Gardens - kdpa

26th April 2021

The Swan Hotel

The Swan Hotel

Located within the picturesque market town of Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire The Swan Hotel has been a landmark building for nearly two hundred years.

Nestled within the courtyard of this Grade II listed building kdpa created an English country garden for guests to enjoy an external dining experience in amongst the lush foliage and traditional planting – a relaxing oasis away from the hustle and bustle of the high street.

Photography: © Pippa Hudson Photography

26th April 2021

The Royal Enfield

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The Royal Enfield

When designing a garden terrace for an existing bar & restaurant a challenging sloping site and sensitive party walls led kdpa to think vertically. Working closely with structural engineers kdpa designed a series of raised platforms to utilize the full extent of a landlocked courtyard.

Traditional structures and planting were used to complete the illusion of a mature garden with surrounding trees adding to the feeling of peaceful isolation.

Photography: © Pippa Hudson Photography

26th April 2021

The Cerdic

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The Cerdic

For The Cerdic public house in Chard kdpa created a garden with a sense of space that belied the long narrow restrictions of the plot of land on which it was situated.

Pergolas, screens and lush green planting were used to break up the plot into outdoor ‘rooms’ that restricted vison to maintain the illusion of space and to created varied and intimate dining spaces for customers to enjoy.

Chard’s first cinema was set up in the Corn Exchange (now the Guildhall). Known as the Exchange Cinema, it was operated by Watford Family Pictures Co., and didn’t outlast the silent era.

The Cerdic cinema was named after the first King of Wessex. Whilst some doubt that he ever existed, others are convinced that he founded the town of Chard, and lived in a palace on the site of the Grammar School.

Photography: © Pippa Hudson Photography

18th December 2020

Keavan’s Port

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Keavan’s Port
Camden Street, Dublin

Located in central Dublin, the new hotel, bar and restaurant is forged from a collection of existing and new buildings. A terrace of protected Georgian houses, forms the primary front elevation, whilst two new hotel blocks flank a retained chapel building to the rear. The development is linked together by a triple height glass atrium, creating an internal central ‘plaza’ space.

Two courtyard gardens occupy the space between the new and historic buildings, the larger of which takes on the design strategy of a series of ‘back yards’ to the Georgian terrace. The site comprises 89 guest bedroom together with approximately 10,000sqft of bar/ restaurant area spread across the complex.

street elevation, montage, panorama, shopfront, design, architecture, heritage,

Hotel atrium, glass, hotel design, interior design, architecture, pub

pub shopfront, design, architecture, signage, dublin, keavans port

pub enetrance, keavans port, design, pub design, architecture, interior design

old and new, architecture, design, connection, heritage, chapel

feature staircase, feature lighting, interior design, mirrors, stained glass, windows

pub design, hotel design, restaurant design, hospitality

bar design, restaurant, hotel, pub, design, feature staircase, concrete, spiral, mid-century modern

pub design, bar, interior design, keavans port, dublin

beer garden, terrace, hotel, design, architecture, atrium, design, keavans port

beer garden, terrace, garden design, discovery

chainsaw sculpture, sculpture, design, artwork, beer garden

beer garden, community engagement, artwork, history, design