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

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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Carnegie Library, Skerries, Co. Dublin+

Anthony Scott designed quite a number of the Carnegie libraries in Fingal – Rush, Malahide, Garristown, Lusk, Swords, Donabate (not...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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