Eglinton Street Tower, Cork

Apologies for that JDivision.

I thought it was your post for some reason. As I said, I would prefer to wait to see what it looks like before I make a definite decision on it, but going on that image I don’t think it looks to great to be honest.

Anyway, we will have to see.

beats victoria cross lads

I am trying to find out who the building services engineers are on the Eglington St. project.

Any info appreciated.

the victoria cross jibes are getting a bit tiring and hysterical. anyone agree?

please feel free to mention other buildings in the city people feel are worthy of criticism? there are plenty of examples.

Are the ‘Eglinton st’ development and ‘the Elysian’ the same project?!

@Dieter wrote:

The fact that you don’t like Tynan’s design does not make it bad architecture. What is truly “embarrassing” is to read subjective ranting on a site that is supposed to be for serious architectural criticism. I am not surprised that you find it an effort to “keep it up”.

I agree with rebel_city, but if others want to take the “see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil” approach to the utter rubbish that is Tynan’s & Montgomery’s Victoria Mills so be it.
Maybe you would care to nominate this pile of vile junk for another award Dieter?,most would prefer to set VM alight to rid the city of this embarrassment. 😡

@Dieter wrote:

The fact that you don’t like Tynan’s design does not make it bad architecture. What is truly “embarrassing” is to read subjective ranting on a site that is supposed to be for serious architectural criticism. I am not surprised that you find it an effort to “keep it up”.

I think discussion of the aesthetic of a building is part of serious architectural criticism. If you look at the majority of buildings that win awards, it’s the memorable exterior that does it: the Swiss Re tower etc. The majority of people will only ever see the exterior of a building and therefore the impact of the exterior is extremely important. I’d be interested to know if the bank that financed the scheme were behind the awards.

@Dieter wrote:

The fact that you don’t like Tynan’s design does not make it bad architecture. What is truly “embarrassing” is to read subjective ranting on a site that is supposed to be for serious architectural criticism. I am not surprised that you find it an effort to “keep it up”.

This site is for architects AND anyone with an opinion. I may not be an architect but I am quite capable of judging what I feel to be an attractive building or not. I don’t look at a building like Victoria Mills and say “Hmm…doesn’t look nice, looks quite old fashioned, but era it’s probably really environmentally friendly and the ecustics must be amaaaazing!”

You’ve a fair point, but I’m entitled to mine – I respect your opinion but I really do think that VIc Mills “flats” are embarassing and bland.

(Excuse me for continuing a conversation which is not directly related to the Eglington St. development!)

Just looking at that panorama of the Corconian skyline, what’s going to happen to those sheds/warehouses between the apartments around the Elysian Tower and the Lee? Are they being rebuilt as well, or are they going to be just done up like those dockland warehouses in CHQ.

I was looking at that especially because they slot really nicely into the whole rebuild. Perhaps what they could do is just flatten everything there and build it up to a 10-15 storey range. It would be good to have another tower about the same size as the Eglinton St biulding (or higher!:) down that end as a contrast and counterpoint. Plus, the tower being beside the river could act as a sort of gatehouse to the whole rebuild. Maybe that’s they should name it that, the gatehouse!:)