Architecture and aspiration : building Dublin's Victorian suburbs

Abstract

The project is an interdisciplinary investigation of Victorian domestic architecture in Dublin, within the broader context of the nineteenth-century city. The study is centred on the developments and acquisitions of three prominent developers: Michael Meade, William Carvill and John Crosthwaite. Amongst their extensive list of works they executed schemes of grand semi-detached Victorian residences in some of the most imposing streets of the south Dublin suburbs. The houses which they developed around their homes provide focus for the examination of the planning, design, execution and consumption of these prolific building forms in Dublin.