1964 – Corporation Flats, Bridgefoot Street, Dublin
Fairly grim development of corporation flats –
Fairly grim development of corporation flats –
Engineering workshops in a Brutalist style buried in a mixed complex of buildings off Bolton Street.
Built with government aid for the General Electric Company of Ireland,
Large single storey print works,
One of the better buildings of the 1960s in Dublin is the office headquarters for the New Ireland Assurance Company on Dawson Street.
Designed by a French team, this office building still retains an aura of 1960s modernity.
Compare and contrast this with the wonderful church built by the Dominicans at the same time in the town.
Constructed on the site of the Magdalen Asylum on Lower Leeson Street after an architectural competition in 1960 –
A fine example of modern architecture in the heart of leafy Ballsbridge,
Winstons & Besco were a short-lived chain, largely based in the midlands –