NEW PRE FUNCTION ROOM AT BUNRATTY CASTLE HOTEL
THE NEW FUNCTION ROOM AT THE BUNRATTY CASTLE HOTEL IS A LONG AWAITED ADDITION TO THE WELL ESTABLISHED HOTEL THAT OPERATES ON THE BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC GROUNDS OVERLOOKING THE BUNRATTY CASTLE ABOVE THE RALTY RIVER.
THE DESIGN REQUIRED A PAVILION STYLED, LOW LYING STRUCTURE THAT CAN OFFER PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE HOTEL GROUNDS AND ESTABLISH A STRONG VISUAL CONNECTION TO THE CASTLE BEYOND THE TREES.
FINISHED IN NATIVE STONE AND TIMBER SITTING ALONGSIDE GLAZED PANELS THE STRUCTURE AND TERRACE PROVIDE EXCITING VIEWS OF THE ADJACENT BUNRATTY CASTLE.
THE BUILDING IS GROUNDED BY A FAIRFACED CONCRETE PLINTH WHICH EMERGES FROM GROUND AS THE SITE FALLS AWAY TO THE EAST
WALLS ARE CONSTRUCTED FROM LARGE SLENDER GLAZED WINDOWS, DIVIDED BY A SERIES OF TIMBER POSTS WHICH FORM A COLONNADE ALONG THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING.
THE PAVILION WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROVIDING THE HOTEL WITH A LARGE CONNECTED SPACE FOR FORMAL ENGAGEMENTS AND WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE REFURBISHMENT OF THE EXISTING BALLROOM, A NEW TERRACE AND BAR.
THIS HIGH END CONTEMPORARY NEW ADDITION IS EXPRESSED EXTENSIVELY BY ITS LARGE OVERHANGING FLAT ROOF WHICH FLOATS UNTETHERED BEYOND THE EXTREMITIES OF THE BUILDING, CREATING A SENSE OF ARRIVAL ON APPROACH AND IT PERFECTLY COMPLEMENTS THE EXISTING HOTEL WHILST BEING SYMPATHETIC TO THE HERITAGE OF THE AREA.
