Dublin City Council is pleased to announce the completion of refurbishment works at 16 Eustace Street, an eighteenth‑century townhouse comprised of two buildings in the centre of Temple Bar, which has housed artists since the early 1980s.
The restoration was finalised in December 2025, bringing eight high‑quality artists’ studios back into active use.
Originally acquired by Temple Bar Properties during the area’s regeneration in the 1990s, both buildings now fall under the remit of the Temple Bar Cultural Trust (TBCT) project team, part of Dublin City Council’s Culture, Community, Leisure and Area Services Department.
“Celebrating Dublin means celebrating the people who give this city its colour, its edge, its stories, and our artists are at the very heart of that,” said the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Ray McAdam.
“Reopening 16 Eustace Street as high-quality studio space is more than the restoration of a beautiful historic building – it’s a statement of intent that creativity belongs in the centre of our capital, not pushed to the margins.”
Refurbishment Of Both Properties
The refurbishment of both properties was overseen by the TBCT project team, in collaboration with Arthur Gibney & Co. (Architecture) Ltd.
As protected structures, the buildings required a careful, conservation‑led approach.
Key architectural features – including the original staircases, balustrades and decorative cornices – were sensitively preserved.
At the same time, the studios were upgraded to meet the needs of contemporary artistic practice.
Artists began moving into their new workspaces in early January, supported through TBCT’s partnership with Independent Studio Artists Ltd, which will manage the day‑to‑day studio administration.
“Dublin City Council is investing in the everyday work of making, experimenting and imagining that keeps Dublin culturally alive,” said McAdam.
“I’m proud to see this eighteenth-century townhouse carefully conserved and returned to the creative community, where it can once again support the next generation of work that will shape Dublin’s identity for years to come.”
