Paul Clerkin, Archiseek.com
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Irish architecture history https://www.archiseek.com since 1996, football fan (all strains), drinker of tea (all strains), likes beer (all strains). Also likes strainers.
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FYI "Todays Object of Unexpected Interest" is when something unusual appears high on the daily traffic for no obvious reason.
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
FYI "Todays Object of Unexpected Interest" is when something unusual appears high on the daily traffic for no obvious reason.
Todays Object of Unexpected Interest:
1931 - Wiggins Teape, East Wall Road, Dublin
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#dublin #lostdublin #dublinarchitecture #architecturedublin
1931 - Wiggins Teape, East Wall Road, Dublin
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1931 - Wiggins Teape, East Wall Road, Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City, Lost Buildings of Ireland - Archiseek.com
Architect: John H. Stevenson, Samuel Stevenson & Sons The architect was John Stevenson (1890-1950) of Samuel Stevenson & Sons, Belfast. Originally built
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November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Todays Object of Unexpected Interest:
1931 - Wiggins Teape, East Wall Road, Dublin
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#dublin #lostdublin #dublinarchitecture #architecturedublin
1931 - Wiggins Teape, East Wall Road, Dublin
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#dublin #lostdublin #dublinarchitecture #architecturedublin
Todays Object of Unexpected Interest:
1869 - Royal Insurance, Dame St., Dublin
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#dublin #dublinarchitecture #ireland #architecture
1869 - Royal Insurance, Dame St., Dublin
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#dublin #dublinarchitecture #ireland #architecture
1869 - Royal Insurance, Dame St., Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City, Lost Buildings of Ireland - Archiseek.com
Architect: William G. Murray Italianate palazzo by William G. Murray on the corner of Dame and Fownes Streets. Finished in Portland stone, the building
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November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Todays Object of Unexpected Interest:
1869 - Royal Insurance, Dame St., Dublin
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#dublin #dublinarchitecture #ireland #architecture
1869 - Royal Insurance, Dame St., Dublin
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Todays Object of Unexpected Interest:
1853 - Great Industrial Exhibition, Merrion Square, Dublin #dublin #dublinarchitecture #irisharchitecture #architecture #ireland
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1853 - Great Industrial Exhibition, Merrion Square, Dublin #dublin #dublinarchitecture #irisharchitecture #architecture #ireland
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1853 - Great Industrial Exhibition, Merrion Square, Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City, Lost Buildings of Ireland - Archiseek.com
Architect: Sir John Benson The Great Industrial Exhibition in 1853 was the largest international event to be held in Ireland. It lasted from the 12th of
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November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Todays Object of Unexpected Interest:
1853 - Great Industrial Exhibition, Merrion Square, Dublin #dublin #dublinarchitecture #irisharchitecture #architecture #ireland
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1853 - Great Industrial Exhibition, Merrion Square, Dublin #dublin #dublinarchitecture #irisharchitecture #architecture #ireland
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Set up a separate account for Winnipeg focused architecture (where I currently live) @archiseek-winnipeg.bsky.social for those interested #winnipeg
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Set up a separate account for Winnipeg focused architecture (where I currently live) @archiseek-winnipeg.bsky.social for those interested #winnipeg
Todays Object of Unexpected Interest is
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1803 - Aldborough House, Portland Row, Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City - Archiseek.com
Architect: Richard Johnston Built by Edward Augustus Stratford (1736-1801), 2nd Earl of Aldborough as Dublin's last great house of the eighteenth century.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Todays Object of Unexpected Interest is
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1972 - Castlepark, Kinsale, Co. Cork
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1972 - Castlepark, Kinsale, Co. Cork - Architecture of Cork - Archiseek.com
Architect: Diamond Redfern Anderson Conceived as a holiday village, Castlepark is a variation on the Irish vernacular village, located on a peninsula in
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November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
1972 - Castlepark, Kinsale, Co. Cork
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1952 - Suggested Extension for Dublin Airport
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1952 - Suggested Extension for Dublin Airport - Architecture of Fingal, Unbuilt Ireland - Archiseek.com
Architect: Desmond Fitzgerald The original terminal was planned to handle a maximum of 250,000 passengers per annum, by 1951 it was handling 276,000
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November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
1952 - Suggested Extension for Dublin Airport
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November 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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1952 - Suggested Extension for Dublin Airport
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1952 - Suggested Extension for Dublin Airport - Architecture of Fingal, Unbuilt Ireland - Archiseek.com
Architect: Desmond Fitzgerald The original terminal was planned to handle a maximum of 250,000 passengers per annum, by 1951 it was handling 276,000
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November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
1952 - Suggested Extension for Dublin Airport
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Brandon Daily Sun, Aug 26, 1932, reports on 100ft high statue for Dun Laoghaire. Was it to be a larger version of this?
