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...
Park, Pearse Square, Dublin 2+
The thing about Pearse Square is that it’s not really a square at all. Three sides are surrounded by terraced...
Concrete mural, Essex Street West, Temple Bar, Dublin 2+
Designed to accommodate one of the cultural institutions set out in the Dublin Corporation Development Plan, the Viking Centre incorporates...
Ghost sign (The Central Hide and Skin Co. Ltd.), Watling Street, Dublin 8+
Watling Street has the right setup for unease – it’s very quiet, with much of one side being occupied by...
Window and door reveals, 26 Fishamble Street, Dublin 8+
On the corner of Fishamble Street and Essex Street, no. 26 is the oldest house within Dublin’s city walls. It...
Brabazon Square, The Coombe, Dublin 8+
Between Meath Street and Pimlico, there are four small residential squares, accessed from Gray Street. Each one has a terrace...
CIE sign, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1+
Outside the quaintly-named Travel Centre on Lower Abbey Street, there’s a sign with the old CIE logo. The 1964 logo...
Takeaway sandwich bar, 14 Montague Street, Dublin 2+
It’s strange looking at the exterior of the former Milkbar, because the image of the project I have in my...
Windows, Moravian church, 40 Lower Kevin Street, Dublin 8+
Supplementing the Moravian church built on the site in the 18th century, the two-storey office and meeting room block facing...
Shopfront, 14 Fownes Street Upper, Dublin 2+
Before the area’s transformation in the 90s, Temple Bar had a number of small businesses – crafts and trades, making...
Car park entrance, Clongriffin, Dublin 13+
Clongriffin’s Station Square is an open area between apartment and mixed-use blocks, and it sits on top of the park-and-ride...