Camille O'Sullivan

So delighted that our labour of love of the past 9 years has been shortlisted for an Architectural RIAI award (Some pics of designs/montages I did working out the details and finishes above ;-))

This project has been dear to my heart as I spent almost 10 years of my life studying and working in the field of architecture, before becoming a singer and performer. Having spent a number of years dreaming and developing ideas of how to transform this beautiful building back into a place to live, work, play and create, which reflects its history, it was great to design again, and on site every finish, fitting, space and surface finish was carefully thought of and we were grateful for the expertise and guidance of Elizabeth Byrne Arch and Geoff Brouder in bringing this vision to fruition.

To have this opportunity to flex my design muscles again, and to see many years of design ideas brought to life has been a privilege. It was so important to me to uncover and reveal the layers of history embedded within the building, and to have these glimpses of the past, present in each room, and to embrace the flexibility of spaces that these wonderful Georgian houses offer. Before embarking on my singing career, I won an AAI Award for my project for ‘An Adaptable Room’, when I had a Architectural practise and here in this house I’ve developed this idea further on the first floor in a inscribed ‘Golden Section unit’ (system of proportions I was obsessed with in my architecture days) the repetitions of circles and squares in Georgian houses. This is dedicated to our builder Vincent Keaveney (Ramsden Construction) who worked extremely hard and patiently, with such respect creating this vision into reality …have more words included in comment below about him we loved and miss him..and just some of the ideas how they came about! 🤗(first pic is photo shop of ideas surface lights, also how lights transform changes the room)