Eyesore tower blocks to go as suburb unveils Ł350m face-lift

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 1999 / November 26 1999: Eyesore tower blocks to go as suburb unveils Ł350m face-lift

The first phase of a Ł350m plan to transform the Dublin suburb of Ballymun was unveiled yesterday. The ugly high-rise tower blocks will be demolished to make way for an innovative low-rise, high-density housing complex. Scottish firm ARP Lorimer won the country's first higher density architectural competition for the houses that will feature at the future entrance to a new town of Ballymun. The homes will be on a 4.5-acre site and feature a mixed residential scheme for private owners, public tenants and students.

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