Paul McMahon Design

Paul McMahon Design We provide a dedicated service from conceptual design, planning permission, building control & tendering,
site management and final completion on site.

CIAT Chartered Architectural Practice working to bring your dream home from concept to completion. As Certified Passive House Designers & Energy Consultants registered with the Passive House Association of Ireland we recognise our professional duty to deliver creative, cost effective designs for our clients whilst incorporating sustainable technologies therefore future proofing our clients dwellin

gs. With our unique and informed approach to each project we provide bespoke design solutions inspired by the context, site and a clear understanding of the clients brief and ambitions. We work closely with our clients to design exceptional buildings, everything from small renovations & extensions to fully bespoke homes. We provide a full and dedicated service starting from outline proposals, conceptual design, planning permission, building control, detailed design tendering, mortgage drawdown certification, site management and final completion of your project.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️While we’re celebrating everything green this week, this project is all about the materials—r...
16/03/2026

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️
While we’re celebrating everything green this week, this project is all about the materials—reclaiming an old farm cluster and topping it with a striking green roof. It’s architecture that respects the ground it stands on.

Can you imagine spending the perfect Christmas with family and friends in your very own Teolaí Home? For our Co. Wicklow...
18/12/2025

Can you imagine spending the perfect Christmas with family and friends in your very own Teolaí Home? For our Co. Wicklow clients, this dream is now a reality. With its board marked concrete walls and striking red standing seam cladding, this beautiful Teolaí Home has been carefully nestled into this mature hillside site in the Wicklow Mountains.

Our Teolaí Homes are an extensive range of energy efficient, architecturally designed, customisable home templates to suit all budgets, sites, and unique spatial requirements, and our bright and spacious designs are filled with natural light, captivating viewpoints, and exciting architectural features.

Designed with the Passive House and design expertise of Paul McMahon Design, in collaboration with McMahon McBennett, our architecturally designed homes can be meticulously tailored to your unique preferences, giving you the confidence that your Teolaí Home is personalised to you.

With selected reputable contractors ready to construct your Teolaí Home, affordable build costs can be established and agreed before your planning application is even submitted, giving you the peace of mind that your Teolaí Home is within budget. If you want to know more about Teolaí Homes or if you wish to undertake a bespoke project, then contact us at [email protected] for your free consultation.

Thanks to all our clients for a hugely successful 2025, with bespoke projects & Teolaí Homes ongoing throughout the entire island of Ireland. Paul McMahon Designs & Teolaí Homes would like to wish all our clients and followers a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Teolaí Homes are designed to ensure exceptionally affordable build costs and faster onsite construction. The combination...
06/11/2025

Teolaí Homes are designed to ensure exceptionally affordable build costs and faster onsite construction. The combination of cost and time savings, together with exceptional architectural design, is what makes Teolaí Homes unique.

Teolaí Homes are a range of budget conscious architecturally designed homes. With the Passive House and design expertise of McMahon McBennett and Paul McMahon Design, Teolaí Homes offer an extensive range of over 600 energy efficient designs to suit all budgets, sites and unique spatial requirements.

Our bright and spacious Teolaí Homes are filled with natural light, captivating viewpoints and exciting architectural features, and can be meticulously tailored to your unique preferences, giving you the confidence that your Teolaí Home is personalised to you.

With selected reputable contractors ready to construct your Teolaí Home, affordable build costs can be established and agreed before your planning application is even submitted, giving you the peace of mind that your Teolaí Home is within budget.

This stunning Co. Louth Teolaí Home exemplifies exceptional architectural design. With superb levels of energy efficiency, this Teolaí Home has been personalised to the occupant’s exact requirements, all within a strict budget. Large windows and patio doors create all-important visual and physical connections between the indoor and outdoor spaces, and the canopies provide not only shelter from the changeable Irish weather, but also shading to prevent overheating.

Could you imagine living in your very own Teolaí Home? Contact us at [email protected] to arrange your free consultation and find the perfect Teolaí Home for you.

With the clocks changing this weekend, there’s something about the crisper air and darker days that makes you want to sp...
23/10/2025

With the clocks changing this weekend, there’s something about the crisper air and darker days that makes you want to spend evenings relaxing in your home. It is the ideal time of year to slow down.

Can you imagine retreating to this cosy Passive Standard Home to relax for the winter completely oblivious to the outside weather?

Our clients will be staying warm and cosy this winter whilst saving thousands on heating costs due to our Passive House Expertise & Accreditations.

Another green roofed project just in time for St.Patrick's weekend.Seamless integration of a carport to one of our bespo...
14/03/2025

Another green roofed project just in time for St.Patrick's weekend.

Seamless integration of a carport to one of our bespoke designs. The thoughtful details that make daily life that little bit easier.

Designing your life helps us design your home.

As the lights go out on 2024, Paul McMahon Design would like to take this opportunity to thank all our clients and follo...
31/12/2024

As the lights go out on 2024, Paul McMahon Design would like to take this opportunity to thank all our clients and followers for your support throughout 2024, and wish you all a Happy New Year.

