1953 – Motor Distributors, Shelbourne Rd., Ballsbridge, Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott Architects
Motor Distributors’ started assembling Volkswagen Beetles in Ireland in 1950 in a former tram depot at 162 Shelbourne Road in Ballsbridge.
1953 – Moyne Institute, Trinity College Dublin
Architect: Desmond Fitzgerald
One of the least inspring buildings of the Trinity College campus.
1953 – Pediatric Unit, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin
Architect: Alan Hope
A temporary prefabricated construction on what was left of the Rotunda gardens,
1953 – Second Placed Entry for Dublin Port and Docks Board Competition
Architect: Alan Hope
The second placed entry in the 1953 Dublin Port Offices competition to design a new Headquarters and Offices for the Dublin Port and Docks Board on Memorial Road alongside Busaras.
1953 – Synagogue, Terenure, Dublin
Architect: Wilfrid Cantwell
At one time, in the 1950s,
1953 – Vocational School, Clogher Rd., Dublin
Architect: Andrew Devane, Robinson Keefe & Devane
Constructed by the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee,
1954 – F.W. Woolworth, Thomas Street, Dublin
Architect: Harold Winbourne
Former F.W. Woolworth store, later converted into public offices for Department of Social Welfare,
1954 – McCairn’s Motors, Santry, Co. Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott Architects
During the early years of the Irish Republic,
1954 – Nursery Centre, Maryland, Dublin
Architect: Máirín Hope
In the 1940s and 1950s, the Ladies Committee of the Civics Institute set up two nursery schools –
1954 – State Cinema, Phibsborough, Dublin
Architect: O’Connor & Aylward
A new cinema by Odeon (Ireland) Ltd.
