1960 – ITGWU Building, Summerhill, Waterford
Architect: Desmond Ri O’Kelly & Raymond F. MacDonnell
Still in use by the successor union Siptu, this is a small modern building. O’Kelly was later to be responsible for the same union’s Liberty Hall in Dublin. Here, he was assisted by Raymond MacDonnell whose later work was of a domestic scale, a human scale that works well for a union‘s premises. Airy and bright with a fully glazed end set into a portal frame.
Published June 11, 2025