A love letter to architecture and public space in Dublin, Ireland.

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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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