O'Connell Bridge House
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| O'Connell Bridge House | |
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Teach Droichid Uí Chonaill | |
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  Location within Central Dublin | |
| Alternative names | Heineken Building[1] |
| Etymology | Named after O'Connell Bridge |
| General information | |
| Status | Topped-out |
| Architectural style | Modernist[2] |
| Location | 2 D'Olier Street, Dublin, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°20′49″N 6°15′30″W / 53.346841°N 6.258253°W |
| Topped-out | 1965 |
| Cost | IR£1 million |
| Height | |
| Height | 44.20m |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 12 |
| Floor area | 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Desmond FitzGerald |
| Developer | John Byrne |
| Other information | |
| Parking | none |
O'Connell Bridge House is a 12-storey office block in Dublin, Ireland.[3]
O'Connell Bridge House was built on the site of Carlisle House, which was built in 1779 and demolished in 1962. O'Connell Bridge House was completed in 1964 and opened in 1965.[4] It was built by John Byrne at a cost of 1 million Irish pounds,[5] after he purchased the site for £53,000 in 1961. Byrne's company, the Carlisle Trust, which developed this site was managed by Des Traynor. Upon opening in January 1965, there was a rooftop restaurant with a view over the city, but it was closed in July 1966 and the space was converted into an office for Byrne.[6]
On 26 November 1972, loyalists planted a bomb outside the rear exit door of the Film Centre Cinema, at O'Connell Bridge House, injuring 40 people.
Having been the primary tenant since the completion of the block,[6] the Department of the Environment left the building in 1999.[7]
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