About Abando

Around twenty years ago, Peter Kable began photographing and recording abandoned properties in Dublin. Many of those buildings were already familiar gaps in the city: fenced, weathered, and waiting for a future use.

Some are still neglected and unused today. Abando grew from that long view of vacancy into a practical community plan: make underused buildings and sites visible, understandable, and easier to discuss locally.

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Abandoned property photographed in 2004 with facade retention steelwork — 2004One of Peter's early records of a neglected city building.

The same abandoned property photographed in 2026 still fenced and unused — 2026Two decades later, the site remains fenced, inactive, and underused.

Peter Kable

Abando is a passion project by architect Peter Kable, created to help communities and decision-makers understand the scale of Ireland’s abandoned and underused property. Through a shared national map, it aims to support the people and organisations capable of turning neglected buildings and sites into homes, workplaces and community assets.