1967 – Norwich Union, Nassau Street, Dublin
One of three office blocks built along here by Norwich Union in the 1960s destroying a collection of varied Victorian commercial buildings in the process.
One of three office blocks built along here by Norwich Union in the 1960s destroying a collection of varied Victorian commercial buildings in the process.
A restained modern insertion into a Victorian streetscape replacing a building of 1867 by Alfred G.
A selection of models from the 1968 architectural competition for proposals for a new Dublin Corporation office block at Wood Quay in Dublin.
Built as an Arts faculty and containing lecture theatres and seminar rooms, libraries, an art gallery and administration and social facilities for over 200 staff and 3,700 graduates and undergraduates.
Perspective of the new technical college on Kevin Street.
Instead of an open architectural competition, the Corporation invited developers to submit entries. The brief called for the provision of 300,000 square feet of office space in “an efficent layout and form reflecting the importance of the buildings in the life of the city.”
Opened as the Curzon Cinema, and later the Lighthouse, the entrance foyer to this cinema was distinctly modern.
The Kevin Street campus of the Dublin Institute of Technology wass a large purpose built structure opened in 1968.
Designed for the Guardian Assurance Company, this five-storey office building terminated an important vista from Earlsfort Terrace as well as being the last building along the Shelbourne Hotel side of the Green.
Runner up in the 1968 developer-led competition to design and construct a new headquarters for Dublin Corporation.
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