1962 – Former Bord Failte, Baggot Street, Dublin
Architect: Robin Walker, Michael Scott & Associates
Designed to cost as little as possible,
1963 – Nassau House, Nassau Street, Dublin
Architect: Lardner & Partners
One of three office blocks built along here by Norwich Union in the 1960s,
1965 – Bank Of Ireland, Suffolk Street, Dublin
Architect: Robin Walker, Michael Scott & Partners
Miesian infill from Robin Walker of Michael Scott &
1965 – Former ESB Headquarters, Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
Fitzwilliam Street once the longest expanse of intact Georgian architecture anywhere in the world was destroyed in the 1960s when the ESB a supposedly responsible semi-state body wantonly demolished twelve of the houses.
1965 – Lyons Factory, Goldenbridge, Dublin
Architect: Joseph N. Kidney & Co.
A central hub for blending,
1965 – McConnell House, Charlemont Place, Dublin
Architect: McDonnell & Dixon
Described by Frank McDonald in ‘The Destruction of Dublin’
1966 – Colmstock House, Nos. 72-76 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin
Architect: Desmond Fitzgerald & Downes Meehan & Robson
Three large office blocks were built around the same time along the south side of the Green –
1966 – Hawkins House, Poolbeg Street, Dublin
Architect: Sir Thomas Bennett / O’Connor & Alyward
In a poll in 1998,
1967 – Carrisbrook House, Northumberland Road, Dublin
Architect: McDonnell & Dixon
Grim office block on an important corner site in Ballsbridge,
1967 – Hainault House, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
One of a threesome of office buildings from the 1960s that replaced a number of Georgian houses on the south side of the Green.
