Has anyone a picture of the George’s Quay tower?
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Does anyone have a decent picture of the pointy tower on George’s Quay scanned in (even low-res) to save me going into the city?Also, does anyone know the height of it?
Thanks in advance.I have some…. drop me a line – paul@archeire.com
Fresh off the smart card after a little trip through photoshop
(notice the half lampost across the road).fjp
Thanks for the pic. It fits in quite well with the Ulster Bank in front of it; but it does look more like London than Dublin.
It’s rubbish, isn’t it?
If you look from the quays through the gates between the blocks it looks like the worst of corporate america.I kind of like it. It’s not that much taller than the grotesque Hawkins House behind it (which it helps to hide) or the similarly clad and much older O’Connell Bridge House, but it seems to have provoked a lot of ill feeling due to being opposite the Customs House. Liberty Hall is beside the Customs House and looks much worse.
I think its OK too, better anyway than a continuation of the 4-5 storey crap thats in front of it. I’d be interested to see what the Tara Street development looks like beside it when its built. By the way, is that still with an bord Pleanala or what? It seems like its been ages since that was first proposed, no doubt they’ll turn it down for some invented reason or other and force the construction of more 4-5 storey lego-block blandness.
I’m pretty sure Tara Street station has permission. There is a bit about it here.
Had to remove a section of railing from the left hand side, hence the cloning marks (lazy me). And there was one slab that was a totally different colour than all the rest, so it got fixed too.
Walking around to take these shots (there were a number, and I covered a 360 of the site) I couldn’t help but feel that the buildings looked nice from nearly all angles. When you’re close up, the towers aren’t too domineering, and when you back away they nestle together to give quite a pleasant effect. As Blain said, they’re certainly better than just more of the same old same old five storey blocks.
The strangest view is with the corner of Tara Street and the Quays viewed at the same time (below). With this view the new simply outshines the old….
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ugly but better than a standard 4 and 5 storey effort, should have been less bulky and taller though. i think the mass of the buildings appears ‘too much’, especially viewing the first photo on this thread.
Although depite not being ground breaking in it’s design…….I think however this complex fits in quite well on Georges Quay…..The new Tara street train station proposal which is very striking will add to a lot to the appearance of this area………and lets hope they’ll change that loopline bridge too.
right here:
http://www.irish-architecture.com/onsite/tara_street/index.html
The permission was revised to be a pair of stories shorter, but I’m not sure if the models and height given take this into account.
This is the original
http://www.irish-architecture.com/onsite/tara_street/index_prev.htmlThe link of Andrew’s is the revised design.
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