Most Beautiful Building in Cork?
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Holy Trinity Church?
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/cork/cork/holytrinity_lge.htmlSt Finn Barre’s for being a complete work of art inside and out?
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/cork/cork/st_finn_barres.htmlFor me it is either Kent Railway Station, with that amazing curved wall, or The Christ the King Church:
turnerscross.com/…/ ctk_cork_full_front_view
St. Marys on Pope’s Quay deserves a mention for its beautiful neo-classical columns.
Originally posted by phil
For me it is either Kent Railway Station, with that amazing curved wall, or The Christ the King Church:turnerscross.com/…/ ctk_cork_full_front_view
Marble & Lemon building at Emmet Place – rarely mentioned, small but beautiful.
There are are number of buildings along South Mall that stand-out. City Hall has its moments. Plus those old department store buildings like Burtons, what is now Brown Thomas, Roches Stores and the former Grant Building all along Patrick’s Street (most designed by Foster & Grant) are all noteworthy. But St. Finbarr’s is by far the biggest eye-catcher.
New entries I think are noteworthy are the UCC Student Centre extension, No.5 Lapps Quay, RCI Building in Mahon, Estuary Court at Rochestown and Mercy University Hospital on Grenville Place. Lewis Glucksman Gallery, UCC – Coppinger Court and Tony Macken’s small but stand-out apartment building on Henry Street.
for those who don’t know Cork boy
St. Marys on Pope’s Quay
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/cork/cork/st_marys_popesquay.htmlFormer Burtons
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/cork/cork/burtons.htmlFormer Grants
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/cork/cork/store.htmlBrown Thomas
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/cork/cork/brown_thomas.htmlHaha! I was waiting for it to pop up!!!
Crawford extension is v.interesting (excuse quality – compressed for web smallness)
The Opera House by Murray .O.Laoire Architects.
The new Student Centre in UCC by O.R.S.A with the public space outside.What does everyone honestly think of the Crawford Extension?
Originally posted by Nick
What does everyone honestly think of the Crawford Extension?
I’m not impressed by it – it looks like an angry spot thats about to burst!
i think the van egeraat extension was very clever and works quite well. i personally am fond of it, particularly the flow and bulging of brickwork to half moon street
I think its really worrying that no one has mentioned Patricks street in this whole debate, is cork devoid of any high quality public space~?:confused: surely we can do better than some pretty awfull churches and a gallery no one seems to agree on.
Brown Thomas is on Patrick Street, and that was mentioned. As a whole Patrick street has very fine buildings. All of the sruff that Paul Clerkin mentioned, except St Mary’s, is on Patricks Street, afaik.
partick st. as a whole. On a Saturady Morning or friday afternoon it is by far one of the most beutifull places in Cork city.
It is itself a single peace of urban design.Originally posted by Nick
surely we can do better than some pretty awfull churches and a gallery no one seems to agree on.The Churches of Cork are one of its greatest assetts architecturally speaking. Some might not be regarded in as high esteem as others, and I am willing to accept that the one I put forward would probably not be to everyones taste. I also think that it is good that there is some difference of opinion on the gallery. That is what discussion is meant to be about.
The High Court,
I’ve always loved simple classical statements
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