How new Cork hotel gives bird's eye view of evolving cityscape

As The Dean Cork welcomes guests for its first weekend, we give you a look at how the city inspires its design inside and out

Sophie's Rooftop Restaurant at The Dean at Horgan's Quay in Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane

If ever there was a window on the world of Cork’s evolving cityscape then it would have to be the glazed vista from the rooftop restaurant of the newly opened Dean Hotel.

From this perch, you can cast a beady eye over an urban space accommodating old and new — the 19th-century buildings of the iconic Victorian Quarter sit alongside sleek 21st-century design.