Lansdowne House, Dublin

Lansdowne House was completed in 1967, and is situated on the corner of Lansdowne Road and Northumberland Road in Ballsbridge, opposite the Ballsbridge Hotel, previously a Jurys Hotel. It was built by Hardwicke Ltd, and designed by Brian Hogan. It was initially built as the headquarters of Allied Irish Bank, on a site that had been occupied by a number of Victorian houses.^[1] The then Minister for Finance, Charles Haughey, officially opened the building in November 1967.^[2]

Upon its completion, the Office of Public Works took out a 65-year lease on the top 8 floors. The ground floor was occupied by a branch of Allied Irish Bank. IDA Ireland also rented space in the building for a period of time.^[3]

It was the first building in Dublin to be constructed using pre-cast units made on the site by the construction firm G&T Crampton.^[4] It was also the first building in Dublin to have drained and load-bearing pre-cast facade.^[5]

The building was sold in 1996 for £9 million.^[3] The building was refurbished in the 2010s, and is occupied by the Labour Court and Workplace Relations Commission.^[4]

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