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This Modern Love by Emma Gilleece: Running the rule over most important modernist buildings countrywide

Published by The Irish Times · Ireland 9 h ago
Busáras is included on the pages of This Modern Love. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Busáras is included on the pages of This Modern Love. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times · The Irish Times

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Architecture matters. And modern architecture matters more. This is the clarion call resounding from every page of Emma Gilleece’s wonderful new book. This Modern Love is a…

Architecture matters. And modern architecture matters more. This is the clarion call resounding from every page of Emma Gilleece’s wonderful new book.

This Modern Love is a celebration of 50 of the most important modernist buildings and structures across the state.

Taken from the authors contributions to RTÉ’s 100 Buildings series, these short essays provide a perfect introduction to a range of civic and commercial buildings, public and private homes, not to mention the odd art deco clock tower and street light stand.

The book includes many well-known landmarks, such as Liberty Hall, Aras Mhic Diarmada/Busáras and the old Dublin Airport terminal. But its real strength is in the significant number of lesser known, and too often forgotten, hidden gems.

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