Vertigo? U2 tower to be taller

[jimg]

As for the extra height & bulk for U2, as long as the design can absorb it then fair enough - but also as long as this will be deemed one of those ubiquitous 'landmark' buildings and will not set the level for the area.

Why? I really dislike the aesthetics and even the idea of 'landmark' standalone towers which dominate entire areas of the city. Someone in the other thread posted a series of photos of European cities which have tall buildings. The ones which adopted a "clustered" approach to tall buildings - Frankfurt, Paris, etc. - are far more appealling than having individual towers dispersed around a generally low rise city. I'd rather have this, the Point "tower", Heuston Gate, the Barrow St./Thomas St./Tara St./etc. proposals all bunched together somewhere down the docks instead of ending up with having the low rise historic bits of the city compromised by "landmark" towers.

[what?]

weve been through this before but i agree. clustered areas of high rise make more visual and econnmic sense. It would allow Dublin to develop and still keep the charecter of the city. Paris/ La defence is the classic example of co existence.

[Keen]

This has me completely confused ... they are currently digging the foundations for the tower . Does anybody know what is going on ?

where did you hear this? in the july 16th report on ddda.ie they were looking for developers who would focus on the street level of the tower as the nearby streets are prone to flooding, so how can the foundation be underway already if there is no developer picked?

[a boyle]

i was down there a week ago. they are busy digging like mad . in light of the papers i have no idea what they are doing.

[Morlan]

Boyler, if you're down there again ask one of the builders what they're doing. It's possible that they are just excavating the whole site in preperation for the new developments.

[a boyle]

Boyler, if you're down there again ask one of the builders what they're doing. It's possible that they are just excavating the whole site in preperation for the new developments.

i 'll consider it. i don't think the local natives are particularly gratefull for every tom dick and harry going by to have a look, and these natives are particularly mobile , and. ... ... ...

[Keen]

i 'll consider it. i don't think the local natives are particularly gratefull for every tom dick and harry going by to have a look, and these natives are particularly mobile , and. ... ... ...

well if they're excavating the site, i wonder who is paying for it? unless these broadsheet reports are well out of date...

[The Denouncer]

They're looking for ancient books of psalms and other religious curios

[a boyle]

perhaps the site is split into different parts ?

[Keen]

They're looking for ancient books of psalms and other religious curios

more likely bodies encased in concrete

did anyone see this image of both u2 and point towers?

[The Denouncer]

They will look great flanking the Sam Beckett Bridge.

[phil]

The Samuel Beckett Bridge will be a bit further down the quays as far as I know.

[Peter Fitz]

Point Tower, eh gotham city anyone ?? judging by that render anyway !

any more detailed renders ?

[Morlan]

Anyone got a bigger picture of that Point Village render above?

[Rusty Cogs]

Anyone got a bigger picture of that Point Village render above?

You can have a look on the (Beano comic inspired) website http://www.pointvillage.ie They've got balloons !!!

[GregF]

ha ha, good one ....that's hilarious!

(...a place of worship and all there.)

[Keen]

ha ha, good one ....that's hilarious!

Hardly an apt advertisment for something supposedly to be the bees nees

thanks for the link RC...

Well it looks better than the original image...glass elevators? I like the slanted roof, (i hate flat roofs on tallish buildings)

Pity we can't get a larger image of the rendering, to give us a proper look instead of the cartoony image on the site

[The Denouncer]

I always said there should be more advertising blimps in the city

[Morlan]

I wonder who's going to grab the TV studio at the top with the fine views.

I see the East Link roundabout is getting a makeover too.

[StephenC]

Considering how dramtic and realistic many development proposals can look, this one looks plain silly...perhaps refreshingly so.

[jackwade]

Huh? Whats this proposed U2 experience then?

[Paul Clerkin]

For me this is the most interesting part of this:

It is expected that the successful development team will be selected in 2007 and the construction of the Tower will commence in 2008. The closing date for receipt of Request for Proposals is 12 noon, on the 16th October 2006.

so the building won't start for two years at least....

[kite]

[quote="Paul Clerkin"]Docks tower could rise higher
Frank McDonald, Environment Editor
A competition for the tower was jointly sponsored in 2003 by the authority and U2, whose new recording studio is to be on top of it. This will replace their old studios in a warehouse on Hanover Quay, which is to be demolished.

Whatever about the pros or cons of the U2 tower does anybody feel that knocking the old recording studio on Hanover Quay is akin to knocking the Cavern in Liverpool or the Sun Studio in Memphis?

[lostexpectation]

I heard the want to move the tower to holland

[GrahamH]

Where lostexpectation?

Why? I really dislike the aesthetics and even the idea of 'landmark' standalone towers which dominate entire areas of the city. Someone in the other thread posted a series of photos of European cities which have tall buildings. The ones which adopted a "clustered" approach to tall buildings - Frankfurt, Paris, etc. - are far more appealling than having individual towers dispersed around a generally low rise city. I'd rather have this, the Point "tower", Heuston Gate, the Barrow St./Thomas St./Tara St./etc. proposals all bunched together somewhere down the docks instead of ending up with having the low rise historic bits of the city compromised by "landmark" towers.

Fully agreed with you jimg - Frankfurt in particular looks fantastic. What you quoted above referred to the fact that we're never going to get such a cluster in Dublin, not in the medium term anyway, so the best we can hope for is a number of 'landmark' towers sited relatively coherently and as closely together as possible in the Docklands, preferably standing guard close to the river, in and around the Grand Canal Dock area.
My advocating of such buildings must certainly did not refer to a scattergun approach across the city! - alas precisely what we seem to be getting