1936 – Design for St. Ultan’s Hospital, Dublin
Architect: Scott & Good
Unbuilt design for St. Ultan’s Hospital on Charlemont Street, Dublin. In the Ireland of the 1930s,
1936 – Reenavanna, Killiney, Co. Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott
Reenavanna and the neighbouring house Carraigdown, were both designed by Michael Scott for Lieut-Colonel B.J. Fagan and his family.
1937 – Geragh, Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott
Designed by Michael Scott as a home for himself, he had bought the site by the martello tower at Sandycove some years before,
1937 – Tullamore General Hospital, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Architect: Scott & Good
Scott’s hospital at Tullamore, although faced with traditional limestone masonry, has a very strong horizontal linearity and glazed stairwell that show a Dutch Modernist influence in the massing and the use of a round bay in the centre of the main block.
1939 – Irish Pavilion, New York World’s Fair
Architect: Michael Scott
Image above courtesy Irish Architectural Archive
Michael Scott’s most important pre-war commission – the Irish Pavilion for the New York World Fair.
1939 – Ritz Cinema, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Architect: Bill O’Dwyer, Michael Scott Architects
The Ritz Cinema in Athlone (1939) is attributed to Scott but was in fact designed by Bill O’Dwyer who was working and studying in the office of Michael Scott at that time.
1944 – Ffrench-Mullan House, Charlemont Street, Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott
Designed and built during The Emergency (Second World War), these flats were intended to be developed along the length of Charlemont Street.
1950 – Inchicore Chassis Works, Inchicore, Dublin
Architect: Jim Brennan, Michael Scott Architect
In the late 1940’s Michael Scott became involved with Córas Iompair Éireann (CIE) the National Transport Company which came into being on the 1 January 1945 as a result of the Transport Act of 8 December 1944.
1954 – Stewart & Lloyds, East Wall Road, Dublin
Architect: Patrick Hamilton, Michael Scott Architects
Small office building attached to a larger warehouse behind. Designed by Patrick Hamilton who worked in Michael Scott’s office at this time.
1966 – Abbey Theatre, Abbey Street, Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott and Partners, Pierre Sonrel
The Abbey Theatre was founded in 1904 as the Irish National Theatre Company.
