Gallery » Gas Building Facade, D'Olier Street
The School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies is located at The Gas Building, 24 D'Olier Street , Dublin 2. As part of this remodelling of the Gas Building in 1933 Robinson and Keefe refaced the exterior of the building in polished black marble and polished granite cladding was retained behind the new cladding and this is still visible at ground floor level to the south side. Internally the entire ground floor was opened up to provide a single showroom space. The original Portland stone staircase was retained in its original location but was altered in part, possibly to accommodate change in the first floor level. The Art Deco showroom is one of the finest interiors of its kind in Ireland . The combination of the terrazzo floor, richly veneered panelling and crystal chandeliers combine to augment an interior of considerable grandeur. The rotunda at the inner end of the showroom forms an ingenious pivot junction between the D'Olier Street and Hawkins Street blocks, which are set at an angle to each other. Rotundas have been used for similar purposes for many centuries, in Dublin it was used at the now demolished St. Anne's House to link the Drawing Room and the Dining Room, which were at angles to each other. The Rotunda is also lavishly embellished and has a very fine crystal chandelier. |
