical form to the riverside and to offer a more dynamic elevation to the public road. The scale of the building will be visually reduced and interest added to its skyline by its curved form and stepping up of the North wing. A natural stone clad gable and similarly clad ‘pop-out’ conference rooms will contrast with the curved glass and aluminium curtain wall elevations with their striking vertical brise-soleil. The brise-soleil will accentuate the curved form and help demonstrate the sustainable thinking behind the building. While the main building facades are sensibly faceted on a small module, the blades of the bris soleil can take the pure form of a curve, further accentuating its dynamic form.

Internally, one enters the building at its heart, where there is a generous full height staircase with large clear glazed wall facing the external spaces and the linear park and river.

This project was done in conjunction with A+D Wejchert Architects

Decentralised Department Office – PPP CompetitionDerham Barry Architects

We were asked to come up with a proposal for a narrow, long site comprising part of the old tram track and embankment at the start of Howth Village.

We inserted a long ‘solid’ block clad in brick (reminiscent of railway architecture) in a similar scale to the existing stone bridge abutment and the listed Bloody Stream. This is proposed for use as a retail unit which only requires windows to the front.

Above this we placed a lightweight structure with a curved roof containing a restaurant which will look over the beer garden of The Bloody Stream and the Dart line towards the sea.

This is entered through a lightweight glass atrium which separates the new building from the existing stone abutment.

The existing archway under the abutment is to be re-opened and used as a small coffee shop that can be accessed either from the atrium or the Howth Road.

The restaurant is also linked to a new deck placed carefully on top of the old abutment and provides a south facing terrace.

Mixed-use infill project in Howth VillageSketch plan showing access to the various elements of the proposal and the view from the restaurant

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'neon' restaurant, Camden Street, Dublin 6(Completed in April 2012) Derham Barry Architects

This is a typical site in Howth – a sloped site with a South facing elevation to the road and North facing sea views to the rear.

The sloped site means that we have a three storey elevation to the rear and two-storey elevation to the front – the flat roof enables a full first floor whilst not exceeding the height of neighbouring houses.

We use a double height entrance atrium to bring sunlight deep into the house and the rear living room.

At entrance level, we propose an open-plan kitchen / dining room which stretches from front to rear receiving sunlight from the front and having sea views towards the pier to the rear.

In this case, as the main kitchen areas are a full floor above the garden, we designed the living room as a storey and a half space which acts as a halfway link between levels and provides a dramatic internal space with super views over Howth pier.

Detached house on Thormanby Road, Howth(Completed March 2010) Derham Barry Architects

Front view

Central Atrium

Living room open to the kitchen / dining room but half a storey below to address an external terrace and capture views of Howth Pier Photo overlooking Living Room

The challenge on this site was to insert a 4-storey apartment block into a densely wooded site on a hill in the heart of a suburban residential area.

Great care was taken to slot the building into the landscape and maximise the distant sea views and sunshine for the inhabitants whilst not adversely affecting any neighbouring private gardens.

This development also includes a large new house beside the apartments with a similar palette of materials.

Portmarnock Residential Development (Planning Permission Granted)

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A typical existing semi-detached was house extended to the side and rear to provide 2 new bedrooms at first floor and a generous open-plan kitchen/dining/living space addressing the garden to the rear.

Extension and Refurbishment of 1940s House, Mount Merrion Derham Barry Architects

Original House

New open plan living area to the rear

New Front Elevation New Rear Elevation

New full height ceiling in new master

bedroom

‘Defensive’, Howth stone, north facing front elevation to road with over scaled ground floor to reduce the scale of the house – it is replacing a dormer bungalow in this sensitive site. The low zinc roof meant that the new house was no higher than the previous house and would block no more of the view of the sea from Thormanby Road.

The sloping site allowed a three-storey elevation to the rear – to the sun and view. The visual height of the large house reduced by using horizontal banding of materials – timber over render over Howth stone.

Generous amount of glazing to the rear allowing sunlight in and expansive views of Dublin Bay

New house near the Bailey – completed Dec 06

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Internally, the large open-plan living area has a high ceiling with a high strip of glazing which permits extensive glazing to the South and glimpses of the mature trees surrounding the house as well as providing privacy while giving a generous amount of lighting and feeling of space

This was a typical situation where the owners of a large detached house want to downsize into a new house in the large rear garden, accessing the new house with a driveway past the main house. In this case the Client had tried before and failed to get planning permission for a dormer bungalow. Therefore, we approached this design as an ‘invisible house’ which carefully hides the house and it’s external spaces from the main house and neighbouring properties while introducing as much sunlight and views as possible to the new house.

Back Garden Development – Planning permission received

View from upper living area to rear

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Extension and remodelling of semi-detached house in BalgriffinDerham Barry Architects

Photo of house before the extension

Photos of completed extension to side and rear

This project comprised of a new family house in the garden of an old Coastguards cottage on the seafront in Portmarnock. The cottage itself underwent extensive renovation.

Although, the new house adopts a traditional form, it will be detailed as a contemporary dwelling.

The open plan living areas were positioned to benefit from the sunlight and sea views. A sun-filled double height space links the ground floor kitchen / dining / living with a mezzanine above providing panoramic views around Dublin Bay.

The old cottage had half it’s roof raised to create a new master bedroom. A contemporary dormer frames a view of Lambay Island.

Pair of houses on Coast Road, Portmarnock(Completed in May 2011) Derham Barry Architects

Front view

New house - View over void to mezzanine

Extended and remodelled cottage

Photo of new house

Photo taken from the Coast Road new house and refurbished / extended cottage

Derham Barry ArchitectsHouse on a cliff, Balscadden, Howth – On site and due for completion in October 2012

An existing end-of terrace cottage is to be rebuilt in its existing form with the main body of the house designed in a contrasting contemporary style. The living room is expressed as a large volume perched on the hill and steps up to act as a visual link between the single storey cottages and its 2-storey neighbour.

To the front, a walled garden and terrace off the living room make use of the Southerly sunshine while extensive glazing to the rear exploits the dramatic views over Balscadden Beach.

Internally, there is generous open plan living areas across the rear of the house with the views. A dramatic cantilevered balcony extends out from the dining area. The re-built cottage is used as a study / guest room with the bedrooms located below with terraces out on the cliff-top.

At the last minute the Client asked us to reduce the overall height of the building as part of discussions with the next door neighbour and the project passed smoothly through the planning process.

Computer generated image of the front of the house showing a sunny courtyard behind the front wall

Computer generated image of the rear of the house

Living room angled to maximise views of the pier and Lambay

Site photo in May 2012

This proposed 2-storey over basement house replaces an existing dormer bungalow.

The aim was to open up the rear of the house to the spectacular view over the Bailey Lighthouse and Dublin Bay and to absorb the sunlight.

The front of the house is deliberately solid with the view revealing itself as you come through the house. The plan of the house has been rotated on the site so that the lighthouse is aligned with the entrance.

A combination off a super-insulated envelope and the generous provision of solar water and photo-voltaic panels will ensure that this house achieves a high A-rating.

Bailey–view house, Howth (Recently completed)

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Site location

Site photos from June – this house was completed last week