Re: Re: Alto Vetro, grand canal docks, dublin

@thebig C wrote:

Reddy….granted the confines of Manhatten and the Loop played a part, however, alot of cities worldwide have issues of space, not all have skyscrapers. Building heights would still not have soared if it wasn’t for the Economics of demand. You are in danger of kind of endorsing the “build out not up” arguement……..but don’t get me started:)

Pretty much agree with you on the Jurys hotel site though!:D

C

Its the law of SUPPLY and demand – Its an intimate and inverse relationship between the two and only when low supply and high demand coincide are buildings forced upwards. But like I said – Rampant speculation was the only thing which underpinned Irish land prices, not demand so you can probably scratch ‘natural’ economics in this argument.

I’m not at all endorsing the build out argument – I’m completely against it. What I’m saying is that if we don’t achieve densities which are tolerable to family living we will continue to drive people back out of the city to find their little patch of suburban lawn.

However I think like Johnglas said we’ve had this debate before and it could run on and on.