It’s difficult to separate a building from a controversial genesis, and maybe rightly so. For the ESB Headquarters on the...
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Shop – 1930s
Available now: A self-guided walking tour around some of Dublin’s 1930s highlights.
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...
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...
Friezes, Sunlight Chambers, Essex Quay, Dublin 2+
There’s a lot going on with Sunlight Chambers. Situated on the corner of Parliament Street and Essex Quay and ,...
Replica, Sandwith Street, Dublin 2+
The building on the corner of Sandwith Street and Fenian Street is a reasonably faithful replica of the former Archer’s...
St. James’ House, Adelaide Road, Dublin 2+
Is it ok to love a building for its geometry alone? St. James’ House is just beyond the curve of the...
Lansdowne House, Lansdowne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4+
Lansdowne House is described as having a strong black and white colour palette originally, but it’s weathered into shades of...
Signage, 30a Camden Row, Dublin 8+
At the entrance to O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects’ offices on Camden Row, the number of the building is stencilled on...
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...
Stephen Court, 18-21 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2+
Sitting in a Georgian terrace on the north side of Stephen’s Green, Stephen Court reads from the street like a...