1958 – Aer Lingus, No. 42 Grafton Street, Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson
Stylish shop front to travel booking office for Aer Lingus. The design cleverly incorporates the access to the upper floors while keep the whole look as bright, airy, and minimalist. The small projecting displa
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1959 – Brown & Polson / Knorr, Davitt Road, Inchicore, Dublin
Architect: Patrick Scott, Michael Scott & Associates
Brown & Polson originally started out as a starch manufacturer in Scotland, but eventually branched into other cooking ingredient
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1966 – Colmstock House, Nos. 72-76 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin
Architect: Desmond Fitzgerald & Downes Meehan & Robson
Three large office blocks were built around the same time along the south side of the Green - Canada House, Hainaul
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1965 – Lyons Factory, Goldenbridge, Dublin
Architect: Joseph N. Kidney & Co.
A central hub for blending, packaging, and distributing tea, this Lyons factory was a major employer in the local area, providing jobs for hundreds of people. The large Davitt Road premises helped Lyons e
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1953 – Pediatric Unit, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin
Architect: Alan Hope
A temporary prefabricated construction on what was left of the Rotunda gardens, and now the site of the Garden of Remembrance. Designed for the treatment of young children up to six months of age.
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Architect: Alan Hope A temporary prefabricated construction on what was left of the Rotunda gardens, and now the site of the Garden of Remembrance. Designed for the treatment of young children up to six months of age. "The central block houses the administration, district milk bank, and surgery. Each of the two wings provides a
1970 – Dunlop Warehouse, Adelaide Road, Dublin
Architect: Tyndall Hogan Hurley
Large warehouse to Adelaide Road constructed over the former sidings of Harcourt Street Station. An office block to the rear on Hatch Street. Both now demolished and redeveloped in the 21st century.
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Architect: Tyndall Hogan Hurley Large warehouse to Adelaide Road constructed over the former sidings of Harcourt Street Station. An office block to the rear on Hatch Street. Both now demolished and redeveloped in the 21st century.
1961 – Restaurant, Brown Thomas, Grafton Street Dublin
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
One of a series of interiors by Sam Stephenson for Brown Thomas in their old location on the eastern side of Grafton Street. This restaurant opened in 1961 and was a popular spot
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Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates One of a series of interiors by Sam Stephenson for Brown Thomas in their old location on the eastern side of Grafton Street. This restaurant opened in 1961 and was a popular spot for some years, later known as the Social and Personal Restaurant, it was also used for art
1957 – Morrissey’s Auctioneers, Merrion Street, Dublin
Architect: Patrick H. Corcoran
Small office building designed by Patrick H. Corcoran, for Morrissey’s Auctioneers in 1956-7. Unusually for buildings around this time, the stairwell has less glazing rather than more. The horizontal ban
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Architect: Patrick H. Corcoran Small office building designed by Patrick H. Corcoran, for Morrissey’s Auctioneers in 1956-7. Unusually for buildings around this time, the stairwell has less glazing rather than more. The horizontal banding above and below the windows is finished in a simple mosaic pattern of black and white tiles. The end walls were
1955 – Huntsman Service Station, Long Mile Road, Dublin
Architect: Adrinus Sjoer
Bright and airy polygonal service station with a mostly enclosed canopy for the pumps. At what was to become a major junction, this service station for Esso sadly no long
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Architect: Adrinus Sjoer Bright and airy polygonal service station with a mostly enclosed canopy for the pumps. At what was to become a major junction, this service station for Esso sadly no longer exists. Adrinus Sjoer was an architect with an address in Clondalkin.
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