Alto Vetro, grand canal docks, dublin
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@johnglas wrote:
Is this the ‘Get a Life’ thread?
Afaik tbh :rolleyes:
Will be interesting all right to see if aqua survives the collapse.
@cgcsb wrote:
Liberty Hall is 59m tall. So yes I would definitely agree that there is a barrier. What height is the Milenium Tower in The grand canal dock? surely it’s about the same?
Aqua will be 24 floors with a double height ground floor so possibly 90m
Millenium tower has 16 floors, but its residential, so with lower floor to ceiling heights its probably more in the 48-50 region.
@johnglas wrote:
Is this the ‘Get a Life’ thread?
Oh I forgot…this is Dublin so we can’t discuss high-rise. I am surprised you didn’t trot out the old chesnut about us being lacking in the manhood department because towers are a phalic symbol:)!!!
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Superfluous; it’s OK to discuss HR, but the obsession with measured height is, well, phallist at the very least. (Except of course that dicks stick out and not up!)
…..and why are we talking about cocks?
I mean there’s off point and then there’s ridiculous:D:D
Yeh but when you are so hard up for any large erections, like we poor Dubs are, one must never prematurely pull out of any mass debates on the issue at hand.
Com on lads, this is all getting a bit hard to swallow….lets get back on top…ic:))
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thebigC: and the C is for…?
My, this topic has aroused a sudden burst of new interest on the thread, even if the innuendo is of the rather limp variety (and not always structurally accurate). Someone put a shuddering end to it please.
Done! Who can resist the digit of reason?
I’m already excited about the oother propasal at the boland site cant thy put another 10 floors on it. It seems we are afraid to go over 30 floors why?
We need to grow up,, and yes that even means the buildings.:)
@johnglas wrote:
Superfluous; it’s OK to discuss HR, but the obsession with measured height is, well, phallist at the very least. (Except of course that dicks stick out and not up!)
Ah now, what’s wrong with throwing in structural facts as well as opinions? TBH it is very solemn to be discussing ‘will it or won’t it be over 60 metres tall’ especially after my recent trip to New York, but the fact of the matter is that Liberty Hall has been the tallest building in Dublin for over 40 years. 63 metres breaks the monotony of high-rise (pff) structures that have randomly gone up in Dublin (Santry Cross, Alto Vetro, Canary Dwarf) A new tallest is a new tallest.
In other cities a building like this would not make the news. Maybe if a building of 60 floors in an otherwise medium rise city would create a stir, but this is Dublin and we have to play the card we are dealt.OK, I may be missing something, but I just don’t see what is so magical about ‘breaking’ some imaginary barrier. Never mind how tall it is, is it any good?
@johnglas wrote:
thebigC: and the C is for…?
Well….if its the C word I think you are thinking of…….my ex gf would definately agreee in terms of scale!!!:))
You meant Cunt right:))
@dave123 wrote:
I’m already excited about the oother propasal at the boland site cant thy put another 10 floors on it. It seems we are afraid to go over 30 floors why?
We need to grow up,, and yes that even means the buildings.:)
Exactly…..when they chop floors off buildings it can make them look very sqat!
@Keen wrote:
Ah now, what’s wrong with throwing in structural facts as well as opinions? TBH it is very solemn to be discussing ‘will it or won’t it be over 60 metres tall’ especially after my recent trip to New York, but the fact of the matter is that Liberty Hall has been the tallest building in Dublin for over 40 years. 63 metres breaks the monotony of high-rise (pff) structures that have randomly gone up in Dublin (Santry Cross, Alto Vetro, Canary Dwarf) A new tallest is a new tallest.
In other cities a building like this would not make the news. Maybe if a building of 60 floors in an otherwise medium rise city would create a stir, but this is Dublin and we have to play the card we are dealt.Too right its a big deal. Particularly, when you consider the ammount of money that was sloshing around for a few years, its frankly remarkable that not even one or two buildings crept through planning that exceeded Liberty Hall in height.
I think its because there is such a stigma in Dublin around this issue that subsumes everything else once a proposal is in any sense taller then average. For example, I think if The Elysian had been proposed for Dublin…it wouldn’t have got further then ABP!
Surely in the case of the Boland’s Mill bldg that sets the precedent for the height in its immediate vicinity; any new development (assuming the mill is kept and not swept away in some neo-modernist (i.e. old-fashioned) frenzy) should complement it rather than swamp it. There are plenty of riverside locations for signal high-rises; this is not one of them.
Boland’s Mill is an extremely ugly, derelict piece of 1950s industrial equipment that would have been demolished this year if it were not for the inevitable property market collapse. New buildings should certainly be well designed and appropriate to their setting, but should not be required to complement a structure that is both condemned and undeserving.
@dave123 wrote:
I’m already excited about the oother propasal at the boland site cant thy put another 10 floors on it. It seems we are afraid to go over 30 floors why?
We need to grow up,, and yes that even means the buildings.:)
Haha,slow down there mate,we have to get past 16 floors first!
Lets just take it one baby step at a time 😀
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