Survey Data
Reg No
50060601
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Technical
Previous Name
Córas Iompair Éireann
Original Use
Office
In Use As
Office
Date
1955 - 1960
Coordinates
315845, 234745
Date Recorded
01/10/2014
Date Updated
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Description
Attached four-storey transport office, erected 1959, having recessed façade with ribbon glazing throughout. Roof assumed to be flat, with three flagpoles. Concrete frame construction, clad with stone tiling framing façade. Each storey has square-headed glazing strip with apron of metal-sheeted panels. Four stained-glass shield motifs representing provinces of Ireland affixed to apron panels, and more recent centrally-placed plastic Dublin Bus motif. Fully glazed ground floor with polished stone surround including overhanging fascia with fixed plastic lettering.
Appraisal
The offices of Dublin Bus, formerly the offices of Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ), are housed in a prominent four-storey building in the International style, characterised by frame construction with a large curtain glazing wall over three floors. Designed by Brendan Ellis, it is, according to Casey (2005), among the earliest pre-stressed concrete-framed works in Ireland.