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...
Windows, 46-7 Dame Street, Dublin 2+
The Dame Street facade of the former Crown Life Insurance Building (Thomas Newenham Deane, 1868) is in such a chaotic...
Tropical Fruit Company warehouse, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2+
The former Tropical Fruit Company warehouse is slightly disappointing, compared to the company name – against the odds, ‘Tropical Fruit...
Retained signage, 35 Upper Camden Street, Dublin 2+
Dublin has a number of junctions named after pubs or businesses located (or formerly located) at the corner – Leonard’s...
Father Collins Park, Clongriffin, Dublin 13+
Father Collins Park makes sustainability feel quite exciting. It sells itself on its green credentials and one of its most...
Shopfront, 13-14 Sackville Place, Dublin 1+
In the middle of Sackville Place, a surprisingly quiet little street, the Hollywood Academy’s eye-bleedingly vivid cerise front stands out....
Housing, Asdill’s Row, Dublin 2+
Asdill’s Row manages to be nearly invisible in Temple Bar, somehow passing as if it’s just the back of a...
Factory, 26 King’s Inns Street, Dublin 1+
From the double-takes by people walking down King’s Inns Street when the doors to Williams and Woods were open, you...
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Firhouse, Dublin 24+
There’s an illusory aspect to architecture when you spend a lot of time looking at drawings and photographs of places...
Plaque, 10-11 College Green, Dublin 2+
The excellent Come Here To Me! put up a post yesterday about the Ouzel Galley and this plaque on College...
Window grille, 7/8 Dame Court, Dublin 2+
Separated from the landmark Central Hotel by Dame Court, Central Hotel Chambers (1956, McConnell & Dixon) has these lovely monogramme...