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Polysmiths designs Cork House featuring cork-lined living spaces
Architecture studio Polysmiths utilised cork panels to clad inside and external surfaces at Cork Residence in east London, which was designed working with materials available for the duration of the Covid-19 lockdown. Polysmiths director Charles Wu adopted the roles of architect, consumer and developer for the Cork Property project, which he intended as a residence for himself and his partner. Cork Residence was created by Polysmiths Wu obtained a rectangular brownfield plot in Forest Gate in 2020 and established about producing designs for a 3-bedroom home that was to be created working with regular blockwork and timber frame building. Lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic led to a scarcity of products…
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House Hunting in Ireland: Bayside Serenity in County Cork for $1.3 Million
A Three-Bedroom Bayfront Home in Southern Ireland $1.3 MILLION (1.35 MILLION EUROS) This three-bedroom ranch house, known as the Courtyard, sits on a 0.78-acre lot overlooking Bantry Bay, a long inlet on the southwest coast of Ireland. The roughly 3,500-square-foot house, built about 25 years ago, is one of a handful of homes off a narrow wooded lane near Glengarriff, a village of 250 residents in County Cork, about 215 miles southwest of Dublin. Gates open to a gravel parking court in front of the house. The calm bay waters leading to the Atlantic Ocean are visible across the yard, which rolls gently down a slate stepping path to a…