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November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Brandon Daily Sun, Aug 26, 1932, reports on 100ft high statue for Dun Laoghaire. Was it to be a larger version of this?
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1978 - Design for St. James Hospital, Dublin
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1978 - Design for St. James Hospital, Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City - Archiseek.com
Architect: Moloney O’Beirne Guy & Hutchinson Locke and Monk The history of St James’s stretches back to 1703 when an Act was passed to build a workhouse
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November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
1978 - Design for St. James Hospital, Dublin
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2025 - Windjammer Hotel Proposal, Ballsbridge, Dublin
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2025 - Windjammer Hotel Proposal, Ballsbridge, Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City, Unbuilt Ireland - Archiseek.com
Architect: Office of David O’Shea Dublin City Council refused planning permission for this six-storey 24-bedroom boutique hotel on a site at Shelbourne
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November 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
2025 - Windjammer Hotel Proposal, Ballsbridge, Dublin
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1974 - Offices, Shelbourne Road, Dublin
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1974 - Offices, Shelbourne Road, Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City, Lost Buildings of Ireland - Archiseek.com
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associateshttps://www.archiseek.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_dashboard&_wpnonce=2fa225e53a Speculative office
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November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
1974 - Offices, Shelbourne Road, Dublin
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1949 - College of Further Education, Ballsbridge, Dublin
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1949 - College of Further Education, Ballsbridge, Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City - Archiseek.com
Architect: Donnelly & Martin Typical of the softer modernism used in educational buildings across Ireland, north and south, this was constructed as a
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November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
1949 - College of Further Education, Ballsbridge, Dublin
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Postcard of the Four Courts, Dublin (after restoration as the publisher is so keen to point out) - note the scaffolding between the columns. #Dublin
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Postcard of the Four Courts, Dublin (after restoration as the publisher is so keen to point out) - note the scaffolding between the columns. #Dublin
Roecrete advertisement using the disastrous Atlantic Hotel, Kilkee #Ireland
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November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Roecrete advertisement using the disastrous Atlantic Hotel, Kilkee #Ireland
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Was carrying the camera as opposed to phone today, and took the opportunity to take photos of the IKOY Building
Older photos at www.ikoy.com/project/ikoy... #winnipeg #winnipegarchitecture
Older photos at www.ikoy.com/project/ikoy... #winnipeg #winnipegarchitecture
November 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Was carrying the camera as opposed to phone today, and took the opportunity to take photos of the IKOY Building
Older photos at www.ikoy.com/project/ikoy... #winnipeg #winnipegarchitecture
Older photos at www.ikoy.com/project/ikoy... #winnipeg #winnipegarchitecture
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
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November 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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
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Sprawling beside the pyramids of Giza, it is the largest museum in the world dedicated to a single civilization
Irish architect behind Egyptian Museum 'very excited'
More than two decades in the making and, finally, one of the world's largest and most anticipated museums has opened its doors tonight.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Sprawling beside the pyramids of Giza, it is the largest museum in the world dedicated to a single civilization
1911 - Unbuilt Chapel, Church of Ireland Training College, Dublin
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1911 - Unbuilt Chapel, Church of Ireland Training College, Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City, Unbuilt Ireland - Archiseek.com
Architect: Thomas Manly Deane Design for small chapel for the Church of Ireland Training College, which was sited in Kildare Place in Dublin. The college
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November 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
1911 - Unbuilt Chapel, Church of Ireland Training College, Dublin
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