The Irish Times

A new Dublin Corporation apartment block on the corner of Holles Street will accomodate people on the housing list. Robert O'Byrne assesses the plans for the development. A long before apartment living became popular among private homeowners, this accommodation option was being advocated by Dublin Corporation. Seeking an alternative to the tenement dwellings which so many citizens were forced to occupy, the local authority developed a substantial number of apartment buildings across the capital. Sadly, few of them could ever claim to have any architectural merit and in this respect one of the worst examples can be found close to that superlative instance of good urban design, Merrion Square.