1953 – Motor Distributors, Shelbourne Rd., Ballsbridge, Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott Architects
Motor Distributors’ started assembling Volkswagen Beetles in Ireland in 1950 in a former tram depot at 162 Shelbourne Road in Ballsbridge.
1953 – Nurses’ Home, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Architect: Michael Scott Architects
Two long low blocks, slightly offset with connecting social and circulatory spaces,
1954 – McCairn’s Motors, Santry, Co. Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott Architects
During the early years of the Irish Republic,
1954 – Stewart & Lloyds, East Wall Road, Dublin
Architect: Patrick Hamilton, Michael Scott Architects
Small office building attached to a larger warehouse behind.
1954 – Unexecuted design for County Hospital, Carlow
Architect: Michael Scott Architects
Carlow did not get a County Hospital in the 1920s or 1930s when many counties were constructing new hospitals replacing old Victorian infirmaries.
1958 – Design for Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott, Pierre Sonrel
Design by Michael Scott and M.
1958 – Filling Station, Clonskeagh, Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott
Stylistically linked to their Bridgefoot Street flats for Dublin Corporation (demolished 2006) and the offices for Stewart and Lloyds from around the same time.
Busaras – City Planning, The Custom House and the Busáras Project
It requires the greatest call on Christian charity to have to fight for a building with those officials of Departments of State who are merely administrators of a branch of fluctuating government power and who yet impose their personal whims on permanent buildings.(Michael Scott,
Busaras – Michael Scott, early work and his design team
Michael Scott (1905-1989) was born in Drogheda, County Louth in 1905.
Michael Scott (1905-1989)
Michael Scott (1905-1988) is considered the most important architect of the twentieth century in Ireland.
