Nazareth House in Sligo, Ireland, lit from within at dusk

Commercial · Healthcare · Hospitality · Worship

Buildings that work as hard as the people inside them.

Care homes, clinics, clubs, offices and churches — planned around the way a place is really used on an ordinary Tuesday morning, then detailed to hold up for decades.

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Nazareth HouseSligo, Ireland
50 bedrooms · prefabricated in Germany

  • 50 bedroomsNazareth House care home, Ireland
  • Two continentsPanels built in Germany, assembled in Sligo
  • Lake ErieShoreby Club, Bratenahl
  • Six building typesCare, dental, hospitality, office, worship, government

Every client runs a different operation. The building should know it.

We start with the people who will use the space every day — staff, patients, members, residents, congregations — and with the owner’s goals, workflows and technical requirements.

Then we turn that into environments that are efficient, flexible and visually coherent, with durable materials and careful detailing that stay straightforward to maintain.

  • Care facilities
  • Dental & medical
  • Clubs & hospitality
  • Workplaces
  • Places of worship
  • Government buildings
The bedroom wings of Nazareth House seen across the gardenFeatured commission · Nazareth House
Care · Sligo, Ireland

A care home made in Germany, and lived in in Ireland.

Designed by our Design Lead Alexander Kolbe for the Sisters of Nazareth, the whole building was prefabricated by the German manufacturer HUF HAUS, shipped as panels and assembled and finished by HUF HAUS’s own crews.

Fifty bedrooms sit in two residential wings, divided into four living units — each with its own living room and fireplace. Everything is designed for highly dependent residents and full wheelchair access.

At the heart is a large, open cafeteria where residents meet for a drink or a match on TV, next to offices, functional rooms and a chapel.

Client
Sisters of Nazareth
Program
50 bedrooms · 4 living units · chapel
Construction
Prefabricated panels, HUF HAUS
Design
Alexander Kolbe
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The glass-roofed cafeteria and gathering hall at Nazareth House
The cafeteria — daylight from a glass roof, trees indoors.
Main entrance to the administration building
Main entrance
A group living room in one of the four living units
Group living room

Selected work

Six buildings, six very different Tuesdays.

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The chapel at Nazareth House under its stained glass roof

Detail · The Chapel at Nazareth House

A stained-glass roof, built into triple-glazed panels.

Alexander Kolbe designed both the chapel and its glass. The glass was custom built into the triple-glazed roof panels, so the room fills with colored light while the roof still does its job as a high-performance envelope.

It is the kind of problem we enjoy: an idea that has to be beautiful, buildable and efficient all at once.

How we work with owners.

One team from the first conversation to the last punch-list item — so the reasoning behind every decision stays in the room.

  1. Operations first

    We map how the space is used — people, equipment, deliveries, peak hours — before drawing a single wall.

  2. Codes & approvals

    Accessibility, fire, zoning and health requirements resolved early, so they shape the design instead of stalling it.

  3. Documents that build

    Clear, coordinated construction documents that contractors can price accurately and build without guesswork.

  4. On site to the end

    Construction administration through handover, with the same people who designed it answering the questions.

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