A trussed Four Courts from Ormond Square.

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Lovely shot #dublin

Greatly indebted to An Garda Síochána Cabra Station. An expected parcel was found ripped open & abandoned on a street in Cabra West, D7. I trust a heavy 1934 Thom's Ireland Directory was not what the opportunistic thief was expecting...Parcel was dropped off minutes after the call.

Now that's quite a #dublinghostsign reveal on the side of Cumiskey's pub at Broadstone today. Here's hoping it'll be held on to.

Archiseek will be 30 next May, and I'm starting to look for some corporate sponsorship for it. Thoughts, suggestions are welcome via socials or to [email protected]

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Despite many appearances to the contrary, this is not my house....

Shorn of the dead, Broombridge Road, Cabra West, Dublin 7.

A few photographs from my Friday afternoon as a flaneur in Dublin. A bit more info on the former Hibernian United Services club by @archiseek.bsky.social www.archiseek.com/1852-united-...

Door glass for 'New Ways', Northampton. Peter Behrens. 1926.

Bizarre product advertisement placement seen on an online auction site. A jameson whiskey branded stepladder....what could possibly go wrong.....

From 2009, Building a business: 150 years of the Sisk group.

Interesting to see DCC finally pay tribute with a small public monument on South Anne Street to an uncelebrated & much vilified servant of the city. Tarmac...

@willderham.bsky.social Might be of interest. www.rte.ie/archives/201...

Looking up, Grafton Street Dublin

Where else would you be at 9am on Saturday morning. United ArtsClub for the Silk Road Film Festival for a showing of "Can Lis – Utzon’s Hidden Masterpiece" (his house in Mallorca). Very good. Watch if you get the chance. www.shareyourgreendesign.com/premiere-of-...

James' Street Dublin. What might be described as a Peekaboo window. If anyone has a more 'Architectural' description i'd love to hear it.

From an Irish Arts Review 1989-90. John Semple and his churches.

A recent purchase in Oxfam Parliament Street Dublin for €7: A history of Architecture in France published in 1969.

Sunset, Salthill promenade Galway earlier tonight.

Ansel Adams Georgia O'Keeffe & Orville Cox, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, 1937 I adore this photograph! I wish Adams had taken more portraits.

Planning guidelines for the Gaeltacht, which have been promised frequently since 2022 by Ministers who said they were just weeks away, will now not be available until 2027, the Department of Housing has confirmed. jrnl.ie/6873220t

@beerfoodtravel.bsky.social may be of interest. 1930

Details of our 2026 lectures are now up - and just look at the topics! New research on Pictish re-use of prehistoric monuments; 3D imaging of ogham stones; biomolecular insights into Pictish identities; and a new approach to the Pictish symbols as writing system. Exciting times in Pictish Studies.

Custom House Dublin 1860.

A lovely book from 1951, compliments of Fiona Robertson & family. Stained glass of the 12th & 13th Centuries from French Cathedrals.

Pillar to post: looking at street furniture. 1982. Includes a "Metropolitan drinking fountain & cattle trough association" water trough. There were 3 in Dublin, One in Haymarket Dublin 7 which is now nearby in Smithfield. Anybody need a double pillory, whipping post & stocks?

Some lovely Dublin Pub photographs from Time Life's The Great Cities: Dublin 1978. A recent purchase.

1949 - College of Further Education, Ballsbridge, Dublin www.archiseek.com/1949-college...

1974 - Offices, Shelbourne Road, Dublin www.archiseek.com/1974-offices...

Scott was also, very late in his career, architect of Trinity College Chapel at the University of Toronto. Nov. 20 will mark the 70th anniversary of the consecration of the chapel, and the College will host the symposium "Sacred Space: Conflicts and Convergences”. I will be one of the speakers.

Dublin, Then and Then. Busaras being the difference. #dublin

The picture shows an Isokon minimum flat in the 1930s. This Sunday, 9 November, from 11:00 to 12:15, you have the opportunity to visit a a similar flat in the Isokon building. We ask for a donation of £10 per visitor. First come first served; there may be a wait.

List of Architects in Ireland from Thom's Directory 1946. RIAI & RSUA.

I was oddly impressed earlier with the symmetry seen today in Gardiner Place, including to a certain extent the overflowing bins placed either side of the archway to Nerney's Court.

A new Irish beer history blog post and a salient reminder that there were other Dublin stouts available back in the 19th century ...

Visited the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, in Winnipeg, for first time in years. The building is still the star, as i wrote back in 2015 for the RIBA Journal. Design and materials have held up so well, still looks fresh and fantastic #winnipeg #winnipegarchitecture www.ribaj.com/buildings/ca...

If you're in the vicinity of @dculibrary.bsky.social, please pop in to see an exhibition selected from the archive material I've donated. It relates to my first book, The Destruction of Dublin (1985), and the Dublin Crisis Conference I helped to organise in February 1986. A blast from the past!

Picked up today; both booklets on St Mary's Cathedral Limerick from 1969 I think.

1903 - Central Library, Waterford, Co. Waterford www.archiseek.com/1903-central...

1911 - Unbuilt Chapel, Church of Ireland Training College, Dublin www.archiseek.com/1911-unbuilt...

One of the joys of a walk along the quays in Dublin are the access ladders. I think the Architectural Review did a page on them in the 1980s.

Recent purchase, hoping it's a page turner otherwise I might take a while.....1946 Thoms directory.

Dating from 1172, when Strongbow & Archbishop O’Toole began its construction, the interior of #Christchurch Cathedral is mainly Victorian, due to renovations carried out in the 1870’s by G.E. Street The leaning north nave wall is due to a roof collapse in 1852 #Dublin #Ireland

Poperinge Hop Museum 25/10/2025 #IronworkThursday

Seen-Unseen is an art project led by artist Clare McLaughlin for and with people who are visually impaired. On Friday 7 November at 2.30pm, we are delighted to collaborate with Clare to host an online meet-up to explore artwork in our collection by artist Harry Clarke. (1/3)

1899 - National Bank, Rathmines, Dublin www.archiseek.com/1899-nationa...

Picked up 9 Architectural drawing panels (A1 or smaller) on board. 3rd & 4th year projects by a student between 1959-1961; includes an RIAI scholarship entry from 1961. Some nice illustrations & perspectives with a watercolour wash.

Dublin's Camden Market.