Meeting House Square, Dublin, Ireland
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| Meeting House Square | |
| Designer | O'Donnell + Tuomey Architects, Dublin, Ireland , Architects |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
| Date | 1986 to 1996 |
| Construction System | Steel, glass, concrete, stone, brick |
| Climate | Mild Temperate |
| Context | Urban |
| Street Address | Meeting House Lane |
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| Client | Irish Film Center |
Meeting House Square (also written Meetinghouse Square) is a plaza located in the Temple Bar quarter of Dublin, Ireland. The square was originally bounded by Presbyterian and Quaker meeting houses. Beginning in the late 1980s, the Irish firm O'Donnell + Tuomey began converting and adding to some of these centuries-old buildings to form a cultural center for film and photography. Their decade-long efforts resulted in three major projects that enclose the square, which was itself renovated. This work was reportedly undertaken in part as to present alternatives to an existing Temple Bar development plan which called for the wholesale demolition and replacement of the existing neighborhoods.
Meeting House Square acts as an open-air cinema in summer months, when the Irish Film Centre screens films. A projector housed in the south facade of the National Photographic Archive projects films onto an operable shutter-style window shade that is integral with the north facade of the National Gallery of Photography.
[edit] Projects Surrounding the Square
- National Photographic Archive, Dublin, Ireland
- National Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland
- Irish Film Centre, Dublin, Ireland
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[edit] References
Sheila O'Donnell & John Tuomey. O'Donnell+Tuomey:Selected Works. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. ISBN 1568986017. NA 997.035A4 2006.
[edit] External Links
- Meetinghouse Square - Archiseek
