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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Signage, Bon, 34-5 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2+
In photographs, the most distinctive thing about Bon’s facade is the grid of red brick with recessed black mortar joints,...
Board-marking, Wesley College, Ballinteer, Dublin 16+
These details of board-marking on the main classroom block at Wesley College (Robin Walker of Scott Tallon Walker, 1965-9) caught...