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...
Lifeboat Station, East Pier, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin+
Dun Laoghaire got its first lifeboat in 1811, with a station built by the Dublin Ballast Board, which was taken...
Carnegie Library, Skerries, Co. Dublin+
Anthony Scott designed quite a number of the Carnegie libraries in Fingal – Rush, Malahide, Garristown, Lusk, Swords, Donabate (not...
Shopfronts, 5 and 6 Rosemount Terrace, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7+
Two of Dublin 7’s most vital businesses are based in adjacent shopfronts on Rosemount Terrace, Arbour Hill: Lilliput Stores, a...
Sign box, Mander’s Terrace/Ranelagh Road, Dublin 6+
The path leading from Ranelagh Road to Mander’s Terrace looks a bit like an entrance in need of a destination....
An interview with Concrete Collar (& the Grand Canal Docks sign)+
An early post on Concrete Collar, which is a blog about “the cross-pollination between fashion and architecture”, used the Grand Canal...
Furniture, St. Columba’s College Science Block, Dublin 16+
One of my favourite things from the visit to the science block at St. Columba’s was the laboratory furniture. In...
Fuel depot, Alexandra Road, Dublin Port, Dublin 3+
Dublin Port is a bit of a world unto itself, a spur projecting from the city, run around the tight...
Shamrock lamp post, Cambridge Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6+
I’ve been paying more attention to lamp posts recently, trying to be consciously aware of what’s where, and it’s revealing...
Former Film Censor’s Office, 12-16 Harcourt Terrace, Dublin 2+
There’s a bittersweet recurring motif you’ll probably notice if you spend a while looking into buildings in Dublin – a...
Ad Jesum per Mariam, Church of Mary Immaculate, Rathmines, Dublin 6+
Along the side of the Church of Mary Immaculate in Rathmines, there’s a shortcut through the block between Mountpleasant Avenue...