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AAVA Garden · Garden Rooms

A room outside.
A whole new way to live.

Beautifully designed additional space in the garden — for the way you work, create, train and unwind.

AAVA Garden is the entry point to the AAVA family. A small piece of architecture rather than a product in a catalogue: careful proportions, generous glazing, warm materials and technology built in from the start.

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An AAVA Garden room in daylight: a low horizontal volume with vertical timber cladding and a run of full-height glazing opening onto a deck. Placeholder imagery
One space, many lives

Designed around how you use it.

The proportions stay calm and generous. What changes is the layout, the storage, the acoustics, the lighting and the servicing behind the walls.

Home office

Daylight, acoustic separation, data and power planned around the desk.

Studio

North light where the site allows, and a finish that takes hard use.

Gym

Robust floor build-up, ventilation and cooling sized for the room.

Creative & hobby room

Flexible servicing, storage walls and controllable light.

Playroom

Warm, safe, well-ventilated space with a clear line of sight to the house.

Retreat & entertaining

Full-width glazing, a deck, and lighting that changes with the evening.

Use matters. The regulatory treatment of a garden room depends on how it is used. If your intended use includes business or habitation, we will assess the appropriate route before proceeding. Understand the planning & regulations
The range

The flagship is 7 × 3 m. It is not the only option.

Our core Garden range is designed at or below 25 m². Within that, the 21 m² format is the one we return to most often — long enough to zone properly, shallow enough to sit comfortably in a typical Irish garden.

Compact 15 m²

5.0 × 3.0 m. A single, well-proportioned room. Office, studio or retreat.

Flagship 21 m²

7.0 × 3.0 m. Room to zone: a working end, a sitting end, and storage built in.

Studio 25 m²

5.0 × 5.0 m or 6.0 × 4.15 m. The upper end of the core range, with space for a shower room where appropriate.

Other sizes and proportions are available. Final dimensions are confirmed after site qualification.

Planning & regulations

Designed around the Irish framework.

Designed around Ireland's current Planning Class 3 and Building Regulations framework.

Our core Garden range is designed at or below 25 m², subject to site-specific qualification and applicable conditions.

Planning currently permits garden structures to a larger maximum than the Building Regulations exemption. AAVA therefore focuses its core Garden range at or below 25 m² to simplify delivery.

Important: Planning and Building Regulations are separate requirements. Site-specific conditions apply — including Article 9 restrictions, boundaries, private open space, existing structures and intended use. AAVA's website provides general guidance and does not constitute legal, planning or building-control advice.
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Designed & engineered

What is designed in.

  • StructureEngineered frame, detached, designed for Irish exposure and rainfall
  • EnvelopeInsulated walls, warm roof and an airtightness strategy specified at design stage
  • GlazingLarge-format glazed openings, thermally broken, with solar control considered by orientation
  • HeatingEfficient electric heating, zoned and scheduled
  • VentilationConsidered mechanical ventilation appropriate to the room and its use
  • LightingLayered, tunable lighting designed around the intended use
  • ControlA single, intuitive interface for heating, lighting and ventilation
  • CladdingWarm timber, or a durable rainscreen finish, from a considered palette

Specifications describe the intended design approach and are confirmed project by project. Performance figures are not claimed until independently calculated.

A close view of vertical timber cladding meeting the frame of a full-height glazed panel. Placeholder imagery

Could an AAVA Garden work in your garden?

Every site is different. Our qualification process looks at the things that matter before you commit to a design.

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