Busáras/Áras Mhic Dhiarmada

Bus station in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1945–1955

Detached multiple-bay seven-storey over concealed basement office block, built 1946-53, on east-west axis with four-storey projection to south and two-storey canopied concourse to re-entrant angle. Set-back top floor to principal block, with diminutive windows to north, mosaic-tiled winged canopy to west end and series of projecting mosaic-tiled canopies to south. Flat roof surmounted by faience-clad service stacks with top floor enclosed by copper railing. Glazed walls to north and south of principal block, and east and west of south block with overhanging Portland stone clad apron over recessed double-height ground floor. East and west elevations to principal block and south elevation to south block are clad in sheer Portland stone. Roman brick cladding to ground floor, curved to east elevation of principal block and framing vehicular entrances to east of principal block and to south of southern block. Square-headed window openings to all other upper floors of both blocks, with continuous concrete vertical bands separating each bay from first to fifth floor. Twenty-four bays to both elevations of north block, relieved by recessed colonnaded balcony at third floor level having mosaic-tiled paired columns and decorative railing. Four-part bronze-framed window bay design with two-pane horizontal window sandwiched between glazed spandrel and apron panels. Re-entrant angle filled

Type:
Bus station

Period:
1945–1955

Where:
Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.35°N, 6.25°W

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