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Dublin 1, Part I – History & Seville Place Area
I’ve kicked off this study Dublin 1 – an area that I really only associated with shopping and unfortunately – crime before now. The weather was thankfully on my side, washing the docklands over with a fine mist of sun as I worked my way down as far as …Read more -
Dublin City Cottages Project Outline – Past, present and future
There has been no comprehensive study into this significant area of Dublin’s architecture and as a result there is very little known about the origins or history of the cottages. With every year that passes access to that information through the people who lived there or were handed down the knowledge fades, I believe that this may be the last chance to document much of the Dublin City Cottages original history.Read more -
Project: Dublin City Cottages
Dublin City Cottages Banner I am currently working on a project to research and document the cottages of Dublin City. Living in an area like Portobello gives an accute awareness of the quaintness of these city cottages, juxtaposed as they are against …Read more -
An Architects View on Irish Cottages
Irish Cottages are of a completely different time and period; and as such I feel that any extension we make to them should be indicative of today’s time; that is of the 21st century. In doing this – rather than slavishly copying the old – makes the building more honest, more legible and ‘easier to read’.Read more -
April – Easter at the Irish Cottage
In and out the dusty bluebells by Hartney Photography – copyright http://www.hartneyphotographics.com It’s the month where daffodils give way to bluebells – fields of lavender that threaten to distract me while driving as I peer in over ditches. They …Read more