Two housing acts were published focusing on slum clearance, the second in 1932 coincided with the appointment of Dublin’s first housing architect, Herbert Simms. “He was a quiet unassuming man who was able to achieve big things and drive forward a really ambitious housing programme in the 1930s which involved large scale housing schemes in the suburbs. Ellen Rowley, architectural historian, in front of Herbert Simms most celebrated building: Chancery Park in Dublin. The same year, aged 50, Simms took his own life, leaving a note saying he felt overworked and overwhelmed. The reality is Herbert Simms was something of a hero, he and his team, in the context in which they were working.

Source: The Irish Times April 02, 2018 03:56 UTC