U2 studio entries
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Well, let’s not judge the judges too harshly, at least until we see which one they go for :).
This has been a very high profile competition – I know of at least two of the better Canadian firms who were considering entering, not sure if they went through with it. It’s quite possible they’ve got a large number of compelling schemes to assess.
I agree, I’d prefer if they spent more time at it and made the right decision then rush at it now.
Less of the begrudgery please…..
I think the judges took less time to decide the winning entries for the replacement of the World Trade Centre.
The result of the U2 competition here better be good.Originally posted by GregF
I think the judges took less time to decide the winning entries for the replacement of the World Trade Centre.Once they had it down to the shortlist of five, yes. Kind of my point 🙂
If we are not badly mistaken, there was a site from these architects by the name of Doonan from somewhere in the US.
Is this the architect who was obviously offended by some comments on his Tower entry and who formally requested that his work should not be published anymore or is there another reason for this sudden disapperance of his Tower ?
Irrelevant of the reason however I still believe,
and indeed this belief is legally supported, that any architects who publish their competition entries prior to a jury decision, clearly must be disqualified“the jury has commenced its deliberations and it is expected that a decision will be taken before the end of the summer”
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If you entered the U2 competition, please contact us at info@irish-architecture.com. We will not publish your entry before the winner is announced thus protecting your anonimity during the judging process.
http://www.ddda.ie/cold_fusion/features.cfm?counter=47
There are some interesting questions here. Draw your own conclusions from these three in particular:
Question 90:
The adjacent site on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay that includes tower elements has planning permission. Should these proposals form part of the visual context of the Landmark Tower?Answer:
For the purposes of judging the competition competitors can choose to ignore proposals for neighbouring sites.Question 115:
Should the substantial 96 metre high Dunloe Ewart tower on the neighbouring site which has planning permission be included in the prescribed view?Answer:
No.Question 129:
In the last competition for a high-rise landmark in Dublin the regulations emphatically stated the maximum heights. This regulation was disregarded by the assessors in selecting the winning entry. Will you therefore please advise how the promoters will guarantee that such an occurrence will not be repeated in this competition.Answer:
All submissions which comply with the Competition Regulations will be assessed by the Jury in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations, paragraph 1.5Should get a balance and well considered proposal that complements and enhances its surrroundings then!
Anyone familiar with the issue of a large international auditing company in connection with the competition assessment process?
The question is: are we talking “Smoke and Mirrors” OR “Cloak and Daggers”! or is it just another Chinese whisper. …..maybe there’s a song there!…….and probably more profitable than entering Architectural competitions. After all it’s only Rockn’Roll, but as usual the suits of establishment underestimate the influence of such frivolity………still in their ivory towers of “respectability” with an overstated R.
Let’s face it ………..DDDA have seriously gone “walk-abouts” on this and now seek external corporate stability to bolster their inadequate abilities. Poor show chaps and chapesses………….
If you know what I’m talking about please enlighten me!
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I think this is a cracking entry. I hope it is something as innovative challenging and brave as this. i’d love to see the georgian society members dig this
i know of a team that was contacted by the
large international auditing company
. apparently they were asked to email a digital version of their competition report. dont know why though. dont know if anyone else had to do it either.
the plot thickens…..we were contacted by Price Waterhouse and asked to resubmit our written report to them. they were very persistent, contacted us two days in a row. said that they were contacting all entrants and that they had no other information. this was two weeks ago. go figure???
with over 500 entries that is a lot of phone calls.
i heard the price waterhouse inbox was only 10mb so they are pretty optimistic if they think 500 pdfs are going to fit.
it all sounds pretty wacky.
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