Fitzwilton House Explained

Fitzwilton House
Native Name Lang:	ga
Status:	Demolished
Building Type:	Office
Architectural Style:	Brutalist
Address:	Wilton Terrace and Cumberland Road
Location Town:	Dublin
Location Country:	Ireland
Coordinates:	53.3333°N -6.2505°W
Altitude:	50m (160feet)
Start Date:	1967
Est Completion:	1969
Renovation Date:	2003
Demolition Date:	2018
Height:	30m (100feet)
Material:	concrete and steel
Floor Count:	12
Floor Area:	75,000 square feet
Architect:	Ronald Lyon Estate Architects and Emanuel Schoolheifer & Don Burley
Developer:	Basil Goulding
Main Contractor:	G&T Crampton
Ren Architect:	Scott Tallon Walker
References:	^[1]

Fitzwilton House was a brutalist concrete and steel office block in Dublin, Ireland completed in 1969 and demolished in October 2018.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

The block was developed by Basil Goulding and for many years housed the Embassy of Australia, Dublin as well as a number of businesses run or owned by Goulding.^[6]

The building included a number of commissioned works by notable Irish and British artists including Robert Ballagh, Barrie Cooke, Anne Madden and Michael Farrell, some of which have since been transferred to the Trinity College Dublin Art Collection.^[7]

History

Planning permission for the building was received in 1964, just 3 weeks before the new planning laws were brought into force.^{[8] [9]} The structure replaced 6 classical style houses which faced on to the Grand Canal and Wilton Terrace and sat adjacent to the grounds of Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club while overlooking the triangular Wilton Square park.

The office was constructed for Fitzwilton Securities, a company mainly owned by Tony O'Reilly via its takeover of W. & H. M. Goulding.^{[10] [11]}

In 1982, the building was acquired by IPUT.^[12]

A new office developed by IPUT real estate and designed by Henry J Lyons named One Wilton Park replaced Fitzwilton House in 2022.^{[13] [14]} As of 2023 this building houses some of the Irish offices of LinkedIn.^[15]

External links

• 1. UCD Library images of the building (1969)
• 2. UCD Library images of the building (1969)

Notes and References

1. Web site: McDonald . Frank . The Destruction of Dublin . Gill and Macmillan . 7 November 2023 . en . 1985.
2. Web site: Casey . Christine . Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park . Yale University Press . 7 November 2023 . en . 1 January 2005.
3. Web site: Ward . Brian . Pike . Michael . Boyd . Gary . Irish Housing Design 1950 – 1980: Out of the Ordinary . Routledge . 7 November 2023 . en . 11 December 2019.
4. Web site: Fitzwilton House, Dublin 2 Built Dublin . 7 November 2023.
5. Web site: O'Connor . Amy . An insider's tour of Dublin in 6 much-maligned modern buildings . TheJournal.ie . 8 November 2023 . en . 3 January 2018.
6. Web site: Fitzwilton House . paddi.net . 7 November 2023.
7. Web site: Fitzwilton House .
8. Web site: 1969 – Fitzwilton House, Wilton Place, Dublin Archiseek - Irish Architecture . 7 November 2023 . 10 February 2010.
9. Web site: Book (eISB) . electronic Irish Statute . electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB) . www.irishstatutebook.ie . 7 November 2023 . en.
10. Web site: Goulding, Sir William Basil Dictionary of Irish Biography . www.dib.ie . 7 November 2023 . en.
11. Web site: The Rise and Fall of the House of Fitzwilton Magill . magill.ie . 7 November 2023.
12. Web site: Annual Report 2018 - Fitzwilton House . www.iput.com . 7 November 2023.
13. Web site: One Wilton Park, Dublin . Henry J Lyons . 7 November 2023 . en . 6 November 2023.
14. Web site: Iput gets green light for €45m redevelopment of Fitzwilton House . The Irish Times . 7 November 2023 . en.
15. Web site: IPUT lets Wilton Park building to LinkedIn on 25-year lease . The Irish Times . 7 November 2023 . en.