2023 – The Merrion Building, Merrion Street, Dublin
Architect: SSA Architects
Built to replace an idiosyncratic building,
Built to replace an idiosyncratic building,
Officially opened in April 2024,
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.