1799 – Court House, Lismore, Co. Waterford
Architect: John Carr The Sessions House, as it was first known, was built as part of the Lismore estate, by Lord Devonshire and can be attributed to the Architect John Carr. Like many...
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1905 – Peace Palace Competition, The Hague, The Netherlands
Architect: Louis M. Cordonnier Andrew Carnegie, the wealthy industrialist, was asked in 1902 to consider sponsoring offices and a library for the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Fedor Martens, a Russian lawyer and diplomat...
RIAI welcomes Building Control (Amendment) Regulations
The RIAI has welcomed Building Control (Amendment) Regulations but says more needs to be done for consumer and to ensure building standards. The RIAI has welcomed the newly amended Building Control Regulations which...
Central Bank in the 21st Century Competition Results
“The purpose of the competition is to create a body of ideas about how the Central Bank building might approach its next phase of life… to re-imagine the building and its immediate surrounding...
1849 – Franciscan Church, Galway, Co. Galway
Architect: James Cusack Started in 1835 and not completed until 1849, in a neo-classical style with a crisp Doric portico. Possibly a remodelling of an earlier church.
1819 – Templemore Abbey, Co. Tipperary
Architect: William Vitruvius Morrison Constructed on the site of an earlier house, Templemore Abbey was a vast neo-Gothic mansion designed by one of the masters of the genre in Ireland, William Vitruvius Morrison....
1899 – Victoria Home, Rostrevor, Co. Down
Architect: William J. Watson Built in the mid-1890s for the Girls Friendly Society of Ireland, who asked for and received Royal permission to call it the Queen Victoria Home in 1901. Originally known...
1876 – Great Northern Hotel, Rostrevor, Co. Down
Architect: William J. Watson A large hotel facing Carlingford Lough, with a main frontage of almost 150 feet broken into a central block and two lower wings. Alongside the hotel were the Temperance...
1875 – Railway Hotel, Greenore, Co. Louth
Architect: James Barton Impressive railway hotel built by the Dundalk, Newry & Greenore Railway in the 1870s as Greenore was becoming an important transit point with the completion of the railway and the...