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...
Bench, Viking Place, Dublin 7+
Diagonally across from the Sitric Community Garden in Stoneybatter, there’s a condition that can be seen all over the city:...
Oriel windows, 17-20 Harrington Street, Dublin 2+
Just before Harrington Street turns into South Circular Road, there’s a series of four houses with distinctive oriel windows. It...
Roof sign, Chancery Street, Dublin 7+
In the streets around the Dublin Corporation Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market, a lot of shop units bear the names...
Doors, George’s Place/Kelly’s Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin+
If you were in the habit of photographing buildings a lot, a few things about colour would probably become obvious...
Crosses, Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7+
Arbour Hill is one of the nicest places in the city for a walk on a bright day this time...
Shopfronts, 183-187 Pearse Street, Dublin 2+
Numbers 183 to 187 Pearse Street look like part of a paper-doll townscape – a little uniform set piece popped...
River House, Chancery Street, Dublin 7+
River House tends to make an appearance on lists of people’s least-favourite buildings in Dublin, not helped by being out...
Arrow, Thomas/Meath Street, Dublin 8+
At the corner of Thomas Street and Meath Street, the ground floor unit has the kind of insert-name-here signage contributing...
London and North Western Hotel, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1+
Located right beside the North Wall railway station, the London and North Western Hotel was built to accommodate passengers arriving...
Invisible House, St. Patrick’s Cottages, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14+
Though the Invisible House has an address in St. Patrick’s Cottages, it’s only really visible from Tara Hill Road and...