Former Irish Press building
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Very impressed with the corner of this new building at the Corn Exchange Place/Poolbeg Street Corner. Love the curving, reminds me of the outside of the old Daily Express building in Fleet Street London. Best viewed from the Apollo House carpark entrance. not sure about the front facade yet though.
Nice one
I’d agree, a few more curves in Dublin would do no harm at all. Didn’t the architect of the Parthenon make sure that the lines of the building were slightly curved, Makes all the difference.
The front view of the building is good from the point of view that it blocks out Hawkins a little, not sure if it integrates very well with the Georgian building along side though.
The Corn exchange building could be enhanced by the addition of something along the lines of whats on top the Reichstag building in Berlin. That again would also reduce the impact of Hawkins house.
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Well I’m just going to agree.
I saw this about two weeks ago before it was complete, and it struck me as looking gorgeous. The location (when viewed from Apollo) actually adds to the building, which has a nice “evil” feel to it (in a good way).
fjp
well its going to be the immigration office, so it needs to look evil. central bank is the evilist looking building though, in a good way, but definitely evil.
Yes, evil in a good way, not a nasty way. Imposing, impressive, powerful, all that kind of stuff. I don’t mean the reference to be insulting at all.
And the Central Bank is also a building I’ve described as evil in the past. Do a google search for “central bank evil” and you’ll find my reference, although please don’t discuss the reference here.
fjp
Yes, very nice – fits in very well and brightens up the street. Don’t see it as evil – it’s all curved and moulded in grey plastic – like the dashboard in a car.
One thing that iritates me about the building is the clunkiness and heaviness of the doors – the contrast of a vorsprung durch tecnik type building, all polished granite and glass and these fat clumsy doors. The d(evil) is in the details.
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