Business - kdpa

24th February 2021

The Packet Station, Falmouth

With spring around the corner, the aspiration to eat outdoors is getting stronger by the day. After months spent cooped up inside and abiding by lockdown restrictions, diners across the country are eager to get outside.

Whilst the hospitality sector is beginning to reopen our outside areas in the week commencing 12th April, kdpa is pleased to announce that planning approval has been granted for the proposed rooftop for the Falmouth pub, The Packet Station. The design for the roof garden, while protected on four sides from the elements has additional heating at the tables with plenty of seating for comfortable social distancing and offers guests al fresco dining experience that they may have been craving for a while.

28th January 2021

15 years!

12.01.21 was the start of our 15th year of business, what a great milestone!
And a big positive in this strange time! Hopefully, we can celebrate later in the year!

18th December 2020

Keavan’s Port Hotel, Bar & Restaurant, Dublin

Our latest project in Dublin is nearing completion. The complex includes the restoration of a Georgian terrace comprising eight former houses and two new hotel blocks added to the rear of the site to form 89 guest bedrooms and a 10,000sqft bar/restaurant.

The scheme invites patrons and hotel guests to explore and enjoy a seemingly endless and often surprising warren of rooms and contrasting spaces, include the Georgian terrace bar rooms and the chapel dining room. An atrium bar area is designed as a central plaza to the development, overlooking the main courtyard garden.

17th December 2020

Looking back…….Keavan’s Port

With the project and 2020 coming to an end, it felt like a good time to take a look back at the early days of the construction.

The existing buildings on the site had varying degrees of dilapidation. This early shot frames a piece of an original Georgian staircase balustrade set against the wall paper to give a sense of its former life. The tape covering a hole in the wall gives away the unfortunate reality.

Parts of the existing terrace of Georgian houses had suffered from severe dilapidation and neglect., this image captured the worst of the effects on one of the staircases. All of the original staircases have since been reconstructed/restored.

Demolition work to the rear of the site revealed an original arched coaching entrance.

‘The chapel in the air’ This extraordinary view was captured whilst excavation was taking place.

‘Last man standing’ With excavation complete the chapel stood alone watching over the site.

‘Reclaiming the ground’ with the foundations in place the superstructure began, at this stage the site read as a landscape of reinforcement bars.

Scaffolding filled both the inside and the main courtyard, creating a dynamic and enhanced perspective to this view from the atrium