Awestruck by the 1960s: truck depot becomes fashion icon

[Paul Clerkin]

this to me is a seriously cool building, i love the photo of the stairwell....
http://www.hughpearman.com/articles2/sixties.html

[RSJ]

Shows the power of a good client - both back in the 60s and today. Back then, they just let the architect get on with it. The quality of some of the finishes is remarkable. Today, it needed a new client to spot the potential of the building and take it on when it was near-derelict.

And had the last recession not intervened, it would have been demolished to be replaced with crap commercial offices. Recessions have their upsides.

[Paul Clerkin]

I still reckon it wouldnt happen in Ireland. The building would have been demolished.