If you, or anyone you know, has a project in mind for 2025, then please do get in touch to see how we can help your dream become a reality.

As we close for the Christmas break and wrap up another successful year in business, Paul McMahon Design & McMahon McBen...
19/12/2024

As we close for the Christmas break and wrap up another successful year in business, Paul McMahon Design & McMahon McBennett want to showcase one of our recent projects designed for our amazing clients in Co. Waterford.

The ruins of this old crumbling cottage set in such an idyllic location is a symbol of a perfect existence in times past. As we sat down to design this home, our first thought was questioning how anyone could leave such a lovely place.

These cottages literally grew out of the landscape that surrounded them and that’s what we wanted to emulate with this design. We wanted to create a home that tells its own story. We have designed a ‘new build’ dwelling which emulates the style of an old cottage. Our newly designed cottage integrates itself sympathetically into the old ruinous walls on site. With light filled rooms and spaces, we have created a perfect connection and harmony between interior and exterior spaces. Every turn reveals a new view through the house which inevitably leads you back to a breath-taking connection with the old ruinous walls which now form a protected and private external living space. The old ruinous walls provide structural support to a canopy over part of the patio area allowing this external space to be utilised all year round.

As we sit under the canopy, surrounded by the ruins of the old cottage, we can listen to the birdsong, listen to the breeze in the overgrown trees, enjoy the cottage garden & the leafy laneway and embrace the happiness and contentment that is inspired by the old Irish vernacular.

If you have a project and want to discuss through your ideas, drop us an email ([email protected]) to organise your free consultation. We work nationwide.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our followers and clients. See you all in January.

It’s officially that time of year again with the clocks changing, leaving us with dark mornings and evenings. With autum...
25/10/2024

It’s officially that time of year again with the clocks changing, leaving us with dark mornings and evenings. With autumn in full swing, the temperature is beginning to dip, and the days are getting shorter. We naturally retreat inside our homes. Can you imagine retreating to this cosy haven? This particular bespoke design was for an old farmyard complex with existing derelict crumbling structures in Co. Westmeath. We have carefully restored and extended it into the ultimate winter retreat. We will post more pictures of this stunning project in the coming weeks so stay tuned.

How you live, and the environment in which you live, has such a huge impact on the quality of your life. That’s where we come in. If you’re looking for a home which highlights the beauty of its surroundings, and creates captivating spaces throughout the design which emanates a feeling of calmness, feel free to reach out. We’d love to design something special for you.

Built in 1873, this derelict cottage and outhouse have been sensitively restored and extended to meet the needs of 21st ...
20/12/2023

Built in 1873, this derelict cottage and outhouse have been sensitively restored and extended to meet the needs of 21st century living. Imagine waking up in this architecturally designed home on Christmas morning. This home feels light and airy; it has a peacefulness that is wonderfully relaxing. Getting up in the middle of the night and the bathroom floor tiles feel as warm and soothing as the bedroom’s wooden floor. There is a constant indoor temperature whatever is going on outside. You feel so comfortable inside that it’s easy to think that it’s the same temperature outside too. This home is full of light, contemporary and fairly minimal with a constant connection to the external environment. This is what we love to do, we create spaces designed to enhance your every moment. As Certified Passive House Designers, let us enhance your life in 2024. Get in touch for your free consultation.

Thanks to all our clients for a hugely successful 2023, with bespoke projects ongoing throughout the entire island of Ireland.

Happy Christmas and Happy New Year to all our . See you all in January.

We are Hiring!Would you like to join our team and take your career to the next level? Due to an increased number of exci...
05/12/2023

We are Hiring!

Would you like to join our team and take your career to the next level? Due to an increased number of exciting projects, we are looking for Architects and Architectural Assistants with experience in residential design to join our team. Part time and full time positions are available with the opportunity to work from home with flexible working hours. The role will be suited to candidates from any location in Ireland, as work can be delegated via email & Zoom calls.

If you know of anyone who’s interested in joining our team, please share this post with them or tag them below.

Applications, including a CV and Portfolio in .pdf format, can be submitted to: [email protected]

A day well spent with clients at the state of the art facilities at Lifesize Plans Leinster  We brought our clients for ...
01/12/2023

A day well spent with clients at the state of the art facilities at Lifesize Plans Leinster We brought our clients for a walkthrough to give them a true feel in regards to the size, proportions and scale of the spaces we designed within their proposed bespoke dwelling. It allowed us to demonstrate the connections and viewpoints we have created through the space. With the set up offered at this facility, it is amazing how immersive the experience can be in transporting you into your design. Our clients were truly blown away by the experience as were we as designers. Our clients are leaving filled full of confidence that our design and vision is the perfect fit for them. A big thank you to Emma & John for their hospitality and allowing us the use of their on-site meeting rooms to discuss through the design in more detail with the clients after the walkthrough experience. If any of our current (or future) clients want to experience this amazing facility, we can arrange a similar experience. Get in touch to discuss in more detail.

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