Aerial view looking towards Bray Head
Phase one masterplan
Bray promenade circa. 1900
Market Square
Homes at Sea Gardens
Homes reference a traditional seaside aesthetic
Sea Gardens
A site surrounded by the natural beauty of the Irish Sea and the nearby Wicklow Mountains will become a healthy, community-focused place to live. Our gentle intervention in the bustling Irish coastal town of Bray reshapes seaside living with family homes alongside a new public park, hotel, shops and cafés alongside improved pathways to the sea and nearby woodlands.
The town, built on a Victorian planning grid with generous streets and well-proportioned squares and parks, became a popular seaside resort when the railway from Dublin opened in 1854 and became known as the ‘Brighton of Ireland.’ Over time, the lure of foreign travel saw its appeal as a tourist resort diminished. Despite this, Bray retained a strong identity and is much loved today. The town, famed for its festivals and events throughout the year, maintains a strong cultural character and a reputation as a youthful market town of its place.
Sea Gardens reinterprets and expands the town’s historic and distinctive architectural character with a design that makes the most of its unique location. Common in seaside resorts, we’ve continued the 19th-century precedent of locating taller elements along the seafront while colourful two and three-storey homes are further inland. At the seafront, six to eight-storey buildings create grandeur and enclosure, and at the southeast corner, a 12-storey marker building provides a visual link back to Bray and the promenade.
| Client | Ballymore | ||||
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| Location | Bray, Ireland | ||||
| Size | 21.3 hectares | ||||
| Status | Current | ||||
| Homes | 1,200 | ||||
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