St Ann’s Cathedral, Belfast
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April 5, 2007 at 10:23 pm #709309FeargParticipant
Some shots of the new “spire of hope” under construction:
(part of) Spire on the ground
[ATTACH]4571[/ATTACH]Inside – spire will be visible from under the crossing:
[ATTACH]4572[/ATTACH]Scaffolding:
[ATTACH]4573[/ATTACH]North Transept – exterior
[ATTACH]4574[/ATTACH]Apse, exterior:
[ATTACH]4575[/ATTACH]Looking West
[ATTACH]4576[/ATTACH]North Transept – Interior.
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April 10, 2007 at 6:32 pm #788688AnonymousInactive
cant help thinking the spire was chosen as its by far the cheapest one proposed an no other reason
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April 11, 2007 at 7:31 pm #788689AnonymousInactive
any images of the finished product?
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April 11, 2007 at 7:48 pm #788690AnonymousInactive
@archipimp wrote:
any images of the finished product?
I’ve not been back to see it since last week, but I don’t think it will be finished until May.. The Cathedral website has a blog and some images of what it will look like. It looks more like “the spike” in O’Connell Street than anything else..
At 100 Metres, I think it will technically be the tallest church spire in Ireland.
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April 11, 2007 at 8:29 pm #788691Paul ClerkinKeymaster
less a spire. more a needle
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April 12, 2007 at 12:09 pm #788692AnonymousInactive
@Paul Clerkin wrote:
less a spire. more a needle
given the bulk of the base of the tower is it only me or does that spire look stupid… more like an aerial than a spire…
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April 12, 2007 at 5:20 pm #788693AnonymousInactive
It looks like someone photoshopped the O’Connell Street Spire onto that picture!
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April 12, 2007 at 5:37 pm #788694AnonymousInactive
It actually looks a little silly – a better idea would have been to use a spot light shining into the sky at night.
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April 12, 2007 at 6:54 pm #788695AnonymousInactive
@Archiseek Editors wrote:
It actually looks a little silly – a better idea would have been to use a spot light shining into the sky at night.
I think the only place where it might “work” would be inside the church looking up through the new glass ceiling in the crossing..
Apparently the cathedral foundations are not the best (there is a noticeable slope in the nave going towards the crossing) so I suppose whatever design they chose, it had to be fairly light..
I think this is a drawing of the original vision for the cathedral. Not only was the tower omitted, but the transepts look quite different to what was actually built:
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April 13, 2007 at 8:59 pm #788696AnonymousInactive
Couple of reports from the BBC news website.. its not just members of this forum who have doubts about its appearance!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6549473.stm
http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=6053&&edition=1&ttl=20070413210435
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April 13, 2007 at 9:09 pm #788697AnonymousInactive
some detail of the timeframe of construction of the cathedral
http://ireland.archiseek.com/buildings_ireland/antrim/belfast/19thc/stanns.html -
April 27, 2007 at 1:48 pm #788698AnonymousInactive
Well, the “spire” is more or less completed. They are now working on the glass roof over the crossing.
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June 1, 2007 at 12:48 am #788699AnonymousInactive
thoughts on Belfast’s new spire!….. i think it’s a tough one to make a decision on…..sometimes it looks good….other time’s it looks embarrisingly out of scale for a ‘spire’ ……….
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June 1, 2007 at 12:49 am #788700AnonymousInactive
try again
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June 1, 2007 at 12:50 am #788701AnonymousInactive
ok no joy …… here’s the links then : )
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whispertwomey/520609142
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abuddhistpodcast/508124518
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianjpalmer/476859438
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodchop/496721884
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodchop/496753355
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oistin/474805042
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oistin/474812923/in/photostream
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June 1, 2007 at 3:56 am #788702Paul ClerkinKeymaster
I really don’t like that – it just looks completely incongruous on top of the weighty stone building.
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June 1, 2007 at 9:04 am #788703AnonymousInactive
That’s a huge mistake. It looks ridiculously out of place.
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