1863 – Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, City Quay, Dublin
Architect: John Bourke / John L. Robinson
Built originally as a chapel of ease to St. Andrews, Westland Row,
Built originally as a chapel of ease to St. Andrews, Westland Row,
Competition entry by Scott Tallon Walker for prominent site on City Quay. The areas as set out in the competition brief would require a plot ratio of 12.5:1 and would result in a building of over 60m in height.
The site for the project is located on the south bank of the Liffey Quays in Dublin’s Docklands.
Commissioned by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority as a key element in the delivery of the overall Docklands Arts Strategy. Its open weave design was intended to allow light to permeate through.
Built in 2018 on a brown field site bounded by City Quay, Princes Street South and Gloucester Street,