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    • October 29, 2002 at 12:47 pm #705768
      Andrew Duffy
      Participant

      Sorry for bringing up the tall buildings thing again, but this seems to have slipped under a lot of people’s noses.

      http://www.reflectingcity.com/0103c.htm

      “The Heuston Station lands and Guinness lands are as potential locations within the city for the development of tall buildings and high density. The Development Framework Plan for the Heuston Station Environs specifies the location of 3 tall buildings in the area.

      By restricting the number of tall buildings to 3 the permeability of views across the area and the overall character of the area can be maintained. New development must enhance the area and not dominate the existing institutions. The footprints of the tall buildings should have a long dimension in an east-west orientation to avoid blocking out light and views from the west. Each tall building is located on a major public space located around the station.

      Guinness Building : corner site on Guinness lands relating to the Heuston Square.

      OPW Building: corner site on OPW lands adjacent to Dr Steevens Hospital and Park, and opposite the south facade of the station building.

      CIE Building: site to the north of the station building on the river relating to the West Terrace and River Terrace.”

      There is a small rendering on the site as well.

    • August 13, 2003 at 11:52 am #721308
      Paul Clerkin
      Keymaster

      This is the design by Anthony Reddy Associates featured in the current Eircom staff newsletter….

    • August 13, 2003 at 2:03 pm #721309
      WillC
      Participant

      Is the building in the photo above one of the tall buildings proposed?

    • August 13, 2003 at 2:46 pm #721310
      Paul Clerkin
      Keymaster

      Yes afaik

    • August 13, 2003 at 3:11 pm #721311
      Andrew Duffy
      Participant

      So nine storeys is tall? I guess the few 19-20 storey buildings with planning permission are stratospheric then.

    • August 13, 2003 at 3:19 pm #721312
      Andrew Duffy
      Participant

      http://www.anthonyreddy.com/projects/offices/rhkquarter.htm

      Has anyone seen renderings of the 19 storey apartment tower, or the pedestrian bridge to the Phoenix Park, that are part of this project?

      (They may be a seperate project, actually. I think it’s the same plot of land)

    • August 13, 2003 at 3:40 pm #721313
      Andrew Duffy
      Participant

      I looked around a bit, and there are two seperate projects for the same parcel of land; the one above and another, designed by Paul Keogh architects, that incorporates apartments (including an 18 storey tower) and the pedestrian bridge. The apartment building seems to be the OPW building above, leaving the Guinness Building and CIE building yet to be designed.

      Describes both: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2003/0612/722077392HM3HEUSTON.html

      Describes the second phase in more detail: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2091-676119,00.html

    • August 13, 2003 at 3:42 pm #721314
      urbanisto
      Participant

      Thrilling isn’t it…

    • August 14, 2003 at 1:58 pm #721315
      Barry
      Participant

      Disappointing that the private sector is being shafted yet again with significant portions of these large projects being handed to the OPW. What happened to competition and open tendering?

    • August 14, 2003 at 4:37 pm #721316
      GregF
      Participant

      They’re great illustrations ….would be great it they were all to materialize in this wasteground part of the city.

    • August 14, 2003 at 6:18 pm #721317
      emf
      Participant

      I think that I read somewhere recently that concern was expressed about the visual impact that this 19 storey tower would have when viewed from the RH and that this element of the scheme was being re-evaluated and would possibly/probably be dropped!!

    • August 15, 2003 at 9:04 am #721318
      Andrew Duffy
      Participant

      Please tell me you’re taking the piss.

      Actually, what effect does writing to TDs in support of a development have? I don’t believe that An Bord Pleanála are interested in expressions of support for anything.

    • August 15, 2003 at 2:00 pm #721319
      WillC
      Participant

      Visually impacting what ????!! Jesus, this was one of the few sites in Dublin that was approved for tall buildings, under the strategy for building height.

