1956 – Metro Cinema, Dundonald, Belfast
Built at a cost of £50,000, it was the first post-war cinema in Belfast with a balcony.
1956 – Presbyterian Church, Rathcoole, Co. Antrim
Architect: Robert J. McKinstry
Rathcoole Housing Estate was one of the first large-scale housing schemes in Northern Ireland in the 1940s and 50s.
1957 – Greenwood Mixed School, Belfast
Architect: Henry Lynch-Robinson & Robert McKinstry
Now known as Greenwood Infant School,
1957 – McLay Memorial Hall, Henry Place, Belfast
Described in the News Letter on May 2, 1957: “A new £14,000 church hall for the congregation of Clifton Street United Presbyterian Church,
1957 – Runner Up Design for War Memorial Building, Belfast
Architect: W.F. Howard
Second placed entry in a design compeition to design a building to act as a war memorial for Northern Ireland providing office space for charities and organisations associated with the armed forces.
1957 – Third Placed Design for War Memorial Building, Belfast
Architect: W. Granville Smyth
Second placed entry by W.
1957 – Winning Design for War Memorial Building, Belfast
Architect: J.M. Bowley
The site was formerly occupied by the Queen Anne Hotel and a number of shops which were destroyed by German bombing during the Belfast Blitz in 1941.
1958 – Canada House, North St., Belfast, Co. Antrim
Four storey office building with commercial units at street level with a slight curve to the facade.
1958 – Carolan Grammar School for Girls, Belfast
Architect: Donald Shanks, Principal Architect to Belfast Education Committee
Constructed over the period 1957-58,
1959 – Transport House, High Street, Belfast
Architect: J.J. Brennan
A modernist office building constructed for the Amalgamated Transport &
