Why this is Temple Bar's most atrocious building

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2002 / June 06 2002: Why this is Temple Bar's most atrocious building

The extension to the Quays pub on Temple Bar Square makes it look like three buildings rather than one. This is a classic example of "planners' architecture", partly finished in redbrick with reconstituted stone quoins and partly in salvaged yellow brick, to make it look like three buildings rather than one. Standing three storeys high, it was designed to "complement" the adjoining 19th century gable-fronted building on the north side of the square, so it comes with a natural slate roof, timber sashes, a pair of recessed bay windows loosely borrowed from O'Neill's in Suffolk Street and the obligatory traditional pubfront.

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