Has anyone a picture of the George’s Quay tower?
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Thanks Graham,
I think these pictures have displayed what I was trying to say.
Theres an almost white light quality to this that cameras never pick up to these buildings, a certain coldness that can’t be described. All in all I think the architects on this one did a an excellent job getting the quantum of floorspace in without it looking bulky at all.
The top two floors it would appear are only plant rooms, this dissapoints me a little, as basements can run mainframes as well.
The TV show Alias (Jennifer Garner’s) last season had an episode that took place partly in Berlin and they showed an aerial shot of a city and labeled it “Berlin” but it was Dublin! It was George’s Quay and surrounding area from a helicopter at night! It was very lovely, but I got pretty miffed that they put it as Berlin.
I remember this scheme (Georges Quay) was first pilloried by all when it was announced that the developer would build it instead of a plan by SOM. They were labeled the portals of darkness if I’m not mistaken. The right decision was chosen in the end I suppose, as this scheme fits in well here. Of all the new buildings that have been developed in the docklands this one in particular, a design from the early 1990’s, has been used on numerous occasions in adverts etc. See it in the RTE promo too where slabs of the Giant’s Causway are transformed into the sparkly pryamid towers. Probably a sad reflection too on what has generally been built down the docks, when a kinda quirky design from the 1980’s/ 1990’s grabs all the attention today.
I think the top floors are offices; they just weren’t occupied at the time of the photos. Can you see the exit signs lit up in them in the second photo d_d_dallas posted?
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