1912 – No. 31 Westmoreland St., Dublin

Built for Lafayette’s photographic studio, which was established in the 1880s, this building has a fine terracotta facade with an eye-catching inset oriel window. The royal coat-of-arms on the façade was because Lafayette was awarded the title of ‘Her Majesty’s Royal Photographer in Dublin’, having photographed Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and King George V prior to the construction to this studio. Later contained the popular Paradiso cafe and restaurant upstairs, and offices for The Irish Times. The façade was retained to form the central feature of a modern office block by Stephenson Gibney Associates.