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Herbert George Simms
Herbert George Simms (30 November 189828 September 1948) was an English architect who worked as an architect for Dublin Corporation. Early life and education He was the eldest of six children of George William Simms, a train driver and former shepherd, originally of Fawley, Buckinghamshire and his wife Nellie (née Worster) originally of Hemel Hempstead. His father had four older children from a previous marriage. He lived with the family on Prince of Wales Road, Kentish Town and was educated at the Haverstock Industrial and Commercial School. By 1911 the family had moved to 33 Victoria Road, with Herbert the oldest of the children still at home. Military career During the First World War he served in the Royal Field Artillery. He was awarded an ex-service scholarship of £150 and tuition fees which allowed him to study architecture at Liverpool University. Architectural education He began studies in October 1919 but had to abandon them for financial reasons when the three years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin Corporation
Dublin Corporation (), known by generations of Dubliners simply as ''The Corpo'', is the former name of the city government and its administrative organisation in Dublin since the 1100s. Significantly re-structured in 1660-1661, even more significantly in 1840, it was modernised on 1 January 2002, as part of a general reform of local government in Ireland, and since then is known as Dublin City Council. This article deals with the history of municipal government in Dublin up to 31 December 2001. The long form of its name was The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the City of Dublin. History Dublin Corporation was established under the Anglo-Normans in the reign of Henry II of England in the 12th century. Two-chamber Corporation For centuries it was a two-chamber body, made up of an upper house of 24 aldermen, who elected a mayor from their number, and a lower house, known as the "sheriffs and commons", consisting of up to 48 sheriffs peers (former sheriffs) and 96 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire ( , ) is a suburban coastal town in Dublin in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The town was built following the 1816 legislation that allowed the building of a major port to serve Dublin. It was known as Dunleary until it was renamed Kingstown in honour of King George IV's 1821 visit, and in 1920 was given its present name, the original Irish form of Dunleary. Over time, the town became a residential location, a seaside resort and the terminus of Ireland's first railway. Toponymy The town's name means "fort of Laoghaire". This refers to Lóegaire mac Néill (modern spelling: Laoghaire Mac Néill), a 5th century High King of Ireland, who chose the site as a sea base from which to carry out raids on Britain and Gaul. Traces of fortifications from that time have been found on the coast, and some of the stone is kept in the Maritime Museum. The name is officially spelt Dún Laoghaire in modern Irish orthography; some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearse House
Pearse House is a flats complex in south inner city Dublin. It was designed by Herbert George Simms for Dublin Corporation and was built in 1936. It was designed in an Art Deco style. Buildings It consists of several buildings, mostly in red brick. Winged geometric mouldings draw an association with the aviation industry, which was growing rapidly at the time the complex was built. In 2013, Jeanette Lowe, whose maternal grandmother was one of the first residents to be rehomed there, had an installation titled ''The Flats Pearse House: Village in the City'' with the National Photographic Archive The National Photographic Archive (Irish: ''Cartlann Grianghrafadóireachta Náisiúnta'') is located in Temple Bar in Dublin, Ireland, and holds the photographic collections of the National Library of Ireland (NLI). The archive was opened in 1 ... As part of the installation, flat 3B was restored to its original state, including Corporation green painted walls, a bath in the kitche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Bond Flats
Oliver Bond flats, also known as Oliver Bond House, is a group of blocks of Apartment, flats in the The Liberties, Dublin, Liberties area of Dublin, Ireland. They were designed by Herbert George Simms and built in 1936. They are named after Oliver Bond, a member of the Society of United Irishmen. Buildings The buildings were designed with Art Deco trimmings and are named alphabetically from A to T with the letters I, J, K and Q omitted. The site is bounded by Oliver Bond Street, Bridgefoot Street, Ussher Street and Ussher's Quay. History Before the flats The area used to be the site of a brewery called ''The Anchor'' which was founded in 1740. This was later owned by a son of Daniel O'Connell. Rivalry with the Guinness Brewery was intense, even extending to politics – in the 1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 election there was a boycott of Guinness "Protestant porter". Employment Many residents were employed in local factories, such as a mattress factory on Manor Stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Inventory Of Architectural Heritage
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) maintains a central database of the architectural heritage of the Republic of Ireland covering the period since 1700 in complement to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, which focuses on archaeological sites of the pre-1700 period. As of 2022, there are over 50,000 records in the database, including buildings, monuments, street furniture and other structures. It does not cover Northern Ireland. Buildings recorded in the database are given a rating, either national or regional. Formation The NIAH is a unit of the Heritage Division within the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The unit was founded in 1990 to address the obligations of the Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe of which Ireland is signatory. Initially, the NIAH existed only on a non-statutory basis with the task to create and maintain an inventory of to be protected buildings and sites. The legal framework fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countess Markiewicz House
Countess Markiewicz House is a Apartment, flats complex named after Constance Markievicz, Countess Constance Markievicz in List of Dublin postal districts, Dublin 2, Ireland. It was designed by Herbert George Simms in an art deco style and was constructed between 1934 and 1936. It is one of many examples of twentieth-century housing designed by Simms in Dublin and is listed on the record of protected structures. Buildings The buildings consist of a two detached four story blocks. The smaller block, to the southeast, is on Mark's Lane. The larger block has three sides and is U-shaped. Most exterior brickwork is red with a small number of yellow bricks. The roof is flat. There is a Carbon steel#Mild steel, mild steel fence on the north, west and south sides of the buildings. There is a play area as well as parking in the area between the two arms of the larger building. Location The buildings are between Townsend street on the north and Mark's Lane to the south, and Lombard Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chancery House, Dublin
