Architecture in Ireland in 1950's

<span style="font-size: large;">This morning we walked down to <a href="http://www.number31.ie/architect_sam_stephenson/">Number 31</a> which was open to the public as part of the Open House Architecture Festival.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">We were meeting friends at 2pm for lunch and tours of the guesthouse started at 12pm.  We got in line at 11.30am (we were in 2nd place) as we needed to have the tour completed by 1pm or so.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Here's some pictures that I took of the place.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXEt-hKEKo3zP5-ZBulPFDEPOm6ADmwN34OCuClZyzoXYd0HiZx9XK7sHfSXo8W4qjl4LrGKe_vmF8n15_Of0y9ANIExJGAr4F6dSA71jJ1gl7HVfV3rcN-Khzud-LzvZHw9wFr_hhmnR/s1600/IMG_2134%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXEt-hKEKo3zP5-ZBulPFDEPOm6ADmwN34OCuClZyzoXYd0HiZx9XK7sHfSXo8W4qjl4LrGKe_vmF8n15_Of0y9ANIExJGAr4F6dSA71jJ1gl7HVfV3rcN-Khzud-LzvZHw9wFr_hhmnR/s320/IMG_2134%255B1%255D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Here's the exterior of the building.  It is a mews so the entrance is down a lane at the back of a building.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBQhY_wuxYF4spVEkXxww_YPRJRRfIOiXguFYepzjdXG2Z-yO_bu9koVeVB9tsWaNGw89oZiqN4ExeFKaj08rfYmQO0tge0cF9slkwWH5bBz2KurxXuyc7DCzY-BTwJR5n9PoS_3ZWyUz/s1600/IMG_2137%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBQhY_wuxYF4spVEkXxww_YPRJRRfIOiXguFYepzjdXG2Z-yO_bu9koVeVB9tsWaNGw89oZiqN4ExeFKaj08rfYmQO0tge0cF9slkwWH5bBz2KurxXuyc7DCzY-BTwJR5n9PoS_3ZWyUz/s320/IMG_2137%255B1%255D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <span style="font-size: large;">The Piece de Resistance in the house - the sunken conversation pit around the fireplace</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioA57JjKQOvZsuqD4pz9b9sPdih4Nnv6AGPMC9e2vBR2dI0KocuWNyrI_7y5LSlQfthjrO4flRVR1lvK52n4Gx6MmbGI_GOk-49TXHqsKrTfPYPUhK-HEpxphQFR9WQFYZxopO-xetsjGZ/s1600/IMG_2138%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioA57JjKQOvZsuqD4pz9b9sPdih4Nnv6AGPMC9e2vBR2dI0KocuWNyrI_7y5LSlQfthjrO4flRVR1lvK52n4Gx6MmbGI_GOk-49TXHqsKrTfPYPUhK-HEpxphQFR9WQFYZxopO-xetsjGZ/s320/IMG_2138%255B1%255D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <span style="font-size: large;">The ground was covered in tiniest white rectangular tile mosaics.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div> <span style="font-size: large;">We got to sit in the conversation pit to fully experience it - here I am making myself comfortable!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBS3XXT157T6SkjBQxMmJkqaqwm-unFXZrZhjdQXKkMkz4DvyKAWhpUWNjIW7VZxtXzJl7PqrM4RQ758iyx1A7rQm2texqhEQdsx-doPErjzAflVm9dTtHdqoysEKzQSHSvw5J181rM4y/s1600/IMG_2152%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBS3XXT157T6SkjBQxMmJkqaqwm-unFXZrZhjdQXKkMkz4DvyKAWhpUWNjIW7VZxtXzJl7PqrM4RQ758iyx1A7rQm2texqhEQdsx-doPErjzAflVm9dTtHdqoysEKzQSHSvw5J181rM4y/s320/IMG_2152%255B1%255D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> To the back of the room was a bar that was tiled in mosaic mirrored tiles.  Very cool!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Architecture in Ireland in 1950's

This morning we walked down to Number 31  which was open to the public as part of the Open House Architecture Festival.   We were meeting fr...

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