The Irish Times

This extension is on the rear of a classic Edwardian house with its pretty façade that represents the peaceful, idyllic pre-first World War mood. There's the stained glass window over the door and the sloping tiled roof at first floor level; part of the Edwardian penchant for adorning facades with added flourishes. There are tinges of the Arts and Craft movement here, espoused by William Morris and his ilk, as well as the English country style of Edwin Lutyens, that were all popular when this house was built. After the war Modernism and the International style took hold and the adornments to houses that grew from the Victorian era onwards were swiped, leaving the essential form of a house, often in white, whose internal spaces flowed in open plans, without the restrictions of blockwork walls as the main supports. This house, near the centre of Dublin, offers a glimpse of both worlds. You enter in the Edwardian era and emerge into a rear extension that speaks of Modernism. The experience is of moving from a cosy nest-like space to a brilliantly bright room. Humans thrive on a choice of both.