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...
Mews housing, Avenue Road, Dublin 8+
Avenue Road (despite the name) is a laneway in Portobello with a series of industrial units and garage doors. It’s...
Shopfront, 53b George’s Street Upper, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin+
On the quiet end of George’s Street, Maddens is a jeweller and jewellery repair business with a distinctive shopfront. Below...
Corner house, 9 St. Kevin’s Parade, Dublin 8+
This corner house on St. Kevin’s Parade picks up the same motifs as its neighbours – same proportions, same dark...
Spillway and outlet tower, Upper Reservoir, Bohernabreena Waterworks, Dublin 24+
The two reservoirs in the Glenasmole Valley were constructed in the 1880s for the Rathmines Commission. The upper reservoir feeds...
Signage, 30a Camden Row, Dublin 8+
At the entrance to O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects’ offices on Camden Row, the number of the building is stencilled on...
Shopfront, 109 Pearse Street, Dublin 2+
Pearse Street Hardware’s signage is handpainted in brown and cream, inverting them so that the primary sign stands out in...
Richmond Surgical Hospital, North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7+
On the edge of institution-dense Grangegorman, the Richmond Surgical Hospital was constructed in the 1890s to replace a former convent...
Roof garden, Gray Street, The Coombe, Dublin 8+
Facing onto quiet Meath Square, the rear of this house on Gray Street draws an extra storey from above its...
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2+
One of three public spaces created by Group 91‘s masterplan for Temple Bar (along with Curved Street and Temple Bar...
Shopfront, 6 College Street, Dublin 2+
The Irish Yeast Company opened in 1894 as wholesalers to Dublin’s baking trade, and still exists as a retail supplier...