It seems like the only real way to see the Milltown transformer station is from above. Unless you’re with the...
Drumcondra Library, Millmount Avenue, Dublin 9+
The public library in Drumcondra is a freestanding building, surrounded by a lawn and facing onto the southern end of...
The Freemasons’ Hall, 17 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2+
Though the Grand Lodge of Ireland dates from 1725 or earlier, work on their present building in Dublin began in 1866....
Model, Thomas Read, 4 Parliament Street+
One of the nicest things about running a blog is that, sometimes, people get in touch about interesting things you wouldn’t...
Shopfront, 91 Monkstown Road, Monkstown, Co. Dublin+
Just a short distance from Knox Memorial Hall, the shopfront at number 91 is smart and symmetrical. Two panes to either...
Corner, 45a Home Farm Road, Dublin 9+
It’s not that you’d want every corner to stand out, but in the context of Home Farm Road and the...
Inner basin, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2+
The inner basin at Grand Canal Dock is the smaller and quieter of the two, and the limited amount of...
Ten favourite posts from 2012!+
Built Dublin’s first year has been a pretty good one. The site launched in March, and every time I worry...
Concrete canopy, Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4+
It’s changed names a few times, but the building that’s currently home to the Ballsbridge College of Further Education has...
Kensington Lodge, 107 Grove Park, Rathmines, Dublin 6+
Though it’s just a few dozen metres from the busy junction of Rathmines Road and the canal, Kensington Lodge is...
Metal ship, Clontarf Road, Dublin 3+
Sure, it’s possible that there’s something more exciting than seeing someone’s gone the extra mile with something utilitarian. It’s deeply...
Cross, Manor Street, Dublin 7+
At the Manor Street end of the Stanhope Street complex (that’s convoluted!), there’s an entrance arch and the gable end...
Loggia, The James Weir Home for Nurses, Cork Street, Dublin 8+
The James Weir Home for Nurses is oriented perpendicular to Cork Street – the street front gets the gable end,...
Former Stella cinema, Rathmines Road Lower, Dublin 6+
For the past few years, the sign for Rathmines’ Stella Cinema was covered by a big advertising banner, covering the...
Shopfront, 44 Pearse Street, Dublin 2+
There’s something about O’Donovan’s shopfront that makes it seem like it’s in miniature. It’s not, really, and the three-storey building...
Brick, Sandwith Street Upper, Dublin 2+
One of Dublin’s buildings with the greatest tactile appeal is tucked up against the railway bridge on Upper Sandwith Street....