1957 – Nos. 16-17 Suffolk Street, Dublin
Architect: W.M. Mitchell & Sons
Mid century office building that replaced two ornate Victorian commercial buildings by J.J.
1957 – Proposal for St. Laurence’s Hospital, Cabra, Dublin
Architect: Alan Hope
Designed as a replacement for the North Brunswick Street hospitals –
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 – Barnardo’s, 108 Grafton Street, Dublin
Architect: Niall Montgomery
A long-established Dublin business which started in 1812,
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 – Corporation Flats, Hogan Place, Dublin
Architect: Charles McNamara, Dublin Corporation Housing Architect
Corporation flats constructed by G.
1958 – Design for Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott, Pierre Sonrel
Design by Michael Scott and M.
1958 – Drimnagh Castle Secondary School, Drimnagh, Co. Dublin
Architect: O’Connor & Aylward
Drimnagh Castle Secondary School opened in 1954 to serve the growing communities of Drimnagh and Walkinstown.
1958 – Elephant House, Dublin Zoo, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson
Double height modernist building designed as an enclosure for elephants.
