New Roches on Henry St breaks with convention

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2003 / November 12 2003: New Roches on Henry St breaks with convention

Some say that shopping is the new religion. If that's the case then department stores are the cathedrals. While we may expect luxury from Brown Thomas we'd grown used to cosy old department stores, whose internal decoration hadn't quite stood the test of time. But Dublin stores have been on a spending spree. Clerys and Boyers have had makeovers, and now Roches Stores on Henry Street has come steaming in with a stunning new façade and a swanky interior. While stores, such as Clerys, have rightly preserved their historic elevations, Roches has stripped off completely, paring itself back to the basics and starting again.

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