The Coach House was originally a stables that dates from the 1860s that comprised of a coach storage at ground level and a loft over. O'Daly Architects converted the coach house, which was in use as a garage, into a 2-storey house, and constructed an extension to the rear and a garden room. The level of the ground floor was lowered to give greater ceiling height to the new living/dining/kitchen area. Double glazed sliding-folding screens were fitted both to the new extension and the garden room. In summertime these are folded back to make full use of the garden. A glass pyramid over the living area brings light deep into the plan. The open-plan space is further helped by the use of polished porcelain floor tiles.

Utility cupboards line one wall of the ground floor and accommodate laundry facilities and drying area, a computer workstation and general storage. Three bedrooms and two bathrooms were added at first floor level.

We designed the front facade screen of painted timber and glazing to be in keeping with the character of the original.

Client Private
Size 120m2
Date 2010
Status Complete
Location Dublin, Ireland

This 1860s detached house was playfully remodelled to include secret doors, opening bookcases and a unexpected room in a wardrobe.

The interior of the house was opened up to the exterior by rearranging the spaces and removing an internal wall to create a dual-aspect, open-plan, kitchen and dining area. The new triangular glazed extension transformed the former cramped kitchen into a secluded garden room looking onto a tranquil Japanese-inspired garden.

Ensuites were provided for each bedroom and a hidden laundry/utility area makes clever use of a wide corridor. In the original layout, the dining room was a separate room to the rear of the house. Removing the wall between this and the front living room gave the house a whole new sense of space and light.

The finished design combines beautifully proportioned 19th Century rooms with the needs of its 21st Century inhabitants.

Client Private
Size 100m2
Date 2007
Status Complete
Location Dublin, Ireland

This house was built in the 1930’s to house the families of workers in Jacobs. We upgraded the house and transformed the ground-floor living space. A timber clad single storey extension with a roof light was constructed to the rear, forming a new kitchen-dining area off the existing living room. The original kitchen was turned into a study, with access off the entrance hall. The bathroom was reconfigured to form a guest wc and concealed utility.

The first floor, originally 3 small bedrooms, was re-designed to form two double bedrooms with a shower room en-suite and a bathroom.

The west facing rear garden was re-designed using hard landscaping and shrubbery.

Client Private
Size 120m2
Date 2010
Status Complete
Location Dublin, Ireland

This project involved the refurbishment of a Georgian building and conversion of a derelict basement into a cultural centre for the Polish Institute. Interventions were in the form of a library, meeting rooms, kitchen, bathrooms and store. The original spaces were derelict and unhabitable, requiring structural work as well as new walls, floors and doors, waterproofing, insulation and fire certification. O'Daly Architects designed the new layouts and the interior fitout, as well as the lighting design and finishes.

The resulting spaces were designed to complement and echo the Georgian style of the entire building. The new ornament, such as wainscotting, derives its form from the original ornamental language while introducing some modern twists.

Client Ognisko Polskie
Size 120m2
Date 2014 - 2018
Status Complete
Location Dublin, Ireland

Photography Paul Quinn

O'Daly Architects worked on a number of Love & Robots' shops and popup stores. Love & Robots is an interactive jewellery brand which enables customers to personalise products. The brand uses 3d printing to create products on-demand.

The idea behind the stores was to re-create the online interactive experience in a physical way. The furniture, layouts and installations were designed to be interactive and customisable. The displays also showcased the unique nature of the jewellery and 3d printing.

Client Love & Robots
Size 50m2
Date 2015
Status Complete
Location Dublin, Ireland

Photography Aisling McCoy

O'Daly Architects won an international architecture competition in 2014 to design the 1916 Citizens' Chapel in Glasnevin, Dublin.

The brief calls for a peaceful, contemplative space which will commemorate those citizens who lost their lives in the 1916 Easter Rising. The Chapel is also a place where one can grieve for and remember the recently deceased. The brief also called for a Chapel for all religions and none.

A Walled Garden

All religions and all humanity have in common a love and affinity with nature. In designing a Chapel for all religions and none, we designed the Chapel at the centre of a garden, surrounded by water pools. The design combines light, stone, water and nature to create calm and quiet spaces.

The space is also afforded privacy by the garden and wall to the south and a screen of plants and trees to the north. In this way people in the Chapel are screened from the outside world.

From Darkness into Light

The architecture of the Chapel creates a space of transition from dark to light.  From the solid, dark lobby, visitors pass into the light-filled Chapel space.  The pattern of the stone louvres starts to dissipate towards the altar, allowing the most light to enter at the catafalque.

Client Glasnevin Trust
Size 600m2
Date 2012 - present
Status On-going
Location Dublin, Ireland

O'Daly Architects was the winner of the 2012 international design competition WhyStop in Boston, MA.  

The proposed South Coast Rail extension will connect Boston city with towns in southern Massachusetts, with the town of New Bedford at the end of the line.  New Bedford also has a ferry port that links this area to the surrounding islands. This scheme proposes a pier that combines both a train station and a ferry terminal.  This solution also allows the station to be moved adjacent to the downtown area, better integrating with the existing infrastructure and reconnecting the town with the sea.

This Super-Pier would be both a transportation hub and a public amenity for New Bedford.  The pier would house a train and ferry terminal as well as provided space for landscaped parks and open markets for local food production.  It also opens up the possibility of cultural and performance spaces on the waterfront.  The pier would become a hub of activity to which visitors would have easy-access by rail, car or ferry.   In this way, a new waterfront urban centre may be defined for New Bedford ensuring its establishment as the primary infrastructural hub of southern Massachusetts and the South Coast Islands. 

Size 5000m2
Date 2012
Status On Hold
Location New Bedford, MA, USA