An Architectural History of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin

Roisin Barron
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2014
BA

Subject: Architecture
Country: Ireland
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

This thesis constructs an architectural history of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin. In 1930s Ireland, there was a recognised need for a children’s teaching hospital with specialised paediatric facilities and accommodation. This work explores how all these factors were realised. The discussion will situate the hospital in the context of contemporaneous Irish and European hospital architecture. The factors which had an impact on the design of the building will be addressed. In regard to architectural style, Crumlin Hospital displays influences of the International Style and the Amsterdam School together with emerging trends in Swedish Modernism. The tenets of function, structure and pleasing aesthetic were honoured in the construction and many new innovations were incorporated into the final stage.

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An Architectural History of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin