2007

O1534 : Sunlight Chambers, Parliament St. Dublin

taken 17 years ago, near to Dublin, Ireland

Sunlight Chambers, Parliament St. Dublin
Sunlight Chambers, Parliament St. Dublin
Designed as Dublin offices for Lord Lever (of Lever Brothers), by the Liverpool architect Edward Ould who also designed Port Sunlight. Built in a romantic Italianate style the building boasts one of the most unusual architectural features in Dublin - two multicoloured terracotta friezes depicting the history of hygiene. Until recently these friezes were quite dirty but a recent restoration restored the building to its multicoloured brilliance. The building met with resistance from architects in Dublin at the time due to the fact that a foreign (English) architect had been hired (Lutyens also had this problem around this time). Upon its completion, 'The Irish Builder' referred to it as the ugliest building in Dublin, while a few years later the same journal called it 'pretentious and mean'.

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Category: Historic building
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O1534, 698 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Peter Gerken   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 27 February, 2007   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 6 March, 2007
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! O 154 342 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:20.7405N 6:16.0791W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! O 154 342
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WEST (about 270 degrees)
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