1972 – Oisin House, Pearse Street, Dublin
Architect: Tyndall Hogan Hurley
Truly horrific materials, design, and massing marks this waste of a fantastic site along a busy street and abutting Trinity College.
1972 – Screen Cinema, Townsend Street, Dublin
Architect: Sir Thomas Bennett / Henry J. Lyons & Partners
A soulless 1960s cinema that is partially on the site of two of Dublin’s most famous theatres: the massive Theatre Royal and the smaller Regal Theatre next door.
1973 – ACC House, Hatch Street, Dublin
Architect: Patrick Campbell & Associates
On the corner of Harcourt and Hatch Street, this large office building was constructed on the site of the Court Laundry Co.,
1973 – Norfin House, Wilton Terrace, Dublin
Architect: Lardner & Partners
Horrific office building on fantastic site overlooking the Grand Canal. Now replaced with bland glass monster.
1973 – River House, 21/25 Chancery Street, Dublin
Architect: Patrick J. Sheahan & Partners
Formerly the Motor Tax office, now empty, and possibly awaiting demolition. Abhorantly ugly development that sat empty for some time,
1978 – Allied Irish Banks Headquarters, Merrion Road, Dublin
Architect: Robinson Keefe Devane
A commercial headquarters on a US campus-style model with its heavily landscaped grounds, the AIB Bankgroup building was developed on lands belonging to the Royal Dublin Society across the road.
1984 – IDA, Wilton Place, Dublin
Architect: Tyndall Hogan Hurley
Some extravagant plans were drawn up for this site including a design by Stephenson Gibney &
