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Apartments Old City

Architect: de Blacam & Meagher
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One of the new apartment developments in the western end of the Temple Bar Area, the tower by de Blacam & Meagher is a wonderfully clad building with brick and timber predominating. Originally it was designed to be higher but a couple of stories were removed at the behest of the planners. However its sit on a patch of sloping ground towards Lord Edward Street help make the building appear higher than it actually is. On a narrow street, the head has to crane upwards to see the top levels.


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An interior courtyard presents a different aspect to the building with a central portion being more expressed as a tower with the brickwork taking central stage.