Re: …cont’d
Again, the site location is enviable – the landscaping of the 1st Phase of the development works rather well. The shots below highlight the relationship of Victoria Mills (or as some of its college-year inhabitants amusingly refer to it “Bricktoria Mills” 😮 ) to its setting. *Large Images*
From an engineering perspective, the scheme garners much to admire – architecturally and presentation wise, it has caused much controversy. The 9-storey block cantilevers at the south-eastern elevation (suspending 7-storeys), hung by deep plate girders located at roof level. These beams span back over many bays providing restraint for the cantilevers.
*Additional Updates*
😎 On the matter of Victoria Cross, the other student development nearing completion, University Hall – developed by Fleming Constuction on behalf of University College Cork and designed by Bertie Pope & Associates – is set to see the opening of a new Centra store, secured through agents Hamilton Osbourne King, open in one of its ground floor commercial units. The news should be a welcome boost to area long deprived of functional community facilities – and should be a handy accompanient to the emergining student population.
😮 Not far away, Cork County Hall’s 17th storey ‘observation and hospitality suite’ is destined to open as a fine-dining restaurant under the management of Masterchefs Hospitality, a Limerick-based catering and event management group. The facility (which includes additional elements of the renewed Cork County Hall), branded under ‘Cork County Hospitality’, will offer state-of-the-art conference facilities with a capacity for up to 1000 persons.
