The Sunday Business Post

The office block has been around for some time and was introduced onto Ireland's streets in earnest in the 1960s. It was seen as a symbol of progress and modernity and wasmconsidered to be the only practical sort of space in which to operate a large business. Any self-respecting semi-state agency, bank or insurance company just had to occupy all or part of such a block. With a few exceptions, most office buildings erected in the latter part of the 20th century were dull and crude.