Walking directions from Trinity
Facing Trinity, walk left along the side of the building bringing you to Pearse Street. You will pass Pearse St. Garda station on your left. Keep going straight underneath the railway bridge and past the turn for Pearse Street train station. You will now go straight through three crossroads.

You will pass The Holiday Inn on your left. Go straight through the final crossroads, (where Pearse Street meets Macken Street). There are white apartment blocks on your left. The redbrick Trinity Enterprise Centre is on your right. Look for a tall glass apartment block on your right and take a right turn here onto Grand Canal Quay.This turn is before the bridge.

The pedestrian entrance (see image left), is a couple of hundred yards down on your right -opposite The Waterways Visitor Centre. The vehicular entrance is a little further on. The Design Tower is the stone building pictured on the left.

Walking or driving from the northside
Cross the Liffey at Customs House Quay, (Matt Talbot Bridge). Follow left along Sir John Rogersons's Quay for 1km. Turn right at the Ferryman pub at Cardiff Lane. At the next lights take a left - now on Pearse Street heading away from town.

You will see new apartments on your left. Keep an eye out for a a tall glass apartment block on the right and take an immediate right turn onto Grand Canal Quay. This right turn is before the bridge. The entrance is a couple of hundred yards down on your right -opposite Jones Engineering. Pull into the Car Park and check in with the security guard in the cabin. Free parking is available for visitors. The Design Tower is the stone building pictured on the left.

Driving down the canal
Follow the canal down through Rathmines, Ranelagh, Leeson Street and then Baggot Street. Go straight through the Baggot Street junction and head down Haddington road. At the next crossroads, take a left. Then take a right immediately after the bridge - (with The Schoolhouse restaurant on your right). You will come to a T-junction - take a left and then an immediate right onto Clanwilliam Terrace, (a narrow cobblestone street with a post box at the end).

Go under the railway bridge almost to the end of the street. You will see the Trinity Enterprise Centre Car Park on your left. Drive into the Car Park and check in with the security guard in the cabin. Free parking is available for visitors. The Design Tower is the stone building pictured on the left.