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 – Halycon Hotel, 11 South Anne Street, Dublin
Architect: Patrick H. Corcoran
Small hotel, what would now be termed boutique in the centre of Dublin,
1958 – Petrol Filling Station, Rathmines, Dublin
Architect: O’Brien, Morris, & McCullough
The golden years of modernist filling stations in Ireland as the population entered the automobile age –
1959 – Brown & Polson / Knorr, Davitt Road, Inchicore, Dublin
Architect: Patrick Scott, Michael Scott & Associates
Brown &
1959 – Cerebral Palsy Clinic & School, Sandymount, Dublin
Architect: Brendan O’Connor
The National Association for Cerebral Palsy Ireland (C.P.I.) moved from their first home in Bull Alley to a large house on Sandymount Avenue in 1953.
1959 – Dublin Bus, O’Connell Street, Dublin
Architect: Brendan Ellis & G.P. O’Shea
A modern infill building on the western side of O’Connell Street,
1959 – Insurance Corporation of Ireland, Dame Street, Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson
New modern facade placed on four existing buildings including the previous head office of 1936 designed by Vincent Downes for the same company.
1959 – Northern Assurance Co. Ltd., 10-12 Trinity Street, Dublin
Costructed on the site of the Sun Alliance offices which had been designed by G.C.
