Moxy at East Wharf
Moxy at East Wharf is a landmark mixed-use development on the banks of the River Tolka, marking the northern gateway into the Dublin Docklands. Designed by DSA Architects for MKN Property Group and completed in 2025, the scheme delivers a 15-storey, 183-bedroom hotel alongside 105 apartments arranged in two separate residential blocks.
Located on a tight 0.4-hectare brownfield site at the junction of Alfie Byrne Road and East Wall Road, the development transforms a previously underused parcel into one of the most prominent additions to the Dublin skyline in recent years — operated by Marriott's Moxy brand under EQ Hotels and now open to guests.
Design Approach
The hotel is conceived as a gateway tower — a deliberately slender 15-storey form that announces arrival into the north Docklands when viewed from the Alfie Byrne Road and the River Tolka. The footprint is shaped by a series of gentle angles, addressing both the riverside and the opposing street, which together produce a strong vertical profile and a distinctly sculptural presence in the wider skyline.
Layered fenestration and external building elements further refine the slenderness of the facades. A ground and first-floor podium houses the hotel's public amenities — including the bar, lounge and library — wrapped in a brick plinth that picks up the material language of the adjacent residential blocks. Above the podium, the tower is clad in a complementary aluminium facade system combining ivory-coloured fins with gold-coloured spandrels, giving the building both warmth and a confident contemporary character.
Site Strategy
The 0.4-hectare site previously sat underused at a key node in the Dublin Docklands. Achieving high-density mixed-use delivery on such a tight footprint required careful choreography of the three blocks — the hotel and two residential buildings — both in relation to one another and to their wider urban context.
The hotel sits perpendicular to the residential buildings, with a new pedestrian street formed at ground level providing direct public access through to the River Tolka. This move opens the site up to the city rather than treating it as a private compound, and creates new connections within the local urban fabric — knitting the development into the emerging Docklands neighbourhood rather than standing apart from it.
Hotel & Residential Programme
The Moxy Hotel delivers 183 guestrooms with floor-to-ceiling windows, framing sweeping views across Dublin Bay, Croke Park, the Aviva Stadium and the Convention Centre. Public spaces at podium level include the signature Moxy bar, library and social lounge — designed as a dual-purpose hospitality space that operates as a café by morning and a Docklands social hub by evening.
The two residential buildings deliver 105 one, two and three-bedroom apartments alongside residential amenity space and a café unit at ground floor. Heights step from 8 storeys on the residential blocks up to 15 storeys at the hotel, achieving a site-wide density of 262 dwellings per hectare — a level of intensity appropriate to the Docklands setting and to the brownfield regeneration ambition of the wider area.
Client
Location
Site Area
Total Units
Typology Mix
Height
Density
Hotel Operator
Services Provided
Status
MKN Property Group
East Wharf, East Wall Road, Dublin 3
0.4 hectares
183-bedroom hotel · 105 residential apartments · residential amenity · café unit
1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments
8 to 15 storeys
262 dwellings per hectare
Moxy Hotels (Marriott Bonvoy) — managed by EQ Hotels
Concept, Planning, Design Certifier, Assigned Certifier
Completed 2025 — hotel opened October 2025
