document details
Part of Book
Book Title | More than concrete blocks : Dublin city's twentieth-century buildings and their stories : 1900-40 |
Chapter Title | Case study : Marrowbone Lane Flats : Dublin 8, 1940 |
Chapter Author | Rowley, Ellen |
Book Editor | Rowley, Ellen |
Publisher | Dublin City Council ; University College Dublin ; Four Courts Press |
ISBN | 9781902703442 |
Date | 2016 |
Volume | 1 |
Page(s) | pp314-325 |
Content | photos, 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 |
QUB Location | Search QUB Library Catalogue |
UCD Location | Search UCD Library Catalogue |