15.08.23-22.08.23
Event Information
Event Information
New Life for Old Buildings webinar
27.07.23
6:30 – 7:45 pm
Free
Registration required
The New Life for Old Buildings webinar is for anyone interested in the process of bringing a vacant property back into use. This webinar is a rare opportunity to hear from three property owners who are engaged in this process, as well as hear about some of the practical supports available to you.
This event is part of the New Life for Old Buildings project, which organised a series of site visits to renovation projects in Dún Laoghaire, Cloughjordan and Limerick city. The New Life for Old Buildings site visit series was aimed at sharing knowledge among those who are bringing vacant properties back into use. Each site visit was hosted by a property owner who is undertaking their own project, and gave those who attended a chance to swap tips, woes (and joys!), and learn from each other. The webinar brings these renovator-hosts together to share their experiences and provide insight into the challenges, learnings and benefits such projects bring.
New Life for Old Buildings webinar
27 July 2023, 6:30-7:45 pm
Free
Registration required. Register on Zoom here.
This is the final event in the current New Life for Old Buildings series, which forms part of the IAF’s Reimagine placemaking programme. To watch the opening seminar or short videos from the site visits – highlighting practical takeaways – visit the New Life for Old Buildings video archive on the Reimagine website.
Architect Caelan Bristow has been renovating a stone house from c. 1800 in Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary since 2018. The building is a 3-storey stone terrace house with two shops at ground floor. Previous unsympathetic renovations were removed, and modern features were introduced including a large open plan living/dining room. Building works included a full energy retrofit using healthy building principles, breathable materials and a renewable energy system including ASHP and MVHR.
This building has undergone many transformations, having served as a provisions shop for boats, a wedding dress shop, an electronics shop, a medical supply store, and a Tibetan meditation centre, among other things. It has had two major renovations in which the basement was rendered uninhabitable and all historical features were removed. The current owners bought the house in 2021 as a commercial property and are giving it another life by restoring its residential purpose, room by room, window by window, layer by layer… with some surprises along the way!
Returned emigrant and Chartered Surveyor Nick Taaffe has been converting an empty barbershop, joining a number of other homes on his street which until recently were commercial units.
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