U2 studio entries
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So what is the current status? Have the Irish Times retracted their statement or are they standing by it?
The Sunday Times has entered the mix…
A MYSTERY architectural firm was the original winner of the prestigious contest to design a studio for U2 in Dublin’s docklands.
The design, a rectangular building from which emerges an elegant tower, was the first choice of the seven-man jury that included Adam Clayton, the rock band’s bass player. The contest was jointly sponsored by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and U2.According to The Sunday Times: “Sources close to the authority confirmed that an early design had been selected but was disqualified because it was invalid.” So much for the Jesuitical DDDA denial to Paul’s enquiry!
For additional details, see With or without you – The competition for the U2 tower in Dublin’s docklands turned into the most lurid farce in Irish architecture for 50 years, writes Shane O’Toole: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2101-821354,00.html
this article also mentioned that the ddda had parted company with benson and forsythe, that’s disappointing, i hadn’t heard and was assuming that this building was going ahead. do they have a replacement design?
Bearing in mind how many international entries there were, and no doubt they havent read this info, I think I’m going to synopsis the articles and post them to the competitions list I maintain…. only 28,000 subscribers 🙂
I think foreign architects who entered need to know….
Also going to email the DDDA for another statement – insert very evil grin here
can someone hook me up with the articles…..I can’t get them from here without a monthly fee. And seeing as I already paid cash to the ddda, I don’t feel like wasting anymore money on this debacle.
many thanks
In reading the summary of the statement from DDDA by Paul Clerkin; such suggestions that the poor lambs who “won” the competition will be “damaged” and the sticks are pointing towards their voodoo doll is a poor attempt to defuse the situation and distract the attention away from the responsibility of the DDDA. IF the DDDA really want to become the innocent party then they must present a FULL disclosure of A: how the jury acted ( in the form of a formal Jury Report/diary signed by all members of the Jury) B: a clear unambiguous explanation of why Price Waterhouse were involved unannounced and late and C: last but not least a complete list of entries, the short-listed projects and a catalogue of the exhibition. Whilst this would not necessarily vindicate the outcome it would at least provide the sceptics that there had been fair play (and on a legal level!)
I just read the article on U2’s site – LOL!!
http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=3153so can anyone get their hands on the image of the true winner? Love to see what they really wanted to build.
poor sap forgot to enter, enclose all the required A4 entry information, and pay his entrance fee…. but somehow produced the winning entry, packaged it up and sent it in on time to be judged!!!!
very cinderella – glass slipper anyone?this is getting really good! keep it coming.
question is will they (ddda) have the guts to show it at the
exhibition (or has it reverted back to a pumpkin) – we haven’t heard much about that event recently, have we.anyone know when or where this exhibition is to be held?
Between 1.15 and 1.17pm on 23rd October in a secret location by invite only 😉
Somehow I don’t think that any of us will get invites 😉
Ah fuck the cu*ts …..sure I bet the final yoke aka building will fall way short of what was proposed. I hope I am wrong for the sake of Dublin and the docks.
At least the whole business has drummed up a bit of interest!!!,
??Who is the real mystery winner??,
We’ll probably still be discussing it in 30 years time.
We’ll gaze on the twisted tower, just like we do on Liberty Hall now, lamenting what was lost!!! Sigh!!Emporers new clothes with a twist! with DDDA as the court jester! It’s incredible that the RIAI haven’t made some noises on this issue. Come on chaps , I’m sure your members pay you well to represent issues, yes/no? As to the the DDDA, what a display of arrogance and disgrace. I suppose the jury is sworn to secrecy, but I suspect feel a little guilty ..well they should do!.a shame of an affair and one not good for the profession or the competition as a vehicle for appointing an architect.
Overnight I received a lengthy email from an anonymous source who thinks that they may be the original winner. They had not been contacted by PriceWaterHouseCooper and in some way are in a position to check via an intermediary if the original entry was theirs…
watch this space…..
EL ARCHITINO’s press office has relesed the following statement:
EL ARCHITINO is 84% sure that his was the original winner. the unquestionable beauty of a 600m solid platinum statue of EL ARCHITINO containing no programme and held up using pile foundations (each cut from a 200,000carat rose diomand) is sure to have moved the judges as much as it did EL ARCHITINO.
not forgetting U2 and the little people EL ARCHITINO’s design response to these issues was to put the recording studio below ground and create a viewing platform for the people at the feet of the statue. binoculars would be provided so that EL ARCHITINO’s grace and might may be observed.
the attatched render shows it in context:
EL ARCHITINO’s press office would also like to note that the fact that no one has yet discovered a 200000carat rose diomand shows that like leonardo, he is ahead of his time.
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