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Book TitleMore than concrete blocks : Dublin city's twentieth-century buildings and their stories : 1900-40
Chapter TitleCase study : Marrowbone Lane Flats : Dublin 8, 1940
Chapter AuthorRowley, Ellen
Book EditorRowley, Ellen
PublisherDublin City Council ; University College Dublin ; Four Courts Press
ISBN9781902703442
Date2016
Volume1
Page(s)pp314-325
Contentphotos, plans, text
Note(s)This four-story perimeter block of flats comprises 112 single-storey units and was built in the midst of the Irish Free State's slum clearance project. The flat complex is notable for its decorative brick banding and reinforced concrete design and construction.
Subject(s)flats ; dwellings ; public housing ; social housing ; slum clearance ; brickwork ; urban renewal ; Modernism ; Modern Movement ; reinforced concrete
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