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Phil Coffey

/  012 / HOUSE ONE / Whistler Street / 2008

The modern cottage. A three bedroomed, terraced property
located in a conservation area the existing structure has been
renovated to link with its past whilst incorporating modern amenities.
A sunken living space facing west enjoys the evening sun
and captures solar gain to heat the house.

A mix of modern and traditional materials creates a
gravitas and delicacy to the internal spaces incuding
in-situ concrete, stripped brickwork and glass and oak stairs.

Location / Islington, London - N1
Construction Budget / £180K
On site works / 9 Months
Contract / Traditional contract - JCT98

Daily Telegraph Best House Renovation Award 2008. Find out more...

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Whistler
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/  018 / HOUSE TWO / Ardeevin / ON SITE

A detached five bedroom family house overlooking Roches Point lighthouse in Cork Harbour, Ireland. The accommodation is laid out to take advantage of the spectacular views to the sea.

Local stone, opaque black glass and stainless steel detailing.


Location / Crosshaven - Ireland
Construction Budget / £750K
Site Works / 12 months
Contract / Construction Management


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Crosshaven
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/  032 / HOUSE THREE / Corsica Street / 2006

A 9m high space to the rear of a victorian terrace offers this
property a grandeur that is unexpected. Light floods in from
a clerestory window through levels into a child / kitchen
space in the lowest level.


The house is simply and clearly detailed in oak, plaster
and structural glass to provide peaceful spaces which
enjoy social connections for the family


Location / Islington, London N5
Construction Budget / £220K
Site Works / 9 Months
Contract / Construction Management


Featured in Evening Standard. Homes and Property.


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Corsica
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/  024 / CITY MONUMENT / Kite / 2008

The ride of your life. A city event takes prospective buyers on a ride high on the Liverpool skyline. The ride docks in the 'Kite' where an audio-visual experience overlays the past and future of Liverpool over the present city beyond.

Eco-resin and steel mesh create the Kites form tied back to the ground by stainless steel ties.


Location / Liverpool - UK
International Competition for Urban Splash

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Kite
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/  033 / HOUSING ONE / Skye Edge / 2007

A large scale urban development of one, two and three bedroom units located on a prominent hill overlooking the city of Sheffield. The proposal erodes the edge between the existing post war housing development and the landscape to the South and west.


A linear park from the city connects the existing estate on a route to some of the medieval destinations of Sheffield.

Location / Sheffield - UK
International Competition
for Urban Splash

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Skye Edge
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/  048 / APARTMENT TWO / Grosvenor Avenue / 2005

An apartment renovation allows light to permeate throughout the property affording views to the urban square to the front and to the gardens behind. En-suite facilities and decked areas are formed in tight spaces to optimise possibilitiies for different uses.

Location / Islington, London - N5
Construction Budget / £45K
On site works / TBC
Contract / JCT 98


Featured in Evening Standard. Homes and Property.


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Grosvenor
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/  055 / THEATRE TWO / Repton School / CURRENT

A new foyer and theatre space. The single storey glazed extension accommodates a bar and a central tower with a music stage at its base. This tower also draws air through the space and creates a new marker in the town connecting previous disparate elements.

Location / Repton - UK
In association with Avery Associates Architects


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Repton
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/  120 / RETAIL FIT-OUT / Jura / 2007

The Jura mountains in Switzerland are the home for the manufacturers of high end swiss movements for watches. The mountains are unique in their folded form replicated here in blast formed stainless steel walls.

A retail event which occurs every hour on the hour. The prospective buyer is transported to these mountains through digital media to reinforce the JURA brand and create a destination in the city.


Location / Central London

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Jura
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/  062 / APARTMENT ONE / Calabria Road / 2006

A complete renovation of an end of terrace property and its single storey addition to the rear, formerly a working carpenters studio. Large oak sections are used to conceal glazing frames and zinc cladding provides a striking element to oppose the beautiful brickwork of the adjoining properties.


Location / Islington, London N1
Construction Budget / £75K
On site works / 7 Months
Contract / JCT 98


Featured in Evening Standard. Homes and Property.


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Calabria
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/  066 / HOUSING TWO / Wrexham / 2008

The creation of an innovative social and administrative centre with diverse public spaces and amenities, surrounded by 502 exciting student residences to facilitate and enhance relaxed learning.

There are two sides to student life. One is the formal education of lectures, seminars and formal debate, the other is the informal interactions with ones peers that one can argue are just as important to learning. A new social courtyard counterpoints the existing civic courtyard matching it in scale and importance.

Location / Glyndwr University, Wrexham. Wales


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Calabria
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/  087 / HOUSE FOUR / Vespan Road / CURRENT

A renovation of a three bedroom property. Sun streams in through an ocular window onto a low iron blown glazed chandilier reflecting onto the marble dining table below.A central fireplace cast in in-situ concrete separates living from dining. A polished stainless steel flue punctuates the space.

Location / Shepherds Bush, London SW2
Construction Budget / £250K
On site works / TBC
Contract / JCT 98


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/  101 / HOUSING TWO / Westbourne Road / CURRENT

A development of two 3 bedroom units a one bed unit and the renovation of an existing property. The two houses are concieved as 'back to front and upside down' houses. The master bedroom is at lower ground for privacy and living spaces above to maximise solar gain. The property is clad in concrete panels and reclaimed railway sleepers.


Location / Islington, London - N1
Construction Budget / £550K
On site works / TBC
Contract / TBC

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Westbourne
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/  101 / THEATRE ONE / Tron Theatre / 2000

A rehearsal facility for the Tron Theatre in Glasgow. The new building is proposed as part of a new urban route between the city centre and the Gorbals. The route forms the main circulation of the building and also carves a theatre performance space and library at ground level.


Location / Glasgow - UK
Competition


'...Celebratory Engagement with the Public Realm...'

Will Alsop on Phil Coffeys theoretical project for Glasgow

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Tron
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/ 120 / HOUSE FIVE / GROVE PARK / 2007

A structural glazed 'Dining Box'.

A well placed insertion into a listed property provides an increased sense of width and spaciousness and reasseses the connection between play space for children, dining, cooking and garden.


Location / Chiswick, London W2
Construction Budget / £65K
On site works / 4 Months
Contract / Design and Build


Featured in Evening Standard. Homes and Property.

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