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Nassau Street entrance, Trinity College, Dublin 2+

The passageway from Nassau Street into Fellows’ Square in Trinity College is part of the Arts and Social Sciences building,...

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End elevations, Donnybrook Bus Garage, Beaver Row, Dublin 4+

Donnybrook Bus Garage was designed in close collaboration between Michael Scott and engineer Ove Arup, whose Dublin office was first...

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Phibsboro Shopping Centre, Phibsboro, Dublin 7+

Reading coverage of the objections to Phibsboro Shopping Centre, the reasons seem surprising from now: local traders objected because they...

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Lamp post, College Street, Dublin 2+

Between developments in lighting technologies and changes in street furniture models, Dublin’s streets have gone through many lamp post styles....

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Merrion Hall, Strand Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4+

Merrion Hall sits metres lower than the Strand Road, flanked on each side by roads leading to the rear car...

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Concrete mural, Essex Street West, Temple Bar, Dublin 2+

Designed to accommodate one of the cultural institutions set out in the Dublin Corporation Development Plan, the Viking Centre incorporates...

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Zig-zag roof, Berkeley Library, Trinity College, Dublin 2+

On the Fellows’ Square side of the Berkeley Library, there’s a small projection with flat, porthole-style windows (which are described by...

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Berkeley Library, Trinity College, Dublin 2+

Adding a building to Trinity’s campus is a daunting prospect. Not only is it a prominent institution in the city,...

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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...

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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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