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    • June 23, 2004 at 11:51 pm #707175
      Irishtown
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      Courtesy of Limerick.com:

      Anyone know what Building this is? It’s lovely. I know its near the Henry Street Garda Station.

    • June 24, 2004 at 12:20 am #743774
      Paul Clerkin
      Keymaster

      We are starting to take the piss now.. aren’t we?

    • June 24, 2004 at 12:55 am #743775
      Irishtown
      Participant

      I don’t know what you mean…. :confused:

    • June 24, 2004 at 9:15 am #743776
      Andrew Duffy
      Participant

      I think that is the Riverside Gateway development, designed by Tom Philips and Associates and financed by Fordmount Properties. There was supposed to be a fifteen-storey tower, but I think it was reduced in planning (although the lift shaft under construction is about ten storeys, so that might be it).
      I agree with Paul though; I can’t see any beauty in the building.

    • June 24, 2004 at 11:41 pm #743777
      anto
      Participant

      all new buildings in Limerick have to come with red brick, it’s a rule!

    • June 25, 2004 at 1:16 am #743778
      anto
      Participant

      seriously, anything interesting going on in Limerick at the moment? besides the usual feuding

    • June 25, 2004 at 3:12 pm #743779
      notjim
      Participant

      i think what this building needs is a nice mansard roof.

    • June 25, 2004 at 3:44 pm #743780
      Irishtown
      Participant

      I still think its a nice building.

      Andrew, if it is the Riverside Gateway, what type of developement is this? I can find nothing about it when I search online.

    • June 25, 2004 at 3:45 pm #743781
      Irishtown
      Participant

      Originally posted by notjim
      i think what this building needs is a nice mansard roof.

      hahaha 🙂

    • June 25, 2004 at 3:49 pm #743782
      Paul Clerkin
      Keymaster

      irishtown, convince us…

    • June 25, 2004 at 4:02 pm #743783
      -Donnacha-
      Participant

      all new buildings in Limerick have to come with red brick, it’s a rule!

      Shouldn’t that be all new buildings in Ireland?

      Anyway, this one is appalling.

    • June 25, 2004 at 4:18 pm #743784
      Irishtown
      Participant

      Originally posted by Paul Clerkin
      irishtown, convince us…

      Convince you that it’s nice? No. Its all in opinion.

      I think the glassed curved-corner is the best feature and I do like how the incorporated the brick. Its not too much, but it fits they building quite nicely, I’d say.

    • June 25, 2004 at 4:40 pm #743785
      d_d_dallas
      Participant

      Oh my god – looking at it I could be on Clanbrassil/Patrick St, Arran Qy, or around Blackhall (with an extra few floors thrown in). Was Liam Carroll (sic) involved?!?

      Mind you I’m sure it’s way better than what was there beforehand (esp if that brown brick thing next door is anything to go by)

    • June 29, 2004 at 6:00 pm #743786
      Irishtown
      Participant

      Originally posted by Andrew Duffy
      I think that is the Riverside Gateway development, designed by Tom Philips and Associates and financed by Fordmount Properties. There was supposed to be a fifteen-storey tower, but I think it was reduced in planning (although the lift shaft under construction is about ten storeys, so that might be it).
      I agree with Paul though; I can’t see any beauty in the building.

      I emailed the guy at Limerick.com and he said that the building under construction in that photo was to be one of the tallest in Limerick, so maybe it is that 15 storey tower after all.

    • May 4, 2005 at 6:41 pm #743787
      backspace
      Participant

      another view of development, the tower is new, the block on the left is limericks answer to hawkins house recladded.

      http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39643&papass=&sort=1

    • May 4, 2005 at 6:45 pm #743788
      sw101
      Participant

      that building is pretty terrible. the use of brick over white render to give some perceived depth is very ugly, something like the jury’s on parnell street. 2/10.

    • May 4, 2005 at 7:21 pm #743789
      ctesiphon
      Participant
      Andrew Duffy wrote:
      I think that is the Riverside Gateway development, designed by Tom Philips and Associates and financed by Fordmount Properties. QUOTE]

      Last time I looked, Tom Phillips and Associates were Town Planning Consultants. Is there another TPA that I’m not aware of? The practice is growing, and has an architect/planner in its employ, but I don’t think that building is one of theirs. They may have been the planning consultants for the project?

      Anyone else want to take credit for it? :rolleyes:

    • May 13, 2005 at 3:32 pm #743790
      backspace
      Participant

      come on out BKD + take a bow

    • May 18, 2005 at 3:22 pm #743791
      Irishtown
      Participant

      @backspace wrote:

      another view of development, the tower is new, the block on the left is limericks answer to hawkins house recladded.

      http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39643&papass=&sort=1

      Yes, I’m aware of those pictures…… as I emailed the developer and got them and uploaded them. 🙂

    • June 10, 2005 at 3:13 pm #743792
      dave123
      Participant

      whats the name of that building irishtown , im really confused because there is development at the moment in henry street and its called newtown house dev. with eight storeys ? i have’nt been in limerick in a good while …

    • June 11, 2005 at 2:36 am #743793
      Tuborg
      Participant

      Thats newtown house dave,it was completed last summer,you can see riverpoint in the early stages of construction behind it!

    • June 13, 2005 at 12:53 pm #743794
      dave123
      Participant

      thanks Turborg,
      i was in limerick the other day , henry street is some fine street compare to what it was 3 years ago
      the bank of scotland building is not a very interestin building to be honest
      but i suppose it fits in well to the other new buildings on the street which have simularities

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