Facts Building type: Single-family home Client: Laura and Alan Jones, Randalstown, United Kingdom Architect: Alan Jones, Director of Eductaion (Architecture), Queen’s University Belfast, GB Location: Randalstown, Antrim, United Kingdom
Left The only residential building amidst public buildings – the Old Congregation Presbyterian Church, its attendant parish hall and cemetery, the Anglican Drummaul Parish Church and the meeting halls of the local Masonic lodge and the Orange Order surround the Jones’ plot of land. Below left Double-height air spaces provide diagonal crossviews through the levels and allow daylight to penetrate down to the kitchen, which is located on the ground floor.
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Daylight-filled rooms open up under the black roof cladding. In the bathroom, a cleverly positioned mirror strengthens the impression of open space.
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ELEVATION ELEVATION
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