1957 – Small Grocer’s Shop, Dublin
Architect: Design Research Unit
In 1953, at the request of Herbert Read,
1958 – Aer Lingus, 42 Grafton Street, Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson
Stylish shop front to travel booking office for Aer Lingus.
1958 – Boylans Shoes, Camden Street, Dublin
Architect: Niall Montgomery
Elegant modernist shopfront with glass display boxes allowing the maximum amount of product to be displayed to the passersby.
1958 – Carolan Grammar School for Girls, Belfast
Architect: Donald Shanks, Principal Architect to Belfast Education Committee
Constructed over the period 1957-58,
1958 – Convent of the Good Shepherd, Derry
Architect: Corr & McCormick
The Good Shepherd Convent in Derry,
1958 – Elephant House, Dublin Zoo, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson
Double height modernist building designed as an enclosure for elephants.
1958 – Filling Station, Clonskeagh, Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott
Stylistically linked to their Bridgefoot Street flats for Dublin Corporation (demolished 2006) and the offices for Stewart and Lloyds from around the same time.
1958 – Filling Station, Fortfield Rd, Terenure, Dublin
Architect: Niall Montgomery
Wainsfort Filling Station, designed by architect and poet Niall Montgomery at a time when companies were increasingly aware of their visual appearance and identity.
1958 – Fire Station, Armagh, Co. Armagh
Architect: Munce & Kennedy
Modern fire station by Belfast architects Munce &
1958 – Textiles Factory, Kitchen Hill, Lurgan, Co. Armagh
Architect: Houston & Beaumont
The factory was built in 1958 for Pinehurst Textiles but the British Army took it over in early 1971 for use as a barracks due to its size and position.
