Convention centre

@spoil_sport wrote:

I’m tired of this “it’s better than what’s there” argument, what is arround it is pretty ugly, granted, but that’s like comparing it to the ugly person who hangs out with uglier pople to make themselves look good. While I cannot think of a good convention centre off the top of my head but it is essentially a place of gathering, like an auditorium, or a stadium, and I’m sure we can muster up a few god examples of those. Again I don’t buy the it’s beter than other version of its type argument, that dosen’t qualify it as good.
“how it fails relative to its function”

I think you might have misunderstood me on this point; I wasn’t implying that its function excused ugliness, rather, that ugliness, in the sense of a certain awkwardness and brutality, helped express its function and that there was a virtue in that; further, I don’t think that its surroundings excuse a poor building, but, rather, that a certain corporate monumentality is normal to dockland reclamations and therefore, in this case, help establish a sense of this place. I think, while not beautiful in a lyrical sense, it is impressive, muscular, honest and still playful.

I am but a half man without a spellcheck.

Looks a very good render of the NCC!

Spoil-sport: Sorry for the silly cheap shot.

Carry on folks.

Good photos Ihateawake!

Cheers, I was under the impression that AIB would be a high rise, no?

the render of the convention centre above with the lavender sky and the twinkly lights irritates me beyond my ability to express. the river does not look like that, the sky does not look like that, and the surrounding building do not look like that. the whole area looks grey and industrial. maybe if people were honest with these renders then so much unsuitable stuff would not be built in this country. is there no taking account of the light conditions when building in this country? if people took into account the greyness of the climate in dublin, then maybe they wouldn’t be building grey buildings all over the place.

Can anyone tell me why they bother putting flags in front of buildings, such as those shown in the ICC render?
If I’m a Portuguese or Chinese national and don’t see my nation’s flag amongst the other six or seven usuals, am I supposed to feel a little less welcome?
Who decides which flag should be hoisted?
Perhaps it has something to do with languages spoken at the reception desk? Always found this flag business a little mysterious!:confused:

That PWC building is very ugly. The hoizontal lines looks kinda fussy.

More use of shiny and relective glass instead of dull concrete in the docks please to liven up the place!

@johnny21 wrote:

Good photos. ihateawake the building is liam carrolls development. AIB HQ. More renders on architects website. http://www.totarch.ie

Do you mean the building in the picture is AIB? if so, why does it say Anglo Irish Bank on the front? Is the building behind it Block G?