1973 – Stamping Building, Lower Yard, Dublin Castle
Planned in the late 1960s, sweeping away a collection of smaller buildings by Jacob Owen, , started in 1970 and finished in 1973. When the OPW was planning the offices in the Lower Yard, there was a proposal for an elevated walkway link between the old buildings and the new, cutting across the Palace Street entrance. Understandably the conservationists has a collective conniption and objected, and the plan was amended.
Upon completion, its running balconies led Plan magazine to liken it to hotels on the Spanish Costas. “Where is that Mediterranean sun and the bathing towels,” an article asked. This building was previously occupied by the Mahon Tribunal and was refurbished to act as a major conference space for use during Ireland’s Presidency of the EU in 2013.
Published September 12, 2024 | Last Updated November 10, 2024