New Court Complex – Infirmary Rd
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No, it was all carefully hand-crafted and shaped concrete and wood; that’s why it cost 450 zillion quid. And it still looks like a dog’s dinner. Swop?
I think this is probrably the most superb looking building built in Dublin for many, many years. It looks fantastic.
OK, here we go again, but I have to say it looks more like a shopping centre than the iconic symbol of modern justice in Ireland. It lacks presence from a disance and up close, apart from the obvious expense of the materials employed it lacks the kind of dignity or detail one would expect of the supposedly most important public building to be built in Ireland for quiet some time. I see two senarios, firstly this is what HJL think an iconic structure looks like, which is I think the more likley senario and that thereofre this is a poor effort, or alternatively that they said: Gandon’s Four Courts is quiet iconic, lets not compete with that, we don’t need an iconic structure, lets give them something generic, another shopping centre, which is a position I would have far more respect for.
It was actually going well untill they put the cladding on.PS. Don’t get me wrong, as far as shopping centres go, its probably up there, looks quiet well even.
The design is based on the drum of the Four Courts dome. There’s probably more artsy fartsy lingo about it, though.
The similarities with the Four Courts are more thematic than actual. The Gandon building which the HJL architect referred to building near would be the Royal Infirmary behind it.
Am a little uncomfortable with seeing all the glazing, if this building is to be an enduring iconic structure.
The real sucess of the building at the moment is its siting, on the bend from Parkgate Street into Phoenix Park avenue. The large drum articulating a bend in a thoroughfare is an urban design theme going back through time (Four Courts on a bend in the Liffey; Rotunda Round Room on the bend into Parnell Square etc.). Also shows that you can have a very large building if the siting is right.
Went by this today, it really does look great. Only thing Im not sure about is the black glass on the top level.
Has anyone noticed the best western hotel rennovation down the road from it? Sweet Jasus it looks terrible.
@archipig wrote:
Has anyone noticed the best western hotel rennovation down the road from it? Sweet Jasus it looks terrible.
I found some recent pictures of this . . .
. . . can’t find any words though!
Flippin heck. At least it’s lived up to the renders (which I cannot find now). Hits the 1970s spot to a tee.
It looks great. Perhaps a small bit corporate with all the glass. Still, its an intriguing shape in its location. A nice addition to the city.
I think it’s ugly as sin. The way the glass peels back to reveal all the crap on the roof from every approach from the east is unforgivable. Granted, it does look great when you get up close to it and can appreciate the intriguing glazing textures and layering but the overall shape and roof profile is a mess and a real missed opportunity.
I like it. Works as a sort of book end to the City centre. If only we could have something decent on the other end!
Maybe a statue of justice and a tricolour on it? So people know it’s a court building. I really like the building but it could honestly be anything. We could end up with loads of Americans turning up on the weekends, thinking it’s the convention centre.
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