1957 – Proposal for St. Laurence’s Hospital, Cabra, Dublin
Designed as a replacement for the North Brunswick Street hospitals –
Designed as a replacement for the North Brunswick Street hospitals –
Plans for a new general hospital to serve the northwest of Northern Ireland were drawn up by Yorke,
Design unveiled in 1957 – the 500-bed hospital opened in 1962.
St. Vincent’s Hospital was established by Mother Mary Aikenhead,
The idea of building a new hospital was first looked at in 1931 as it was clear that the old Coombe Lying-In Hospital could not meet increasing demand.
A Belfast landmark with its distinctive yellow colour,
The design provides a day-lit modern clinical environment while maintaining the existing historic presence of the Dental Hospital on Lincoln Place designed by Richard Orphen.
The project takes on five contiguous Protected Structures in central Dublin and converts them to new uses for the Dublin Dental Hospital.