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Title: Georgian/Victorian property
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The Ireland architecture represents one of the most wonderful features of the Irish countryside. There are houses that were built in different periods of time starting from the stone period abounding and up to the present day. Ireland is well-known for its castles that were built and unfortunately ruined during the Norman and Anglo-Irish period, for small white cottages and interesting buildings of the Georgian era and for Gothic and neo-Gothic cathedrals and buildings.
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Georgian architecture is a style that was prominent in England and in Ireland in particular in the 18th century (Craig, Maurice, 1980, p.67). In the second half of the 18th century one of the most significant architects of Ireland was James Gandon from London. In 1781 Gandon arrived to Ireland at the invitation of Lord Carlow and John Beresford. Houses of Gandon’s architecture in Dublin contain the Four Courts, the Custom House, the King's Inns and the eastern part of the Irish parliament building in College Green. The Georgian architecture is famous for its free style and absolute absance of strict rules of mathematical ratio and axis characteristic to the palladian style. During this style large parts of Dublin were built once again.
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There are some of the oldest and largest Georgian houses in Dublin at Henrietta Street. In the 19th century these houses served as blocks of flats for rent. Beside large houses, terraces and squares were a characteristic feature of the Georgian architecture. They were built near elegant houses and became a wonderful addition for family houses. In the 19th century many of these buildings became blocks of flats in Ireland. A significant part of them were destroyed according to slum clearance programmes in 20th century (Craig, Maurice, 1980, p.78).
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In the 19th century as Ireland was a part of the United Kingdom. British architecture still influenced architecture styles in Ireland. Many famous Irish houses were built in Ireland during this time. They are: the Olympia Theatre, Findlater's Church on Parnell Square, Royal City of Dublin Hospital, the Central Markets in Cork, the National Museum of Ireland, the Natural History Museum, the National Library of Ireland and the Natural Gallery of Ireland.
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In the 20th century, the Ireland architecture is characterized by sleek and often radical building styles. New building materials were used in order to make space bigger and to use light and energy efficiency (Becker, Wang, 1997, p.62). An important modification in Ireland's architecture has happened during the last several years. The present day tendency is to build four, five and six story apartment and office buildings.
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