University College Dublin Press
More Than Concrete Blocks
Dublin City’s Twentieth-Century Buildings and Their Stories, Volume III, 1973–1999
9781910820124
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More Than Concrete Blocks
Dublin City’s Twentieth-Century Buildings and Their Stories, Volume III, 1973–1999
A three-volume series of richly illustrated books unpacking the history of Dublin’s architecture during the twentieth century.
This three-volume series considers the city as a layered and complex place. It makes links between Dublin’s buildings and Dublin’s political, social, cultural, and economic histories. By focusing on architecture as the central thread in the story of the city in formation, 1900–2000, More Than Concrete Blocks is about the relationship between architecture and people in Dublin City.
Each study is framed according to key historical questions and raises issues around architectural technology and materials, patronage, economic histories, urban planning, residents and ceremonial or daily use, and so on. Volume Three also presents an overview, in guidebook style, of 140 sites, a survey of the city’s buildings over the period 1973 to 1999, not as a “best of” but as a representation of architectural endeavor at the time.
The series was commissioned and funded by Dublin City Council’s Heritage Office and has received grant support from the Heritage Council and from the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage.
This three-volume series considers the city as a layered and complex place. It makes links between Dublin’s buildings and Dublin’s political, social, cultural, and economic histories. By focusing on architecture as the central thread in the story of the city in formation, 1900–2000, More Than Concrete Blocks is about the relationship between architecture and people in Dublin City.
Each study is framed according to key historical questions and raises issues around architectural technology and materials, patronage, economic histories, urban planning, residents and ceremonial or daily use, and so on. Volume Three also presents an overview, in guidebook style, of 140 sites, a survey of the city’s buildings over the period 1973 to 1999, not as a “best of” but as a representation of architectural endeavor at the time.
The series was commissioned and funded by Dublin City Council’s Heritage Office and has received grant support from the Heritage Council and from the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage.
496 pages | illustrated in halftones throughout | 6.5 x 9.45 | © 2023
More Than Concrete Blocks: Dublin City’s C20th Buildings and their Stories
Architecture: Architecture--Criticism, European Architecture
History: British and Irish History
Table of Contents
Foreword, Michelle Norris; Preface – ‘how to use this book’; Acknowledgements; About the Editors + Authors; About Dublin City Council Heritage Office; Series Introduction; Overview Essays; The 1970s by Carole Pollard; The 1980s by Ellen Rowley; The 1990s by Merlo Kelly; Case Studies; 1: 1973: Molyneux House (CP); 2: 1973: Merrion Hall (CP); 3: 1972 and 1975: Bank of Ireland HQ, Baggot Street (CP); 4: 1976: Darndale Housing Estate (ER); 5: 1971 and 1978: Poolbeg Chimneys (MLK); 6: 1978: PMPA (ER); 7: 1978: 1970s Housing, From Fitzgibbon Court to Ash Grove to City Quay (ER); 8: 1978: Church of the Holy Trinity, Donaghmede (ER); 9: 1979: Herbert Mews (CP); 10: 1979 and 1980: Allied Irish Bank (AIB) Banking Centre (CP); 11: 1979: Papal Cross, Phoenix Park (ER); 12: 1979: Central Bank CP); 13: 1981: AnCo Training Centre, Finglas (ANíM); 14: 1981: Port and Docks HQ (CP); 15: 1983: IDA Enterprise Centre, Pearse Street (ANíM); 16: 1984: St James Hospital Energy Centre (CP); 17: 1984: Artane Oratory (NdeR); 18: 1985: Willow Field Housing Scheme (MLK); 19: 1978 + 1986: Irish Life Centre (CP); 20: 1987: Juvenile Court, Smithfield (MLK); 21: 1987: Atrium/Loos Bar - Restaurant Restoration, Trinity College Dublin (AoH); 22: 1990: Treasury Building (CP); 23: 1991: Stanhope Green, Focus Ireland (ER); 24: 1991 + 1996: Temple Bar Framework Plan + Meeting House Square (MLK); 25: 1992: Temple Bar, Irish Film Institute, Temple Bar (MLK); 26: 1994: Temple Bar, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (ER); 27: 1996: Temple Bar, The Print Works, Temple Bar (MLK); 28: 1995: British Embassy, Ballsbridge (MLK); 29: 1996: Parson’s Building, Mechanical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin (MLK); 30: 1998: Ranelagh Multi-Denominational School (ANíM); 31: 1998: Castle Street Mixed-Use building (CP)