The distinctive elevations on the Museum Building at Trinity were the work of Deane & Woodward. However, the building’s origins...
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Shop – 1930s
Available now: A self-guided walking tour around some of Dublin’s 1930s highlights.
End elevations, Donnybrook Bus Garage, Beaver Row, Dublin 4+
Donnybrook Bus Garage was designed in close collaboration between Michael Scott and engineer Ove Arup, whose Dublin office was first...
Facade/Crests, Dublin Bus, 59 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1+
The Dublin Bus offices on Upper O’Connell Street (constructed originally for Córas Iompair Éireann) carry a certain amount of association from...
Rear view, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2+
The strangest thing about Rear Window is that, before being confined to his apartment by a broken leg, Jeff doesn’t...
Sign box, Mander’s Terrace/Ranelagh Road, Dublin 6+
The path leading from Ranelagh Road to Mander’s Terrace looks a bit like an entrance in need of a destination....
Furniture, St. Columba’s College Science Block, Dublin 16+
One of my favourite things from the visit to the science block at St. Columba’s was the laboratory furniture. In...
Shamrock lamp post, Cambridge Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6+
I’ve been paying more attention to lamp posts recently, trying to be consciously aware of what’s where, and it’s revealing...
Ad Jesum per Mariam, Church of Mary Immaculate, Rathmines, Dublin 6+
Along the side of the Church of Mary Immaculate in Rathmines, there’s a shortcut through the block between Mountpleasant Avenue...
Lamp post, College Street, Dublin 2+
Between developments in lighting technologies and changes in street furniture models, Dublin’s streets have gone through many lamp post styles....
25 chimney pots, 1-2 Gardiner Row, Dublin 1+
Comparing the city’s older and newer buildings, it’s interesting to consider how chimneys went from being an absolute requirement to...