Signage, Bon, 34-5 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
In photographs, the most distinctive thing about Bon’s facade is the grid of red brick with recessed black mortar joints, creating an unusual texture using a material that’s very common in Dublin. It’s...
View ArticleTropical Fruit Company warehouse, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2
The former Tropical Fruit Company warehouse is slightly disappointing, compared to the company name – against the odds, ‘Tropical Fruit Company’ still sounds quite exotic in 2012, and I had some notion...
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Crane tracks, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2
There’s a stretch between the two quayside warehouses on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay which hasn’t been repaved, and here, there’s a hodge podge of cobblestones cut through with crane tracks. The...
View ArticlePost Office, 5 Usher’s Quay, Dublin 8
The post office on Usher’s Quay is still in operation, though it looks like it’s trapped in amber. Its shopfront is in fresh An Post green, below three upper storeys of brick with a ghost sign for...
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Diving bell, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2
At the most recent City Intersections event on Smart Dublin, one of the three brilliant speakers was Mary Mulvihill of Ingenious Ireland, who ran through a series of examples of ingenuity that happened...
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