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This post is part of the ArchiTalks series where a group of us (architects who also blog) all post on the same day and promote each other\u2019s blogs. The Topic \u2018Leader\u2019 for this post \u2018Unlikely Inspiration\u2019<\/em> is Eric Faulkner:<\/p>\n

As an architect who trained originally in the UK I would never have heard of the Dublin architect Herbert Simms; but now as an Irish architect I have found in recent years his name popping up again and again (especially in reference to the current Housing crisis).<\/p>\n

Who was Herbert Simms? What did he do? And why do I think he’s an unlikely inspiration and a lesson for us all (especially to architects):<\/p>\n

Herbert Simms was the son of a train driver and the Housing architect to Dublin Corporation from 1932 until 1948 where he is credited with designing 17,000 dwellings in Dublin and helping transform the city in the 1930s. <\/p>\n

You can read more about his background in the Dictionary of Irish Architects HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There’s also an excellent Irish Times movie on Herbert Simms (below) and the full article can be read HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n