Located in the heart of Dublin, Ireland, the Flynn Mews House seamlessly integrates into and celebrates its historic urban fabric. Sharing ground with an 1847 coach house, the design for this residence highlights and reframes the site through an unabashedly contemporary gesture that honors history while adding to it a distinctly new architectural strain.

The house comprises two volumes that flank an interior sunken courtyard, creating a dynamic sequencing of exterior and interior spaces that is highly atypical in urban Dublin.

A contemporary glass bridge is suspended across the central void. The staggering of two masses highlights the preserved wall. Overlooking the interstitial courtyard, the historic façade is reflected and refracted across the contemporary glazed forms that surround it.

As part of the Dublin Green Building Pilot Program, the Flynn Mews House utilizes a significant amount of sustainable measures achieved through a holistic design approach: recycled and high performance materials, solar panels for domestic water heating, and radiant floors heated by an underground pump system that incorporates gray water.