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@johnny21 wrote:
Good photos. ihateawake the building is liam carrolls development. AIB HQ. More renders on architects website. http://www.totarch.ie
its anglo irish banks new HQ, not AIBs Both BOI and AIB are planning on conslidating there back offices on one site. Given the number of permises both are currently in this will require 2 big buildings probably high rise
@aj wrote:
its anglo irish banks new HQ, not AIBs Both BOI and AIB are planning on conslidating there back offices on one site. Given the number of permises both are currently in this will require 2 big buildings probably high rise
Super. Lets hope they actually get to build something
@aj wrote:
its anglo irish banks new HQ, not AIBs Both BOI and AIB are planning on conslidating there back offices on one site. Given the number of permises both are currently in this will require 2 big buildings probably high rise
Got confused!:confused: Yes its Anglo Irish Bank HQ. Now i hear the deal might be in jeopardy.:mad:
@Rory W wrote:
No it’s the AIB and BOI back office not Anglo deal that’s in trouble
Sorry!!!:confused:
Had a ramble down by the down the docks yesterday and could see that the NCC is set back a bit amost the dross. However the glass cylinder drum is echoed by the glass cylinder drum on the the roof of the offices across the river. Still overall, the docks is not impressive.
Anyone see the programme on RTE 1 Monday night where we had Irish ‘celebs’ tracing their families during the Great Famine time. Well it showed the young Guinness heiress down the docks at the famine memorial statues with a typically drab grey sky in the background as well as a rather drab cityscape. Was hard to believe we had just been through a building boom! The docks looked shit basically!
Sure does Greg F, sure does.
I was chattin’ to the friendly security guard at the NCC the other day, not sure how reliable a source he is but he reckons they are constructing ‘Irelands tallest building’ directly behind the confrence centre, an astonishing 20 floors he told me.I pass the area quite regulary but have only been down there a few times and my god what a truly depressing place it is,the people behind this regeneration project should be shot.Its a national embarrassment.
Might be over stating things a bit there luxor, but your entitled to your opinion !
@Peter Fitz wrote:
Might be over stating things a bit there luxor, but your entitled to your opinion !
I couldn’t agree more with luxor. The whole thing is the most horrendous development I’ve ever seen, and I’m from Limerick! Total lack of imagination, lack of colour, lack of atmosphere. It’s a combination of the totally conservative view of building in this country, the complete vulgarity of those seeking profit, and the complete drabness of the Dublin climate, which was not taken into account when designing these grey buildings.
The orginal render on the PWC building was white, wasn’t it??I’ve seen impressions of it like that.It’s desperately depressing and slightly monolithic, with it’s current shade of grey.And the grey granite in the landscaping.And the grey (looking) building behind it.Matches the grey sky and the murky grey liffey….!!!
You could always try some of that wonderful red-purple sandstone and silver-blue limestone (complete with fossils) from CORK (!) for cladding buildings in Dublin. Am I being provocative?
people working for profit don’t care if they walk all over the public realm with their despicable money driven visions of our land, where every square metre of landscape is nothing but a profit opportunity. that’s why we have retail parks all over the place. one of the reasons we have planning laws is that these people aren’t given unadulterated control over how our country will look in the future, because they’re nothing but a bunch of parochial nouveau riche jackasses without a scintilla of aesthetic sensibility. given the ridiculous, record breakingly harsh planning laws in this country, how did all this shit get built? apparently only interesting proposals are the ones that get banned.
In fairness the docklands is a disgrace.
Just look at this, a stone’s throw up the river from the CC on the opposite bank;
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urban sprawl? density? commuter? traffic? transport? encroaching suburbs?
Wasn’t there some sort of talk about some of these things a while back?
oh and the PWC was white in the render on their hoarding;
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it was a tad dirty by the time i took that pic!
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