Re: Re: South Leinster Street

I was apathetic when I saw the glass façade going up.
depressed when I saw the slatted panels going on,
and shocked when I read the billboard and learned it was Shay Cleary who has imposed this shit on us.

For an office that has a pretty good reputation for corporate buildings this is a misjudgment so bad, in a location so prominent, that for me it tarnishes their name irreparably.

If this Finsbury Square (attached) is the Eric Parry building you are comparing this building to you could not be further from the mark. I lived beside this building for several years and it is a rich, innovative and integral development of the office building typology, with a facade of visual depth and materiality that adds dignity both to its occupants and the public realm it addresses – all these qualities are distinctly lacking from the building under discussion.

Without joking, the photos posted at the beginning of this thread would be preferable to this essay in blandness.