1973 – River House, 21/25 Chancery Street, Dublin
Architect: Patrick J. Sheahan & Partners
Formerly the Motor Tax office. Abhorantly ugly development that sat empty for some time,
1974 – College House, Townsend Street, Dublin
Architect: Sir Thomas Bennett / Henry J. Lyons and Partners
One of the ugliest buildings to ever grace the city centre of Dublin,
1976 – Community School, Ballincollig, Co. Cork
Architect: A&D Wejchert
Ballincollig Community School first opened on September 14th, 1976, with 109 students and 10 teachers. In 1974 the practice,
1976 – Former ESB Building, The Mall, Waterford
Built on the site of Bishop Foy School which closed in 1967. Constructed in a modernist style the building was the first of its kind in Waterford with retail and office space.
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,
1980 – Roches Stores, Henry St., Dublin
Architect: Newenham Mulligan and Associates
Originally designed in the late 1950s by the same firm of architects (NMA), half of the store was built in the 1960s (at the Coles Lane corner) and the other half in the 1970s (at the Little Denmark Street end).
1983 – East Stand, Lansdowne Road Stadium, Dublin
Replacing the old East Stand which was constructed in 1927, the new East Stand cost £4 million and held thirteen thousand providing ten thousand extra seats over the previous capacity.
1984 – Calvert House, Castle Place, Belfast
Architect: Kennedy Fitzgerald
Replaced Lanyon’s Ulster Club of 1863, ruining that part of the streetscape of Castle Place. A facade of tinted glass and polished stonework.
1984 – IDA, Wilton Place, Dublin
Architect: Brian Hogan, Tyndall Hogan Hurley
Some extravagant plans were drawn up for this site including a design by Stephenson Gibney &
1986 – General Accident Building, Donegall Square South, Belfast
Architect: Robinson & McIlwaine
Large office building constructed for General Accident Assurance in the mid early 1980s. The facade has four tall red columns interspaced with flat panels of Portland stone.
