North Lotts Developments
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Ncc Pic!!!
@PTB wrote:
Personally I love the PWC building. Those cut off chimneys give it a wonderful zoomorphic quality – somehow reminds me of a fox. Great sense of movement too – it seems to be moving out towards the river every time I see it.
Can I have some of whatever youre on PTB? 🙂
I guess it shows how everyone sees things differently. Personally I think that the entire Spencer Dock development including PWC is utterly devoid of any architectural interest and ranges from bland at best to downright ugly and opressive at its most visible. The STW scheme across the river is at least a unified and elegantly resolved building, not a collection of disparite facade treatments like PWC. Even the little white building to the west of NCC doesn’t shout out it’s shortcomings in quite the manner of the PWC monstrosity.
Carrolls office on the north wall quay is to go ahead.
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/carroll-can-keep-block-1595578.html cool:Its probably one of the better looking ones in the area.
@archipig wrote:
Its probably one of the better looking ones in the area.
YES,by far in the whole docklands area…..!:D
any pics?
Retention order for office block
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2009/0108/1230936761667.html@alonso wrote:
any pics?
Architects are Traynor O’Toole, details on project page under office development. http://www.totarch.ie/ Thats the only pic i have but more detail on website.
I don’t think Ms Justice Geoghegan will take kindly to that to be honest.
is Anglo Irish even still around? aren’t they in serious financial trouble?
@johnny21 wrote:
Architects are Traynor O’Toole, details on project page under office development. http://www.totarch.ie/ Thats the only pic i have but more detail on website.
Surely thats speculative whether it will turn out like that now?
The city council gave Mr Carroll’s North Quay Investments a retention order for the building which means the structure can be kept as it is but that planning permission is needed for further work needed to finish the building
@jdivision wrote:
I don’t think Ms Justice Geoghegan will take kindly to that to be honest.
Why do you say that? From what I remember reading, she expressed the opinion that Caroll is entitled to apply for retention permission.
On the NCC center, love or hate its design – and it seems people will only do one or the other – I myself am rather disappointed with the stuff they have chosen for the cladding of the main block. I work on SJRQ and have it opposite me all day, and when it rains, that pinky-beige stone looks like it has massive sweaty armpits… The whole thing looks really awful in the rain and I can already see it aging quite disgracefully. Will try to get a pic next time there’s some rain – not that that ever happens in Ireland, right? 😀
@poukai wrote:
On the NCC center, love or hate its design – and it seems people will only do one or the other – I myself am rather disappointed with the stuff they have chosen for the cladding of the main block. I work on SJRQ and have it opposite me all day, and when it rains, that pinky-beige stone looks like it has massive sweaty armpits… The whole thing looks really awful in the rain and I can already see it aging quite disgracefully. Will try to get a pic next time there’s some rain – not that that ever happens in Ireland, right? 😀
Indeed, very true Poukai. I dunno why architects choose meterials that don’t weather very well in this damp Irish climate.
@JoePublic wrote:
Why do you say that? From what I remember reading, she expressed the opinion that Caroll is entitled to apply for retention permission.
But there’s another case before her in relation to the building. In addition, the DDDA basically lobbied for the retention and Dublin CC broke its own planning guidelines to allow it. They rejected the original plan, which is still the current plan, based on a DDDA objection don’t forget.
Here ya go, forgive crappiness of photo, but it gives you a pretty good idea of how horrible the cladding looks… Reminds me of a 1960’s school look.
Sean dunne has appealed the go-ahead from DCC for liam carroll’s anglo development.
Actually, I have only just noticed the tiny garden shed that seems to have been erected on the roof (on the right on pic), I’m guessing for the workers to have a cuppa in. Love it! Wish they would leave it as a permanent feature 😀
@jdivision wrote:
Sean dunne has appealed the go-ahead from DCC for liam carroll’s anglo development.
Did it receive go-ahead permission, wasn’t it just retension permission of the existing skeleton?
Retention plus completion was granted
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