Chancery House ( ga, Teach Na Seansaireachta) is an apartment building located between Chancery Place and Charles Street West in Dublin city centre. The complex (including its adjoining park) was built by Dublin Corporation as part of a corporation housing scheme in 1934-5. Built in the art deco style, both the house and park have been noted as adding "an element of variety to the architectural tone of the area". The complex is bounded by Chancery Street to the north, along which the Luas Red Line tram runs. History Originally known as "Pill Lane" until 1896, the street was renamed as Chancery Street to reflect the importance of the Court of Chancery which was based in the adjacent Four Courts complex. The Court of Chancery was eventually abolished under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) in 1877 but the street name remained. The Chancery Place complex was designed by Herbert George Simms, Housing Architect for Dublin Corporation, and completed in June 1935 again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deans Grange Cemetery
Deans Grange Cemetery (; also spelled ''Deansgrange'') is situated in the suburban area of Deansgrange in the Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown part of the former County Dublin, Ireland. Since it first opened in 1865, over 150,000 people have been buried there. It is, together with Glasnevin and Mount Jerome, one of the largest cemeteries in the Dublin area, occupying . History The Burial Act of 1855 resulted in the closure of many of the older churchyards in Dublin and its environs due to overcrowding. This drove the need to find new lands for cemeteries.Igoe, Vivien (2001). "Dublin Burial Grounds & Graveyards", Wolfhound Press, p76, The initial cemetery consisted of just bought by the Rathdown Union from Rev. John Beatty. The price agreed was £200 which Rev. Beatty set as being equivalent to twenty years rent. A committee was formed to run the new cemetery and on 20 November 1861 Sir George Hobson, chairman of the ''Guardians of the Rural Districts of the Union'', signed the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacobus Oud
Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud, commonly called J. J. P. Oud (9 February 1890 – 5 April 1963) was a Dutch architect. His fame began as a follower of the ''De Stijl'' movement. Oud was born in Purmerend, the son of a tobacco and wine merchant. As a young architect, he was influenced by Berlage, and studied under Theodor Fischer in Munich for a time. He worked together with W.M. Dudok in Leiden, which is where he also met Theo van Doesburg and became involved with the movement ''De Stijl''. Between 1918 and 1933, Oud became Municipal Housing Architect for Rotterdam. During this period when many laborers were coming to the city, he mostly worked on socially progressive residential projects. This included projects in the areas of Spangen, Kiefhoek and the Witte Dorp. Oud was one of a number of Dutch architects who attempted to reconcile strict, rational, 'scientific' cost-effective construction technique against the psychological needs and aesthetic expectations of the users. His ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fawley, Buckinghamshire
Fawley is a village and civil parish in Wycombe district in the south-western corner of Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the boundary between Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, about seven miles west of Great Marlow and north of Henley-on-Thames. The village toponym is derived from the Old English for "fallow-coloured woodland clearing". It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Falelie''. There are two other places in England called Fawley. Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke, a prominent Member of Parliament in Cromwell's day, was from Fawley. In 1642 he allowed soldiers fighting in the English Civil War to stay at the manor house in Fawley, known as Fawley Court but they were quite raucous in their behaviour and destroyed the contents of the house. In 1684 the house was redesigned, following a design by Sir Christopher Wren. The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin was rebuilt in 1748. It has a ''Tree of Life'' stained glass window designed by the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel De Klerk
Michel de Klerk (24 November 1884, Amsterdam – 24 November 1923, Amsterdam) was a Dutch architect. Born to a Jewish family, he was one of the founding architects of the movement Amsterdam School ( Expressionist architecture) Early in his career he worked for other architects, including Eduard Cuypers. For a while, he also employed the Indonesian-born Liem Bwan Tjie, who would later become his country's pioneering proponent of the Amsterdam School and modern architecture. Of his many outstanding designs, very few have actually been built. One of his finest completed buildings is 'Het Schip' (The Ship) in the Amsterdam district of Spaarndammerbuurt. Amsterdam West Eigen Haard (Own Hearth), working-class Socialist housing, consisting of three groups of buildings: *(1) Spaarndammerplantsoen, North side (1913–1915) *(2) Spaarndammerplantsoen, South side (1915–1916) *(3) 'Het Schip', Zaanstraat / Oostzaanstraat / Hembrugstraat (1917–1920) Luchtfoto Spaarndammerplant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Tennyson O'Rourke
Horace Tennyson O'Rourke (21 March 188030 December 1963) was Dublin city architect for Dublin Corporation, now Dublin City Council, from 1922 to 1945. Biography O'Rourke was born in Dublin, the son of Francis P. O'Rourke and Martha Rafferty. He was educated at the Christian Brothers-run O'Brien Institute, Dublin and subsequently at Dublin Municipal School of Art. From 1905 to 1916 he worked with a number of private architectural practices in Limerick and Dublin. His architectural output while in private practice up to 1916 included a range of public and private commissions. In 1916, O'Rourke was appointed to the staff of the Dublin Corporation. He was assistant city architect to Charles J. McCarthy from 1918 to 1922, before his appointment as Dublin city architect. In this role, O'Rourke was responsible for leading the redesign and rebuilding of O'Connell Street and surrounding areas following damage during the Easter Rising and Irish Civil War. He undertook the reconstruction of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
