The Western Quays
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That’s the Richmond Gate
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/kilmainham/rhk_gate.html
Cheers Paul, I was thinking it looked like that gate (though I didn’t know its name) but knew it wasn’t in that area. Interesting that it was moved like that.
Does anyone know who did the art installation (I am assuming that’s what it is on the Dublin quays?) Sorry if it’s been discussed elsewhere.
It consists of flags of all nations flying on teh flagpoles but they are done in shades of grey, as if looking at a blakc + white film – looks really fantastic and not a little unnerving..
@Devin wrote:
The view of the Quays & Home’s Hotel which appears in the airport.
– an engraving after a drawing by W.H. Bartlett, from Ireland Illustrated, 1831. The bridge is the same one that’s there today!What happened to this building?
That really is tragic; how anyone could not have seen the value in that building’s facade defies belief, I imagine that the original proposed scheme foundered in the 1979 property collapse and that the garage use only became viable a decade later when land values has totally collapsed on foot of the carry on within the Oliver Bond complex which has thankfully changed beyond all recognition.
The real tragedy is that if this could have held on another 10 years at least the facade probably would have been saved as per most of the Merchants Quay redevelopment.
The speculator behind its demolition should have a plaque on the first floor of the International Bar
The new building on the famously vacant site on Upper Ormond Quay opposite the Civic Offices is nearing completion. Will be worth a few pictures.
Meanwhile, what about this building on Usher’s Quay below? (Photomontage posted at start of thread – now it’s complete.) Is it a success? Bit of the stacked box thing going on in the central part. The glazing works ok on the north quay. You wouldn’t want it on the south quay. Do the differnt parts of the building sit together ok? It’s Gilroy McMahon architects.
Distinctly better than its neighbours, I would say that its a marked improvement on the usual standard of quays development. Perhaps the division into three “buildings” is a tad contrived? If it encouraged replacement of its rather dull and uninspired neighbours it wouldn’t actually be a bad thing.
@Paul Clerkin wrote:
Perhaps the division into three “buildings” is a tad contrived? If it encouraged replacement of its rather dull and uninspired neighbours it wouldn’t actually be a bad thing.
+1
Just too much going on overall.
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