      So even in the few limited sites that have been approved for tall buildings they still may not be allowed.

      Under the strategy for building height, tall buildings are recommended to be concentrated around transport nodes (such as heuston station) in the city to act as ‘pointers’. That’s why the ‘tallish’ office block was allowed for tara street.

    • August 15, 2003 at 2:23 pm #721320
      notjim
      Participant

      so the article in paper (i can’t remember where) said that there was some discussion regarding the impact, which is reasonable, the views from the RH should be protected, but that these discussions concluded to everyone’s satisfaction. keep calm.

    • August 15, 2003 at 2:44 pm #721321
      WillC
      Participant

      The ‘arc in the park’ bridge planned for the area sounds great. Has anyone seen any illustrations?

    • August 15, 2003 at 5:41 pm #721322
      text goes here
      Participant

      i love that sky, it’s so “blue”. the blue sky always makes proposed buildings look great.

      lol

    • August 27, 2003 at 2:17 pm #721323
      Paul Clerkin
      Keymaster

      I have just seen the model for this in Wood Quay. The tallest building is approximetely one storey taller than the one illustrated here.

    • August 27, 2003 at 3:34 pm #721324
      WillC
      Participant

      uggghhhhh ! Presumably though, taller buildings are planned for phase II right????

    • August 27, 2003 at 3:36 pm #721325
      Paul Clerkin
      Keymaster

      No… thats it… entire site model is shown in wood quay… majority 4/5/6 storey buildings

    • August 27, 2003 at 5:19 pm #721326
      Andrew Duffy
      Participant

      The model is definitely more than the renders here show?

      http://www.anthonyreddy.com/projects/offices/rhkquarter.htm

      Surely it would be unusual to have a single model of two schemes, designed by two architecture firms? If so, then the killing of the apartment building because of its height is disappointing.

    • August 27, 2003 at 5:40 pm #721327
      Paul Clerkin
      Keymaster

      That is the model… the second image down on the rhs is the central “tower” and is only its plant equipment higher than the corner building in the model.

    • August 27, 2003 at 8:00 pm #721328
      WillC
      Participant

      Have all 3 ‘tall’ buildings recommended for the area under the strategy for building heights been given the chop?

      did anyone notice the ‘arc in the park’ bridge in the model or is that gone too?

    • August 28, 2003 at 9:36 am #721329
      Andrew Duffy
      Participant

      That’s just phase 1; phase 2 has the pedestrian bridge and apartment building. The other two tall buildings for the area haven’t been designed yet as far as I know.

    • August 28, 2003 at 11:22 am #721330
      Paul Clerkin
      Keymaster

      well the model encompasses the entire site, so the other buildings must be on the other side of the river?
      lets be honest here, that bridge is never going to be built

    • August 28, 2003 at 1:31 pm #721331
      Andrew Duffy
      Participant

      Sorry to be a pedant, but since I like tall buildings and nice bridges I’ll wait for a second planning application:

      http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2003/0612/722077392HM3HEUSTON.html

      “The first phase, designed by Anthony Reddy Associates, incorporates 1 million sq ft of offices, apartments, cultural and recreational space to the west of Military Road, on a site currently occupied by a series of concrete sheds.

      The second phase, which is being designed by Paul Keogh Architects, covers a site of nearly five acres east of Military Road on which there is a number of listed, but quite ordinary, historic buildings associated with the Royal Hospital.

      A total of 650 family-sized apartments are planned in the two phases, including 130 in the social and affordable housing category, with direct access by an elevated walkway and cycle route to Heuston Station and the Phoenix Park.”

      The shape of the Anthony Reddy development would imply that it is to the East of Military Road, fronting onto St. John’s Road.

    • August 28, 2003 at 2:22 pm #721332
      Paul Clerkin
      Keymaster

      It doesnt say that the taller buildings will be on the other side of Military Road either – that site is currently in use by the Gardai – nice buildings on the site too….

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