1957 – Small Grocer’s Shop, Dublin
Architect: Design Research Unit
In 1953, at the request of Herbert Read,
1958 – Aer Lingus, 42 Grafton Street, Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson
Stylish shop front to travel booking office for Aer Lingus.
1958 – Barnardo’s, 108 Grafton Street, Dublin
Architect: Niall Montgomery
A long-established Dublin business which started in 1812,
1958 – Boylans Shoes, Camden Street, Dublin
Architect: Niall Montgomery
Elegant modernist shopfront with glass display boxes allowing the maximum amount of product to be displayed to the passersby.
1958 – Corporation Flats, Hogan Place, Dublin
Architect: Charles McNamara, Dublin Corporation Housing Architect
Corporation flats constructed by G.
1958 – Elephant House, Dublin Zoo, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson
Double height modernist building designed as an enclosure for elephants.
1958 – Filling Station, Fortfield Rd, Terenure, Dublin
Architect: Niall Montgomery
Wainsfort Filling Station, designed by architect and poet Niall Montgomery at a time when companies were increasingly aware of their visual appearance and identity.
1959 – Cerebral Palsy Clinic & School, Sandymount, Dublin
Architect: Brendan O’Connor
The National Association for Cerebral Palsy Ireland (C.P.I.) moved from their first home in Bull Alley to a large house on Sandymount Avenue in 1953.
1959 – Dublin Bus, O’Connell Street, Dublin
Architect: Brendan Ellis & G.P. O’Shea
A modern infill building on the western side of O’Connell Street,
1959 – Insurance Corporation of Ireland, Dame Street, Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson
New modern facade placed on four existing buildings including the previous head office of 1936 designed by Vincent Downes for the same company.
