Central Bank Dame Street…

Amn’t much help to you but I notice there seems to be a considerable amount of work going on down at the Central Bank. The entire West Side has been hoarded off for some kind of improvement works – the details of which aren’t made clear on the hoarding itself.

That’s an interesting point. I thought I noticed something going on there myself but I was a good bit away from it to be able to tell. Are they working on the actual building?

@auto wrote:

Hey guys,

Im doing a little project on this and i was wondering if there is any books, magazines, articles sites etc which would have CB info, i cant find much on it.

I’m going to ring sam stephensons archetecture office over the next week and see if they have anything.

Thanks

You might also try ringing the central bank itself. If they’re anything like the Bundesbank – which apparently still employs lots of people who were experts in the stability of the Deutschmark and can’t now be got rid of – they may have several experts in the stability of the punt who’ll have plenty of time to help you with your research.;)

More seriously though, the national library in Kildare Street might be a good place to look for old newspaper articles about the Central Bank building and the controversy surrounding its construction.

Actually I wouldnt bother the bank – they once contacted me looking for a copy of floor plans of their building 😉

All I have was some scanned jpegs of the plans as published in the 1970s.

I must reload those.

It was meant to be a few floors higher. That’s all I know!

The work is the installation of a new air conditioning system I believe. Also, the building was never meant to be higher; it was and is higher than its planning permission, which it never needed. The roof plinth is thicker than applied for, and the application had a flat roof (despite the mass of the structure being supported from the beams protruding above the roof). The plans given to the builders had the roof you see now; however to appease the people complaining about the breach of planning permission the roof was left uncovered until leaks forced its completion. The height to the top of the roof is 45.4m and this makes it the fourth highest building in Dublin; the under-construction Santry Cross apartment tower will squeeze it into fifth place.

The Destruction of Dublin has most of the above in it if you can find a copy.

Destruction of Dublin – There’s an extremely battered copy in the Central Library – ILAC centre

Looking for info on Stephenson’s design philosophies, style and inspiration

Has anyone any information….can’t find anything. I’m surprised a book hasn’t been written on him!!

Any help would be good

thanks

@parka wrote:

I’m surprised a book hasn’t been written on him!!

I reckon Sam would offer to write it himself:D

Yeah, it wouldn’t surprise me