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...
Crane tracks, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2+
There’s a stretch between the two quayside warehouses on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay which hasn’t been repaved, and here, there’s...
Covered walkways, University College Dublin, Dublin 4+
In 1964, Andrzej Wejchert won an international competition for UCD’s new campus at Belfield. A key element of his proposal...
Two street signs, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4+
There are at least two good reasons you might notice 19 Raglan Road – it’s the Mexican embassy, and it...
Wolfe Tone Park, Jervis Street, Dublin 1+
Sitting between Wolfe Tone Street and Jervis Street, Wolfe Tone Park is on the site of the graveyard that was...
Doorbells, 21 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2+
It’s not the most well-maintained door on Leeson Street – the crumbling bases on the ornamental columns are a little...
Paving, Sackville Place, Dublin 1+
Sackville Place was the site of two of the four bomb attacks that took place in Dublin between late 1972...
Signage, 1, 2 & 3 Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2+
The convention for numbering addresses spanning more than one building seems to be ‘1-3′, but this sign makes a good...
Church of the Holy Trinity, Donaghmede, Dublin 13+
Holy Trinity has a cruciform plan, rising as four angled plates that intersect to create the church’s distinctive sculptural form....
Agriculture House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2+
Kildare Street is dominated by state and institutional buildings, and for me, that’s a context in which Agriculture House sits...
Signage, 49 Lower O’Connell Street, Dublin 1+
The Confectioners Hall is another nice example of retained signage, closed since 1984 and now occupied by a sports shop....