![One Up Two Down / Mccullough Mulvin Architects - Windows, Brick, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/591e/4127/e58e/cef3/1700/0291/newsletter/4390-54.jpg?1495154950)
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Architects: Mccullough Mulvin Architects
- Area: 170 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Photographs:Christian Richters
![One Up Two Down / Mccullough Mulvin Architects - Windows, Fence, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/591e/4222/e58e/cef3/1700/0297/newsletter/4390-77.jpg?1495155202)
One Up Two Down is an urban courtyard house in central Dublin built on a very tight budget; the site was carved out of an existing plot along the filled-in branch of the Royal Canal near Phibsborough.
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![One Up Two Down / Mccullough Mulvin Architects - Table, Chair, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/591e/4002/e58e/cef3/1700/028a/newsletter/4390-48.jpg?1495154654)
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The scheme fills the rectangular site and works to maximise open space- a walled and stepped front garden, the main rooms with bedrooms below and living space over, an internal courtyard and a studio to the rere. The roof offers another garden space. The facade bricks from the original ruined house were retained and used to build the front façade.
![One Up Two Down / Mccullough Mulvin Architects - Deck](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/591e/3f42/e58e/ce9f/9e00/00cf/newsletter/4390-46.jpg?1495154466)