Eglinton Street Tower, Cork

You are right malec. Seen from clarion it looks a bit stumpy. I would have pushed for an extra 4-5 levels.
A funny thing about this development is the name. The Elysian.:D in Greek mythology The Elysian ..fields were the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous:D Funny coincidence.

I think this building is 70 metres tall. Is it?

Anyhow for a small city like Cork to even have that is good in my view. Realistically demand for housing or offices would constrain the asspirations of developers to go taller then this IMO. I just dont think Cork can sustain a few 70 metre buildings never mind taller ones. Anyway you can all be delighted that for the next few months you have the tallest building in the state;)

owen o callaghan has said recently that he has plans for two towers at mahon point

@darkman wrote:

BTW was this building actually planned to be higher at any stage?I agree it looks a bit bulky which will take away a bit from the height asspect. Though hard to say until its finished.

(Apologies for resurrecting another old thread, but..) I might be wrong, but I was under the impression the top 2 floors were some manner of penthouse, in which case the elevator shaft might not go to the top floor? I.e. it might be a bit taller than the elevator shaft might indicate.

@tfarmer wrote:

Take that manhatten!.. you got nothing on cork what with its new 70 meter tower

Mr. tfarmer obviously doesn’t know how to use a spell-checker.

@yotty wrote:

As a house owner overlooking eglington street tower i can only hope to see more of these developments transforming the urban cork skyline.Bring on manhatton?????

I left my sarcasmometer at home, so I don’t know if you’re serious or not! 😉 But, as someone buying an apartment which will be ..err… “underlooking” The Elysian, I think it’s a fine building – though I still haven’t seen any views of the North/river elevation.

What I’d be less keen on is the 7/8 storey monolith beneath the tower. I thought the compelling argument for taller buildings is building up is better than building out – here it seems to be building up AND out.

Have lots of pictures from yesterday, will post them soon.

@darkman wrote:

For a city the size of Cork that looks quite impressive. They dont seem to be working particulaly fast on it though. It will be interesting to see what the facade looks like when its finished. If its majority glass that tends to give the illusion of extra height. Hope the facade is nice.

“Fast on it enough” ?

Its literally flyimg up !

They have commenced the curtain walling and the other blocks are coming up at the base.

It started after Cornmarket St. shopping centre and probably be finished before it !