Bank architecture in Dublin : a history to c.1940 / Michael O'Neill.

Main entry:

O'Neill, Michael (Michael Patrick)

Title & Author:

Bank architecture in Dublin : a history to c.1940 / Michael O'Neill.

Publication:

Dublin : Heritage Office, Dublin City Council, 2011.

Description:

104 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 67).
Bank Architecture in Dublin, a History to c.1940 -- The Architecture of the Banks -- Golden Age of Irish Bank Architecture -- Banking Halls -- Banking and Politics -- Bank Branches in Dublin up to 1915 -- Bank Branches from 1915 to 1940 -- 1920s and 1930s -- Branch Bank Historic Interiors.

Summary:

This book, commissioned as an action of the Dublin City Heritage Plan, opens with an historical introduction to 18th- and 19th-century banking, beginning with private banking concerns, the emergence of the Bank of Ireland, and the arrival of large joint-stock companies. The architecture of the impressive head-office buildings and their sumptuous banking halls are treated chronologically and thematically, tracing Italianate and later Ruskinian Gothic influences, cash-office arrangements, and the impact of politics reflected in building materials and sculptural decoration. The spread of bank branch architecture away from the core around College Green is traced throughout the city and the emerging suburbs up to the arrival of avant-garde architecture. An appendix on documentary sources for further research and a pictorial architectural synopsis conclude this study.

ISBN:

9781902703381 (pbk.)
1902703383 (pbk.)

Subject:

Bank buildings Ireland Dublin History.
Architecture Ireland Dublin History.
Historic buildings Ireland Dublin.
Banques (Édifices) Irlande Dublin Histoire.
Architecture Irlande Dublin Histoire.
Architecture.
Bank buildings.
Buildings.
Historic buildings.
Dublin (Ireland) Buildings, structures, etc.
Ireland Dublin.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278551
Call No.: BIB 214126
Status: Available

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