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  • July 9, 2007 at 4:29 pm #780345
    rebel_city
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    I was home in Cork for the first time in a couple of months. Arrived on the bus from the Dunkettle side – as we came into the city the new tower looked really impressive. It was getting dark but the lights around it looked well. I reckon it will look great when finished.

    July 10, 2007 at 5:28 pm #780346
    who_me
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    Is it my imagination, or has the North elevation changed significantly (and for the worse) from:

    to:

    (Apologies for the picture quality, couldn’t do any better). Is it a poor quality render in the second image, or has the design changed?

    July 16, 2007 at 10:21 am #780347
    malec
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    As far as I can see it now has 20 stories

    July 16, 2007 at 9:24 pm #780348
    Hafez
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    Sure you’re not counting the scaffolding rather than the actual floors? :p

    July 17, 2007 at 10:49 am #780349
    who_me
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    @Hafez wrote:

    Sure you’re not counting the scaffolding rather than the actual floors? :p

    That miiight just explain why the lower floors are quite a bit shorter in that photo than the higher floors! :p

    I’d be fairly sure it’s still 18 – especially given the photo on the website with them all holding a big “18” sign on the roof of the building. 17 elevator doors, with a duplex penthouse, 18.

    July 17, 2007 at 6:57 pm #780350
    malec
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    OK if it’s not 20 it’s 19 and definitely not 18. Every time I passed it I saw it being ground floor + 17 and now it has a penthouse too. I’ll check again next time I’m near it.

    July 17, 2007 at 9:05 pm #780351
    THE_Chris
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    The final building exterior has appeared on some of the lower floors.

    July 17, 2007 at 10:11 pm #780352
    malec
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    ^^ And from what I could make out looked fugly

    July 18, 2007 at 9:27 am #780353
    Angry Rebel
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    Yeah, it looks like right cheap grey cladding. Nasty.

    July 22, 2007 at 4:21 pm #780354
    tfarmer
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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6910536.stm

    now thats a proper tower..

    July 22, 2007 at 4:35 pm #780355
    tfarmer
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    nice..

    July 22, 2007 at 4:49 pm #780356
    THE_Chris
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Dubai

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Burj <- would be even taller 😀

    July 22, 2007 at 4:56 pm #780357
    malec
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    ^^ Which won’t get built I’m sure.

    Anyway, I have some new photos, will upload them later.

    July 22, 2007 at 5:02 pm #780358
    THE_Chris
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    Seems to me that Dubai is using its economic boom well. Obviously we wouldnt need anything that tall, but it still makes me think Ireland has blown it a bit.

    July 31, 2007 at 2:06 pm #780359
    bosco
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    I got a good laugh from this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kieranhynes/909952057/

    July 31, 2007 at 3:40 pm #780360
    who_me
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    Funny, I’m surprised it took so long to be defaced!

    I was expecting the response: “Had she discovered Ireland’s biggest secret”

    “The price!” :p

    July 31, 2007 at 4:38 pm #780361
    tfarmer
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    Just why exactly would building a small tower block be considered a secret? lol, what a stupid marketing campaign and whats even funnier is if you go to the website you see a bunch of people with surprised looks on their faces like they were witnessing 9/11 all over again or something.

    ‘Tis like a huge tower tom, bayjasus ive never seen the likes of it befarrrr, tis getting like manhattan’

    July 31, 2007 at 9:40 pm #780362
    PTB
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    Irelands worst kept secret
    [ATTACH]5321[/ATTACH]

    [ATTACH]5325[/ATTACH]

    July 31, 2007 at 10:56 pm #780363
    THE_Chris
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    The lack of high rise saved us when they attacked.

    Now we’re screwed.

    July 31, 2007 at 11:04 pm #780364
    PTB
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    God bless silly season.

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