1968 – Rowan House Apartments, Ballsbridge, Dublin
Architect: Tyndall Hogan Hurley
One of two similar blocks just off Sussex Road,
One of two similar blocks just off Sussex Road,
Instead of an open architectural competition,
In 1968 proposals were invited for a new Dublin Corporation office block at Wood Quay in Dublin.
Another one of the horrific buildings in this area,
Warehouse designed to have large internally uninterrupted spaces.
Thirteen floors of office space in a very sensitive location behind Fitzwilliam Place and on the banks of the Grand Canal,
Attractive, and so very 1960s conversion of a mews house into a modern residence.
Originally when completed, the window bands were fully glazed,
Office accommodation from the late 1960s,
Almost universally disliked by the public as it dominates the area,