2018 – Capital Dock, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin
Capital Dock is a 22-storey mixed-use development at the junction of Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and Britain Quay.
Capital Dock is a 22-storey mixed-use development at the junction of Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and Britain Quay.
Built in 2018 on a brown field site bounded by City Quay,
Constructed on the site of the 1970’s office development known as Oisin House,
Built to replace an idiosyncratic building,
Dublin City Council refused planning permission for this six-storey 24-bedroom boutique hotel on a site at Shelbourne Road as the scheme would constitute over-development of the site.
It requires the greatest call on Christian charity to have to fight for a building with those officials of Departments of State who are merely administrators of a branch of fluctuating government power and who yet impose their personal whims on permanent buildings.(Michael Scott,
Michael Scott (1905-1989) was born in Drogheda, County Louth in 1905.
Author’s note: this was submitted as a M.A. Thesis in History of Art in 1996 at the National College of Art and Design.