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Bumpy flight to new wing

Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2002 / January 21 2002: Bumpy flight to new wing

Progressing the Clare Street project has been a nightmare for the National Gallery. Indeed, in January 1998, it suffered the ultimate indignity of having its original plan turned down on appeal by An Bord Pleanála - a quite unexpected decision that stunned everyone. Five years ago, the gallery's board thought it was doing the right thing by holding an international architectural competition to find the best possible design for the new Millennium Wing. But it made a critical error in assuming that it could get rid of No. 5 South Leinster Street, a remnant of Georgian Dublin.

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