Residential

Fully furnished home in exclusive Ranelagh development for €1.65m

No 11 Annesley Gardens would particularly suit buyers in search of a turnkey home in an upmarket suburb close to Dublin city centre

No 11 Annesley Gardens: property would particularly suit buyers in search of a turnkey home in an upmarket suburb close to Dublin city centre. Picture: Ronan Melia Photography

The challenges for modern day architects tasked with designing buildings in snug urban plots of land are multiple.

Fundamentally, the designs have to be economically viable; they have to satisfy strict building, planning and health and safety regulations; they have to be sustainable, appropriate and, ultimately, aesthetically pleasing, particularly if they are being built to co-exist with traditional, period or historic buildings in well-established urban areas.

Successfully meeting that brief is an enduring ask for ...