The patchwork of tiling on the Donnelly Centre was probably the first part to catch my eye, but the signs...
Signage, Cork Street, Dublin 8+
The patchwork of tiling on the Donnelly Centre was probably the first part to catch my eye, but the signs...
Scherzer rolling lift bridges, North Wall Quay and Custom House Quay, Dublin 1+
If you have a certain sensibility, passing through the rolling lift bridges along North Wall Quay is as exciting as...
Dubhlinn Garden, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2+
Enclosed behind Dublin Castle, the Dubh Linn garden looks like a formal piece of landscaping styled with a touch of...
Factory sign, 15 Summer Street South, Dublin 8+
Slightly overshadowed by the ‘SOLD’ sign at the time I visited, the former Henry White Ltd. premises on Summer Street...
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...
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...
















