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...
Tiles, St. Joseph’s Church, Terenure Road East, Dublin 6+
Terenure’s most distinctive religious building might be its beautiful modern synagogue on Bushy Park Road, designed in 1954 by Wilfrid...
St Andrew’s National School, 114-6 Pearse Street, Dublin 2+
The former St. Andrew’s National School faces the open end of Pearse Square, with the traffic along Pearse Street running...
Huguenot Cemetery, Merrion Row, Dublin 2+
One of the most poetic places in Dublin, the Huguenot cemetery sits behind railings on Merrion Row, just off the...
Retained signage, 17a New Bride Street, Dublin 8+
The retained signage on 17a New Bride Street is an easy example of keeping text on a building without any...
Built Dublin tours!+
As part of Open House Dublin‘s programme this year, I’m leading two different walking tours, one on Saturday 6th October...
Precast concrete, 46-49 O’Connell Street, Dublin 1+
The stretch of O’Connell Street that includes 46-49 is quiet and closed, investment property bought with the intention of redevelopment,...
Alex’s, George’s Street Upper, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin+
In strictly good-taste design terms, a good shopfront is going to be one that works with the building as a...
Extension (Fuse), 27a Synge Street, Dublin 8+
Fuse Graphic Design occupy a long, narrow corner site in Portobello, with a narrow frontage at the end of the terrace...
Meander, Foxrock, Co. Dublin+
Meander was designed by Alan and Mairin Hope as their own home. It’s located on a quiet road off a...
Oriel window, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2+
One of Westmoreland Street’s unique moments is the stretch of former Educational Building Society buildings at numbers 30-34 on the...