Luxury leather designer Garvan de Bruir looked to the history of aeronautics when he built his innovative, experimental home
Measuring a lean five metres wide by ten metres long, there is an open-plan living area downstairs with two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs where light spills in through windows at either end. “It’s your classic terraced house,” smiles Garvan, industrious in his leather apron.
With its gently sloping walls and wood panelling, the interior feels as cosy as a woodland cabin, mixed with the economical elegance of a captain’s cabin. “The different woods add texture and warmth,” says Garvan, pointing out the floors, made from a budget-engineered wood produced in Waterford. The staircase, which twirls gracefully upstairs, is made from offcuts.
Leather as a building material has been overtaken by plastic or metal. But its strength and flexibility makes it so versatile. “Typically, there would be four panels of leather stitched together to create the bucket shape. However, my design is moulded as a single piece. It’s a medieval process called ‘cuir bouilli’ where craftsmen used to make armour by boiling and moulding leather to the shape of a torso.”
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