Designed for a couple who regularly hike in the Irish Mourne Mountains, Dolmen House I provides a safe and secure retreat for weary legs in need of rest and rejuvenation.

Inspired by the weathered, weighty megaliths of ancient Celtic monuments, the retreat’s monolithic form offers up a contemporary reinterpretation of a prehistoric artefact. With its rugged, rigid volume split by strict, slender cuts; this micro-cottage adopts a defensive role against the elements whilst subtle glimpses of the warm interior invite exhausted hikers inward.