Convention centre

@Cathal Dunne wrote:

That’s a fabulous picture up the stairwell. It’s really striking. Between this, the new Point, the Grand Canal Square and other things, perhaps the Celtic Tiger years weren’t completely wasted, architecturally speaking.

Well of those three, the only architecturally distinguished building is the Grand Canal Square theatre. The Point is one of the ugliest things I’ve ever seen.

@Cathal Dunne wrote:

That’s a fabulous picture up the stairwell. It’s really striking. Between this, the new Point, the Grand Canal Square and other things, perhaps the Celtic Tiger years weren’t completely wasted, architecturally speaking.

maybe we could print the photo reallllly big, put it on a banner and then drape it over the bland brutal jarring vomitorium of an external envelope

@rumpelstiltskin wrote:

Architecture is primarily about aesthetics. If you have the greatest acoustics in the world and a stunningly ugly building, the scheme has failed from an architectural perspective. And that’s why I think the Point is an abject failure.

er, Form follows function:confused::confused: (cliché fans)

@tommyt wrote:

er, Form follows function:confused::confused: (cliché fans)

So do people still believe that anyone ever took that seriously? Look to your local retail park for an example of “form follows function”. In fact if people took it to its logical conclusion, we’d have nothing but metalb oxes – a bit like the O2 I suppose. The great modernist architects were as concerned with aesthetics and sculptural effects as any of their predecessors – in fact moreso because they had to invent new ways to make building aesthetically pleasing.

Ha, this is brilliant. First we have Frank this morning giving a thinly veiled critique bordering on disgust for the Conference Centre, followed tonight by Sean O’Laoire on Vincent Browne employing every trick in the book to avoid stating his opinion on it. Quite the sketch.

Who’ll be next? This is worthy of a theatrical comedy in the new auditorium.

@GrahamH wrote:

Ha, this is brilliant……..Sean O’Laoire on Vincent Browne employing every trick in the book to avoid stating his opinion on it.

Sean O’Laoire should be in politics! I had to laugh, no matter how much Vincent asked the question, Sean avoided giving an answer twisting and turning the subject.