Dolmen House

The Dolmen House rests on a commanding site on top of a hill overlooking Lough Swilly, Donegal and Derry. The concept was driven by nearby ancient monuments and the intention was that this house should hold a strong presence in the countryside as they do.

The flat crowning stone which lies on this Dolmen has been interpreted in the design as a substantial volume that contains the bedrooms of the house on the first floor. The exterior of this solid first floor that has been clad entirely in fibre cement panels stands above an extensively glazed ground floor.

A solid stone volume used on the ground floor interrupts the glazed translucency and appears to help suspend the first floor above impersonating a dolmen. The stones used on the ground floor facade and entrance walls were gathered from nearby walls that once divided the surrounding fields of a family farm.