Dawson Street Dublin
New Ireland Assurance Company
Unbuilt Dublin
Vincent Kelly (1895-1975)
Random Building
1894 – Arnott’s, Henry Street, Dublin
1930s – Unbuilt Scheme for New Ireland Assurance, Dawson Street, Dublin
Architect: Vincent Kelly
Stripped classical scheme for Dawson Street as a new headquarters for New Ireland Assurance. The secondary office block to Dawson Lane was largely built as roughly illustrated in this sketch. The illustration was published in 1946 in a brochure celebrating the 28 years of the company.
Eventually in 1964 a new office building on the site was completed with decorative elements based on Irish iconography. The company had wrapped itself in imagery from a real and imagined Irish celtic past from its start.
