1978 – O2 (Formerly Bord na Mona), Baggot Street, Dublin
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
Designed as the headquarters of Bord Na Mona,
1978 – Pennys, O’Connell Street, Dublin
Architect: W.H. Byrne & Son
Former British Home Stores department store constructed on the site of the still-missed Metropole and Capitol Cinemas.
1979 – Design for Taoiseach’s Residence, Dublin
Architect: OMA
Design submitted to architectural competition for an Official residence of the Irish Prime Minister.
1979 – Marks & Spencer, Mary Street, Dublin
Architect: Scott Tallon Walker
Grim department store with equally grim frontage onto nearby Liffey and Abbey Streets.
1979 – Unbuilt Design for Taoiseach’s Residence, Dublin
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Design submitted to architectural competition for an Official residence of the Irish Prime Minister.
1980 – Commercial Buildings, Dame Street, Dublin
Reproduction building after the original was demolished to make way for the Central Bank.
1980 – Former Central Bank of Ireland, Dame Street, Dublin
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
Another one of Sam Stephenson’s buildings that was to attract a lot of criticism both for its height and original roofline (in contravention of the Planning Permission) and for its brash appearance in Temple Bar.
1980 – Irish Life Centre, Abbey Street, Dublin
Architect: Andrew Devane, Robinson, Keefe & Devane
A large development by Irish Life Assurance Company on the old Brooks Thomas yards consisting of blocks of various heights around courtyards both at street level and raised.
1980 – Jim Larkin Statue, O’Connell Street, Dublin
Sculptor: Oisin Kelly
Facing the former Clery’s department store,
1981 – Dublin Port & Docks Building, East Wall, Dublin
Architect: Scott Tallon Walker
Intended to be a building with a strong visual presence in the port and succeeds as such.
