Nice Gaff: Charlemont House
Now called Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Charlemont House admirably represents how a building can be sympathetically adapted and extended without disrupting its integrity.
Nice Gaff: The Douglas Hyde Gallery (DHG)
Its somewhat clandestine location and world-class programming makes this diminutive space a particularly rewarding discovery.
Nice Gaff – Merrion Hall
Happened upon on trips to the sea, the modernist concrete structure can seem an anomaly on a road of otherwise higgledy-piggledy residential grandeur.
Nice Gaff – Busáras
The first major work of architecture in modern Ireland, Busáras was symbolic of a forward facing Ireland that was brimful of passion and ideas.
Nice Gaff: Jennie Moran on The Palm House at the Botanic Gardens
The Palm House was a flat-pack glass house, built in Paisley in Scotland and shipped to Dublin to be erected in 1884.
Nice Gaff: DIT Cathal Brugha Street
From the rubble of Marlborough Street, Cathal Brugha Street emerged when the St. George’s and St. Thomas’ Church was rebuilt in 1932. It was on this street that Robinson Keefe…
Nice Gaff: The Central Bank
What makes this building so unique and so remarkable was the way in which it was constructed, from the top down.
Nice Gaff: Charlemont House
Now called Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Charlemont House admirably represents how a building can be sympathetically adapted and extended without disrupting its integrity.
Nice Gaff: The Long Mile Works
All in all there is a lot to be loved about this simple and honest building. It reminds me that architects are more fundamentally related to artistic principles than, say…
Nice Gaff: Shan-Zhen – Architects: Urban Agency and AP+E
The basic idea explored in Shan-Zhen comes from Shannon’s transformation, in the late 1950s, into a transatlantic refuelling point and the subsequent establishment of the Shannon Free Zone – the…
Nice Gaff: Architects – Herbert Simms
It starts and ends with Herbert Simms: the extraordinary City Architect of Dublin in the early twentieth century, and for me his perfect building is Chancery House, a stone’s throw…
Nice Gaff: IDA Small Business Centre
Last month an intriguing building emerged at the junction of Gardiner Street and Summerhill. This building is not new however, it is 30 years old. The sign said ‘IDA Small…
Nice Gaff: 13 North Great Georges Street
The weekend of Friday 16th to Sunday 18th October sees the return of Open House Dublin, essentially Ireland’s biggest celebration of nice gaffs. Emma Gilleece explores 13 North Great George's…
Nice Gaff: The Guinness Power House
On first impressions, the Guinness Power House is an unmistakably confident building. However, closer scrutiny of its architectural history complicates this identity and exposes a building that lacks the overstatement…
Nice Gaff: The Ark Temple Bar
The first cultural centre for children in Europe, the Ark is a place where children can explore theatre, music, literature, art, film and other cultural activities in a space created…
Nice Gaff: Dublin Corporation Wholesale Markets
The markets area of Dublin is a hub of activity, smells, sounds and sights. It is where I work, and the inspiration for the first collection from Arran Street East,…
Nice Gaff: South Studios 27/28 New Row South Dublin 8
At numbers 27 and 28 on New Row South in Blackpitts sits an old calp limestone, brick and slate warehouse currently home to South Studios. A former distillery, tannery, warehouse,…