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...
Garden, Elm House, Mespil Estate, Dublin 4+
On the Mespil Road/canal side of Mespil Estate, which was featured earlier this week, a small detail caught my eye....
Frame, 27-8 Mountpleasant Avenue Lower, Dublin 6+
On the gable wall of Corrigan’s pub in Rathmines, there’s what looks like a blank pictureframe: a large white rectangle...
Texaco House, 83 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4+
83 Pembroke Road is now a car showroom for Audi, but it was originally Texaco House, the Irish headquarters for...
Dormer windows, Wynnefield Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6+
Wynnefield Road is kind of a surprise. It’s just off the junction between Rathmines Road and Castlewood Avenue, near the...
Mespil Estate, Sussex Road, Dublin 4+
The Mespil Estate seems like it might convince anyone of the merits of apartment living. It’s quiet and self-contained without...
Warehouse, Marlborough Place, Dublin 1+
It’s advertised as “Ireland’s best pennyworth guaranteed” in nearby Talbot Lane, but the warehouse front on Marlborough Place just goes...
Signage, Bon, 34-5 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2+
In photographs, the most distinctive thing about Bon’s facade is the grid of red brick with recessed black mortar joints,...
Plaque, Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4+
These two adjoined houses appear to be numbers 23 and 25 on Serpentine Avenue, and between them, there’s a decorative...
Sign, Convent Place, Dublin 2+
Convent Place is a small lane off Lower Hatch Street, and it offers a hidden shortcut to Earlfort Terrace through...
Wesley College, Ballinteer, Dublin 16+
Wesley College moved from St. Stephen’s Green to Ballinteer in 1969, holding a limited competition for the new school in...