Miesan Plaza

Bank/financial institution in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1970–1980

Freestanding three-block office complex over concealed basement on square-plan arrangement set around water feature, built 1972-78, as headquarters for Bank of Ireland. Renovated 2017-18. Now in commercial office and bank use. Block 1 to rear of site, seven storeys over double-height ground floor, forty-eight bays by sixteen bays. Two blocks at right angles to Baggot Street – Block 2 to south, four storeys over high ground floor, twenty-four bays by twelve bays; Block 3 to north, three-storey over high ground floor, twenty-four bays by twenty-four bays. Flat roofs throughout, with set-back attic storey. Reinforced-concrete frame, with glazed curtain wall clad in extruded bronze manganese. Curtain wall four windows wide to each structural bay, bronze aprons, spandrel panels, continuous vertical ribs and tinted glass. Colonnaded ground floors with metal-framed glazed screen walls set back on all elevations, with integral square-headed door openings. Plinth of Block 1 clad in stone panels. Fronting on Baggot Street Lower, with granite-paved entrance plaza between blocks, leading to raised entrance to Block 1. Stepped entrance from street comprising wide shallow steps flanked by low granite-clad walling. Sculpture 'Plaza Reflections' (1975) by Michael Bulfin on lower plaza and 'Red Cardinal' (1978) by John Burke on corner with James's Street East.

Type:
Bank/financial institution

Period:
1970–1980

Where:
Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.34°N, 6.25°W

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