Project
Niche Living, Ballsbridge
Architect
HKR Architects
Main Contractor
Townlink Construction
Developer:
Bartra
Glazing Contractor
TEROCO Windows & Doors
Glazing System
VELFAC V200 Edge Thermally Broken Bi-Modular System
Completion 2025
Located within one of Dublin’s most established urban neighbourhoods, Niche Living, Ballsbridge is a contemporary residential development that combines a carefully considered architectural response with high standards of construction, detailing and building-envelope performance.
Developed by Bartra and designed by HKR Architects, the scheme responds to its prominent Ballsbridge setting through a refined architectural language characterised by clean geometry, carefully proportioned openings and a restrained material palette.
The composition of the façades establishes a clear rhythm across the development, with the glazing forming an important component of the overall elevation strategy. Window and door openings are integrated within the architectural grid to provide consistency and visual order while maximising natural daylight within the apartments.
Internally, the residential layouts have been designed to make efficient use of space while maintaining a strong relationship with the external environment. Generous areas of glazing introduce daylight deep into the accommodation and provide residents with a greater visual connection to the surrounding urban context.
TEROCO Windows & Doors was responsible for the detailing, supply and installation of the window and door systems throughout the development.
The glazing package was developed in close coordination with the wider façade construction, ensuring that window and door interfaces were carefully resolved as part of the overall building envelope.
Particular attention was given to junctions between the glazing systems and adjacent façade materials, where accuracy in setting-out, weathering and installation was essential to maintaining both the architectural intent and long-term performance of the envelope.
The selected systems combine slender sightlines with the levels of thermal, acoustic and weather performance required for a high-quality urban residential development. Their restrained appearance allows the glazing to sit naturally within the elevations without competing with the wider architectural composition.
Large glazed areas also make an important contribution to the environmental quality of the apartments, increasing access to natural light while helping create bright and visually open living spaces.
• High levels of natural daylight
• Refined and consistent façade sightlines
• Thermal and acoustic performance
• Carefully resolved façade interfaces
• Long-term durability and weather resistance
• Bright, comfortable internal living spaces
For a residential project of this scale, the quality of the completed façade relies not only on the performance of individual components but on the successful coordination of the interfaces between them.
Careful detailing of window perimeters, thresholds, cills, heads and adjoining construction helped maintain continuity across the building envelope while supporting the required levels of thermal and weather performance.
The glazing package was coordinated with the project team throughout the construction process to ensure that architectural requirements, site tolerances and installation sequencing were fully considered prior to completion.
This approach allowed the finished windows and doors to become an integrated part of the architecture rather than simply applied components.
Delivered by Townlink Construction, Niche Living demonstrates a consistently high standard of execution across the external envelope, internal accommodation and shared residential spaces.
Beyond the individual apartments, communal areas and resident amenities form an important part of the overall scheme, reinforcing the development’s emphasis on creating a cohesive residential environment within a dense urban setting.
Material selection, construction quality and long-term durability were central considerations throughout the project, supporting a development designed to retain both its architectural character and operational performance over time.
Niche Living, Ballsbridge demonstrates the importance of integrating glazing design within the wider architectural and technical development of the façade.
Through the considered relationship between proportion, materiality, daylight, detailing and building-envelope performance, the completed development delivers a contemporary architectural response appropriate to its prominent Dublin setting.
The collaboration between Bartra, HKR Architects, Townlink Construction and TEROCO Windows & Doors has resulted in a carefully resolved residential scheme in which the window and door package contributes equally to the architectural expression, environmental quality and long-term performance of the building
Niche Living, Ballsbridge stands as a strong example of the continuing evolution of residential design in Dublin, combining architecture, performance and community within a carefully considered urban development.
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