An oasis of calm right on track in leafy Ranelagh

It’s a bit of a cliche when architects say a house’s design features came about as a result of the site — if it’s not a truism, it’s a way of explaining why some awkward, glaring feature is evident from the get-go.
But, in this just-extended Dublin suburban home right by a LUAS line, the compromises dictated by the site resulted in design quirks that are engaging and worth emulating in their own right.