Alto Vetro, grand canal docks, dublin
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Cool pics Morlan and d_d.
I’m surprised nobody has yet mentioned how similar it is to a chic Liberty Hall. The width, height and elevation treatment are strikingly similar – especially the racing stripe bands or aprons(?) between the floors. Even the layout and construction method are the same, just with an extra ‘column’ of floorplate added to the other side of the lift shaft.
Very much an indication of what could be done with Liberty Hall if the will was there. Only Liberty Hall would need a slightly less self-conscious look – the designer stubble would need to stay at home.
I like how Altro is so readable. It’s a domestically-scaled tower if it could be described as such – clearly just two apartments per floor each side of the lift shaft. The narrow width is also pleasantly modest.
Though how are you supposed to use those lower blaconies in any sort of comfort?! No clothes horses of underwear here anyway 😮@vkid wrote:
Definitely nothing to write home about imo.
considering the kind of stuff going up on the quays,that’s the equivalent of high praise.
@GrahamH wrote:
I’m surprised nobody has yet mentioned how similar it is to a chic Liberty Hall. The width, height and elevation treatment are strikingly similar – especially the racing stripe bands or aprons(?) between the floors. Even the layout and construction method are the same, just with an extra ‘column’ of floorplate added to the other side of the lift shaft.
I don’t think I really agree with you there Graham. Fairly different shape in my opinion.
I don’t think I really agree with you there Graham. Fairly different shape in my opinion.
It is more similar to Liberty Hall than any other building in Dublin. It’s tall and slender and has clean lines with plain flat surfaces (no protruding balconies and such). It’s surface is dominated by glass giving a light airy feel. If Liberty Hall were cleaned up or restored it would look just as fresh, I believe.
I think this building looks good from most angles around the Grand Canal dock but not so good (as pointed out) from the city end of Pearse Street but I’m hoping that improving its context will fix this.
Trinity has plans for the horrible neighbouring enterprise centre which could do wonders for Pearse Street. Unfortunately the Macken St./Pearse St apartments overlooking Pearse Square is a disaster in this regard my opinion. The way it fronts onto the dock but backs onto Pearse Street is a terrible wasted opportunity. It’s sad that this recent development simply reinforced the sorry state of Pearse Street in a way that will probably never be possible to correct.
@jimg wrote:
It is more similar to Liberty Hall than any other building in Dublin. It’s tall and slender and has clean lines with plain flat surfaces (no protruding balconies and such). It’s surface is dominated by glass giving a light airy feel. If Liberty Hall were cleaned up or restored it would look just as fresh, I believe.
Hmmm, I really am not sure. Clean lines etc, I agree on, but whilst the square plan of Liberty hall allows gives the building a uniform appearance from various angles (apart from difference in window colours), the new tower, as already agreed, appears differently when viewed from different angles. The balconies being added on to the new building at present will also change its finished appearance.
Those balconies look bizarre! Nice building all the same. See what happens when you use glass and polished stone instead of cheap plaster and unvarnished planks.
@phil wrote:
Hmmm, I really am not sure. Clean lines etc, I agree on, but whilst the square plan of Liberty hall allows gives the building a uniform appearance from various angles (apart from difference in window colours), the new tower, as already agreed, appears differently when viewed from different angles. The balconies being added on to the new building at present will also change its finished appearance.
Sorry – that’s what I meant Phil. I didn’t think it needed mentioning that it’s a rectangular version of Liberty Hall 🙂
It’s the exposed floor plates infilled with glazing that makes it so similar to it, including the enlarged ground floor ‘plinth’. In fact, the more you think of it, there’s very few buildings in Dublin that adopt that format. Most have curtain walling sheathing over the plates. They’re very thin in this case – very much an indication of a residential tower.
yep Graham, thought just the same as i scrolled down through Morlan’s pics … though as you beat me to it, you’ll just have to take my word for it ! balconies are surprisingly discreet, sewn in to the floor plate. Overall, a good job.
Ahem, ahem…….my biggest bugbear, and a real Dublin one at that, who’s going to wash the windows?
Was walking down by the Barrow Street end and it performs a nice counterbalance to the (unoccupied I think) office block also developed by Treasury next to the Barrow Street Dart Station. You can just make out part of it in the background of PeterFitzPatrick’s pic. Obviously I was looking at it from the opposite direction.
I work right beside this building, infact i can see it right now from my work desk.
I like it. But jaysus you’re expoesed on the first few floors. and what if veryone gets differnt blinds/curtains. freaky.
Over allI think the docklands in this area are toostumpy and boring. That Belfast Titantic developemt is a million 7years ahead of Dublin Docklands in term of scope and imagination. Is this becasue Belfast is comfortable with highrise? Dublin is 3 times the size of Belfast but our buildings are 3 times smaller.
No it’s because it’s a private venture using an architect with vision. I was at the launch where Eric Kuhne gave his speech and it was really impressive I have to say. The DDDA is just a mess when it comes to property
No curtains allowed in that building AFAIK. Uniformity, you will have blinds, and as I saw in an ad on DAFT, ‘No Dirt Birds’. :p
went past today. Pretty much fully glazed, and they’ve helpfully numbered each floor, 14 in all so that you don’t have to count yourself as you’re going past. Bit of advice, if you drive and you’ve an interest in the development process, stay the hell away from this area. Between craning to get a view of the point, the works on macken St. Bridge, pondering over the impact of the Gormley piece, the crater for the theatre, alto vetro itself, and finally copping on to the building on Ringsend rd. featured elsewhere on this forum, I nearly crashed about 12 times between fecking Eden Quay and Ringsend village!!!
@alonso wrote:
I nearly crashed about 12 times between fecking Eden Quay and Ringsend village!!!
That’s why I travel everywhere by bus. You get to see a lot more from the top deck of a Number 3 (and they’re brand spanking new buses too!) 😎
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Interesting new metal and glass arch on the bridge next to Alto Vetro.
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Looks pretty sexy.
You can see the facade work started on the hotel too
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Interesting. Certainly seems like it’s going to be a snazzy looking bridge. Thanks for the shots Joe.
Is that the Mateus going up behind the bridge, it seems to be progressing quite well, if it is. Bridge looks excellent.
@JoePublic wrote:
Interesting new metal and glass arch on the bridge next to Alto Vetro.
Looks pretty sexy.
You can see the facade work started on the hotel too
Great! I was hoping they would do something with that bridge. It was so ugly. I would have thought they have might’ve widened it a bit first though.
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