Theyre at it again – A Georgian goes on the quays / Endangered Georgian Dublin
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@alonso wrote:
or “Tetris Towers”
dammit now the tetris music is in my head
doo doo doo etc…😀
“Tetris Towers” – very good… tip to get rid of tetris music – tune into youtube + type in any song! 😉
Inspecting the elevation supplied shows not only the elevation of the proposed (6361/06) but also the elevation of a proposal contained within an entirely separate and earlier application at No 1+2 (5369/04 handled by different architects and applicant). An elevation must show main features of existing adjoining buildings. As the proposal for 1+2 Usher’s Island(5369/04) has not yet been constructed, clearly the elevation as submitted was misleading.
Just to clear up the confusion: there is one building, the one directly above that is being built on the corner at Usher Quay and another, the overhanging one, going on the empty site, which has been cleared of city council housing back behind it. Is that correct or is it all the same scheme?
@kefu wrote:
Just to clear up the confusion: there is one building, the one directly above that is being built on the corner at Usher Quay and another, the overhanging one, going on the empty site, which has been cleared of city council housing back behind it. Is that correct or is it all the same scheme?
Looks to me like the overhanging building is the one set behind the quays. The building in the above photomontage seems to be the one on the right hand side of the projection of the eastern elevations of both buildings.
Oh come on, for all the bland shite that gets thrown up around town there should not be a big problem with this! Its bold and better than most. Of course I would have prefered to see the geo integrated, but hey. It will all come down to the materials and finishes.
do you not find it proportionally and geometrically ‘incorrect’?
@henno wrote:
do you not find it proportionally and geometrically ‘incorrect’?
Speaking as a complete layman: it looks awfully out of place, and doesn’t even look that nice on its own.
“M+A has been engaged by Flancrest Enterprises to assess the urban design potential for this pivotal site at the northern corner of Bridgefoot Street and Island Street Dublin 8. Massing studies and contextual analysis establish that there is potential for significant height on this corner site which is part owned by Dublin City Council.”
“Flancrest Enterprises” is the web company started by Ned Flanders in an episode of the Simpsons….
wtf is going on here?a quick google…
http://www.solocheck.ie/FreeIrishCompanyReport?companyNumber=420034&companyName=FLANCREST+ENTERPRISES+LIMITEDbut they are (ridiculously) named the same as http://www.flancrestenterprises.com/e107/news.php
nice find shweeney
@hutton wrote:
with another elevation here:
When I first saw this I thought it reminded me of something, but wasn’t sure where. Then when looking up a web-page to get an image for another thread I realised that it seemed to be taking its cue from contemporary Dutch architecture.
http://www.neutelings-riedijk.com/index.php?portfoliosection2
Great site Phil; some lovely stuff featured. Odd though how early 1980’s Harcourt Square Style is so fashionable there at the moment :confused:
I think the Dublin context in the above case is completely different however, and is yet a further indication of how the specified areas for tall buildings are becoming increasingly blurred. “Massing studies and contextual analysis establish that there is potential for significant height on this corner site” – sure this can refer to any corner or nodal point in the city.
Looks like An Bord Pleanala lopped off the top 6 storeys of this yoke – thanks An Taisce and ABP.
@JoePublic wrote:
Looks like An Bord Pleanala lopped off the top 6 storeys of this yoke – thanks An Taisce and ABP.
+ 1
I think if this building had got permission two things would had to have happened:
– Dublin City Council planning department would had to have been closed down
– The architects would had to have been ceremonially hung from the overhanging bitSeriously though, anyone who’s seen this is flabbergasted that (a) an architect working in Dublin today would propose this building one bridge westwards of the Four Couts, and (b) that Dublin City Council would grant permission for it.
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