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...
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Temple Bar Square, Dublin 2+
When Group 91 won the Temple Bar Framework Plan competition in 1992, their commission was to make the new public...
Entrance, Upper Hatch Street, Dublin 2+
On the Hatch Street side of the National Concert Hall, there’s a rarely-used door in the side of the three-storey...
Two neon signs, 3 and 67 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1+
I tend to think of The Happy Ring House and Funland’s neon signage as a pair, though with the former’s...
Our Lady Mother of Divine Grace, Howth Road, Raheny, Dublin 5+
Designed by Peppard and Duffy and completed in 1962, the hulking church of Our Lady Mother of Divine Grace is...
Zig-zag roof, Berkeley Library, Trinity College, Dublin 2+
On the Fellows’ Square side of the Berkeley Library, there’s a small projection with flat, porthole-style windows (which are described by...
Offices, Little Strand Street, Dublin 1+
Little Strand Street is even quieter than its Great sibling, running from Capel Street along the rear of the block...
Berkeley Library, Trinity College, Dublin 2+
Adding a building to Trinity’s campus is a daunting prospect. Not only is it a prominent institution in the city,...
Portico, Burlington Road/Wellington Lane, Dublin 4+
In the shadow of the new Burlington Plaza development, this portico is perched on the corner of Burlington Road and...
Ghost sign, 97 Parnell Street, Dublin 1+
The name of the “well-known boot and shoe retailers” on 97 Parnell Street is difficult to make out, which is...