Liberty Hall Film

[Paddy]

Hi
I have made a 24 minute documentary about the building Liberty Hall. It features interviews with the architect Desmond Rea O'Kelly, Critic Shane O'Toole, Architectural Historian Ellen Rowley, Poet Theo Dorgan and Trade Unionist Des Geraghty. You can get more info and see extracts from the film on http://www.paddycahill.com. I'll post info any future screenings.

Also there is an article in this months Dubliner magazine about the building, as part of it they have a petition on their website to save Liberty Hall. To sign it go to http://www.thedubliner.ie and its located on the right hand column of the main page.

Paddy

[Keen]

Ah that was nice sigh, does it really have to go?

[shanahap]

Yes it is a shame to see it go. Would like to see the full movie, post any info of screenings.

[Paddy]

Liberty Hall will be screened at the Blackbox in Belfast next Thursday the 3rd of July at 7.30pm.
Karen Latimer will also chair a discussion on Conservation and Restoration on Modernist buildings, with Graham Moore and Robert Miles of Consarc on the current proposals for the restoration of Transport House.
See attached or visit the below sites for more info.
http://www.paddycahill.com
http://www.blackboxbelfast.com

[notjim]

Great flyer!

[cgcsb]

is there any news on the future of liberty hall?

[Paddy]

is there any news on the future of liberty hall?

Not much news lately, I understand Gilroy McMahon are working on a design to replace the present building.

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0103/1198880258007.html

[Adolf Luas]

Check out The Twentieth Century Society's current building of the month.
http://www.c20society.org.uk/docs/building/current.html

[Paddy]

Hi

This documentary will be on next Monday the 11th of May on RTE1 at 20:30.

more at http://www.paddycahill.com

Paddy

[missarchi]

what about the emigrants?;)

[magwea]

This looks very good, will definitely be checking this out. Thanks for the heads-up.

And plans for more Irish architecture related documentaries?

[Paddy]

This looks very good, will definitely be checking this out. Thanks for the heads-up.

And plans for more Irish architecture related documentaries?

Thanks,

No plans for anymore architecture documentaries but would like to, any ideas?!

[The Denouncer]

Thanks,

No plans for anymore architecture documentaries but would like to, any ideas?!

Really enjoyed that documentary last night, perhaps one about Croke Park or the inspriration behind the IFSC.

[cgcsb]

I'm afraid I missed it. Did they show a potential design for it's replacement? any good?

[Pepsi]

I'm afraid I missed it. Did they show a potential design for it's replacement? any good?

they showed nothing like that at all.

[lostexpectation]

damnit missed it and it isn't on the rte player :/

[magwea]

Watch the trailer on http://www.paddycahill.com, then insert 20 minutes of Shane O'Toole shouting over traffic, gives you a pretty good idea of what you missed.

I enjoyed it though, good to see architecture related stuff on rte that isn't about once-off housing down the country somewhere.

Paddy- I'd love to see a feature length documentary on the architecture of Liam McCormack. RTE radio did an interesting series called The Architect's Eye while it was good it would have work much better as television. I wonder if it was popular enough to justify?

[murrmurr]

Not much news lately, I understand Gilroy McMahon are working on a design to replace the present building.

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0103/1198880258007.html

you mean

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/property/2008/0103/1198880258007.html

ireland.com is now a news/travel portal thingy

[Paddy]

Its online now:

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1047775

Paddy

[Peter Fitz]

Thanks Paddy, got a chance to watch it there, very nicely put together and to be fair included much more than the worthy comment of Shane O'Toole.

You don't often see a shot of the original from the north side -



It was such a simple structure to start with that any alteration no matter how insignificant would always impact heavily, and likely adversely. What stands today bears little relation to the original, such a shame it was tampered with and routinely neglected thereafter.

(Hope you don't mind the screen grab Paddy.)

[missarchi]

I think I need to break the cables...

We're sorry but RTÉ player is currently only available to viewers in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

How is geo-access enabled?
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this is how great the internet is...

[GregF]

Saw this programme on RTE the other night. Very good insight into the history of the building.

Incredible how it once looked quite similar to the Altro Vetro building that's now down the docks.

An overhall and makeover of Liberty Hall would be great. Give it back it's original glory. Gas how the 'botchers' have fucked this building up too in the space of just 40 years, plastering over the mosaic tiles, putting in that unsuitable and awful glass etc....

A good programme, Well done Paddy!

[green_jesus]

Right ok this rte player yoke just wont work for me at all.

Is there a torrent I could download or even a youtube link?

[lostexpectation]

you wouldn't be suggesting breaching copyright green jesus, are you outside ireland,or have you not got flash installed properly, if paddy doesn't intend releasing on dvd or trying to sell it other broadcsters it he could release it to public domain, bittorrent but he has to at least break even first/pay himself

[lostexpectation]

that a cool photo of liberty hall at night inspired by
eric mendalsohn photographs of his buildings
http://greaterbuffalo.blogs.com/photos/jn_adamamas/schocken_stuttgart.html

i see the reason for your poster

the light/dark flip isn't something i never really noticed before,I guess its is diminished a bit by the reflective glass covering, the footage they show after is of liberty hall with a random amount of its windows lit up, rather then all of them maybe there should be one night a year where buildings leave all their lights on??