Exuding calm in a sea of hospital activity

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2004 / February 19 2004: Exuding calm in a sea of hospital activity

St James's Hospital has a remarkable new mortuary building as the result of appointing an architect who really cared about the project. The architectural firm of Henry J Lyons and Partners was commissioned to replace all of the St James's buildings that had to be demolished to make way for a Luas line through the hospital grounds. The new tram just adds to the feeling of chaos on this extensive, low-rise, city site, which rush-hour traffic uses as a rat run. Yet at the entrance is the serene, dignified new postmortem suite and mortuary chapels.

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