Fitzwilton House
Fitzwilton House was built in 1969 and demolished in 2018.[1]
Fitzwilton House was commissioned by Sir Basil Goulding, businessman and art collector, to a design by English architects, Shoolheifer & Burley. Fitzwilton House was built as offices for Goulding’s businesses and included specially commissioned artworks by Irish and British artists. It is a bold expression of modernist architecture with a complex layered façade incorporating at least five different concrete finishes forming a dramatic backdrop to Dublin’s Grand Canal.[2]
It was in April 1971 that 'Fitzwilliam Securities' was formed. A joint venture between prominent businessmen Sir Basil Goulding, Tony O'Reilly, Nicholas Leonard and Vincent Ferguson.[3]
Demolition
Fitzwilton House was demolished in 2018. As a building, it been a key player in the conversation of disappearing Dublin's modernist architectural history. A project by the Irish Architecture Foundation track the development and change.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Fitzwilton House". April 8, 2010 – via Flickr.
- ↑ "Fitzwilton House". #SOSBRUTALISM. 1 September 1977. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ↑ "The Rise and Fall of the House of Fitzwilton". Magill. 1 November 1977. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ↑ "IAF - Vanishing Dublin". architecturefoundation.ie. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ↑ McDonald, Frank (23 March 2019). "The rubble club: An Irish architect watches his life's work disappear". Irish Times. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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