1870 – The Irish House, Nos.1-2 Wood Quay, Dublin
The Irish House was built in 1870 at the corner of Winetavern Street and Wood Quay in Dublin, and became a popular public house and well-known piece of Celtic Revival architecture.
The Irish House was built in 1870 at the corner of Winetavern Street and Wood Quay in Dublin, and became a popular public house and well-known piece of Celtic Revival architecture.
A 1950s Stalinist proposal for the infamous Wood Quay site for Dublin Corporation. Approved for construction by the City Council in January 1956 but not proceeded with.
A selection of models from the 1968 architectural competition for proposals for a new Dublin Corporation office block at Wood Quay in Dublin.
One of six entries displayed after a developer-led invited competition for new Civic Offices on Wood Quay in Dublin.
Runner up in the 1968 developer-led competition to design and construct a new headquarters for Dublin Corporation.
Instead of an open architectural competition, the Corporation invited developers to submit entries. The brief called for the provision of 300,000 square feet of office space in “an efficent layout and form reflecting the importance of the buildings in the life of the city.”
Unsuccesful Richard Seifert and Partners design for Dublin Corporation offices at Wood Quay. Presumedly entered with the developer Harry Hyams (they had worked together in London on Centre Point tower,
In 1968 proposals were invited for a new Dublin Corporation office block at Wood Quay in Dublin.
The site at Wood Quay had been earmarked as a site for the headquarters of Dublin Corporation since the 1950s.
This development was the final part of a controversial project lasting over twenty years. The site at Wood Quay had been earmarked as a site for the headquarters of Dublin Corporation since the 1950s.