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"Cork Rural Design Guide"

Published by Cork County Council

December 2003 | ISBN: 0-9525-8694-0 | EAN: 9 780952 586944 | 130 pp

While this book is written for anybody considering building a home in rural Cork, most of the information and advice is equally applicable for projects taking place in any part of Ireland.

The book covers:

• Site selection
  • reading the landscape
  • seeking shelter and integration
  • assessing a site's potential
  • linking with the land
• Site layout
  • twenty things to consider
  • orientation
  • mapping the sunpath
  • searching for the best site options
  • dealing with contours
  • running with the slope
  • rural gardens
  • creating boundaries
  • trees and shrubs found in Cork
  • making an entrance
• Appropriate house Design
  • contemporary rural design
  • signature characteristics of a Cork rural house
  • proportion, proportion, proportion
  • height
  • scale and form
• Good construction
  • roofs
  • chimneys
  • windows
  • dormers
  • doors
  • porches
  • conservatories / sunspaces
  • external finishes
  • stone
  • colou
• A worked example
  • bringing it together
  • preplanning
  • sketch design
  • legal notices
  • planning drawings
• Appendices

Available from your local or online bookseller.   Price € 20

Planning Department
Cork County Council
County Hall
Carrigrohane Road
IRL  Cork  4
Telephone +353 21 486 7006

www.corkcoco.ie

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