1978 – Allied Irish Banks Headquarters, Merrion Road, Dublin
Architect: Andrew Devane, Robinson, Keefe & Devane
A commercial headquarters on a US campus-style model with its heavily landscaped grounds,
1978 – Clancourt, Mount Street, Dublin
Architect: Austin Murray
Grotesquely offensive scheme whose long bland elevations and repetitive detailing do much to deaden Mount Street.
1978 – Clanwilliam Court, Mount Street, Dublin
Architect: Austin Murray
One of the schemes that kick-started the wholesale destruction of Lower Mount Street,
1978 – Martello Mews, Sandymount, Dublin
Architect: Denis Anderson, Diamond Redfern Anderson
A small site approximately one acre contains fifteen town houses,
1978 – Matt Talbot Bridge, Dublin
Architect: De Leuw, Chadwick and O’hEocha Consulting Engineers
Planned for many years to create a clockwise traffic flow up and down the quays,
1978 – Miesian Plaza, Baggot Street, Dublin
Architect: Ronnie Tallon, Scott Tallon Walker
The former Bank of Ireland headquarters in Baggot Street is most notable for two things other than its architecture: the amount of Bronze Manganese used in its construction –
1978 – O2 (Formerly Bord na Mona), Baggot Street, Dublin
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
Designed as the headquarters of Bord Na Mona,
1978 – Pennys, O’Connell Street, Dublin
Architect: W.H. Byrne & Son
Former British Home Stores department store constructed on the site of the still-missed Metropole and Capitol Cinemas.
1979 – Birr Community College, Birr, Co. Offaly
Architect: Peter & Mary Doyle
In 1974, the Irish Department of Education organised an open architectural ideas competition for the design of a new type of building – a ‘community school’.
1979 – Design for Taoiseach’s Residence, Dublin
Architect: OMA
Design submitted to architectural competition for an Official residence of the Irish Prime Minister.
