Cornamona Court

The 61-unit development comprises two elements; a four- and five-storey block extends the full length of the site, creating a strong frontage to Kylemore Road, while the courtyard garden behind is lined by a terrace of two-storey houses to the rear of the site.

The own-door duplex units along the Kylemore Road have stepped approaches from the public street and accessible entrances from the courtyard. The upper-level apartments have deck-access from two lift / stair cores which also have both street and courtyard entrances.  There is a ground-floor communal facility for residents at the city end of the development, and a semi-basement car park extends the length of the site beneath the courtyard.

The project utilises strategies such as self-condensing boilers, PV solar panels, heat recovery systems, and a highly-insulated fabric to achieve an ‘A’ building energy rating, as well as compliance with NZEB regulations.

Developing the language of PKA’s earlier inner-city projects for DCC, the well-proportioned brick architecture of the scheme aims to provide a tenure-neutral architecture that will provide residents with a sense of pride in where they live – now and into the future. 

A core objective for the scheme was to rehouse older tenants of council-owned houses into purpose-designed apartments within their neighbourhood, and in 2023, Cornamona Court won the Age Friendly Housing Award at the Age Friendly Ireland Awards. The project also won the RIAI Award for Best Public Housing in 2024.