Alice Casey and Cian Deegan have worked for practices such as dePaor Architects and Niall McLaughlin Architects and set up TAKA in 2006. They received the International Brick Award in 2009, won the Architectural Association of Ireland Award and 'Best House' in the 2010 Irish Architecture Awards, and co-curated the 2010 Venice Biennale Irish Pavilion. The Aran Islands are the location of TAKA's retreat. Meant to sit at the cliff edge, the proposal was intended as 'an archaic retreat devoid of all but the most basic shelter'. Made from concrete poured onto the island's stone surface, the building is composed of a circular central space and individual cells, in the form of houses, that occupants can use to enjoy the stunning views

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