Liberty Hall
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Hi All,
I am currently researching a thesis concerning 1960’s and 1970’s office developments and the future development potential of such buildings. I am using Liberty Hall as my case study and would appreciate any opinions on what would be the best possible use for this site or for the building. I would also appreciate opinions on such older genertaion office developments in general.. i.e. is there any future for such buildings through refurbishment or should they be redeveloped due to their limited capacity to be updated..
Any views would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
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Thanks i saw that thread alright! Any opinions on any other older office blocks in Dublin City?
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Probably be a lot of good examples in the UK… I know a couple of high profile developments in Chelsea and Elephant & Castle in London. And then there is Birmingham…the home of crap 70s builds made good!
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The Mailbox is an interesting example although it never fully recovered from the severence of the elevated inner ring route leaving it unresolved commercially.
Dublin examples; Goldsmith House on Pearse Street or The Department of Justice on the Green could be worth a look but this is really only in its infancy here as a common practice unlike the UK where asset management paid for by tenant via the service charge is the norm.
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Thanks will have a look through those examples. An issue I’ve come across is the possibililty of some of these 1960’s buildings being considered for protected structure status, to protect examples of this type of 1960s architecture. Does anyone know if developers are put off purchasing these types of developments due to this possibility?
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You would need to talk to an agent or two involved in office development land to gain their opinions; for what its worth my opinion is that depending on the building there may be a risk with a very small number of buildings that are considered iconic by either the population or academics; whilst in many other cases the replacement of the existing cladding or demolition of the existing building may constitute a planning gain by the local authority and be rewarded by the addition of some additional floors by way of new penthouse floors or higher quantum on an adjoining plot if part of a larger scheme and if demolished a larger building either in height, bulk or both.
Paul
There are now 3 Liberty Hall threads all spelled exactly the same does the software not have some way of preventing this?
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Thanks for your help.
Yeh sorry I should’ve named the thread something else, I don’t know if I can now
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