west gate development kilmainham

@d_d_dallas wrote:

That’s Eircoms new HQ (minus the taller portion) – Check out Anthony Reddy’s site

Why did ABP scrap the taller portion especially when it granted a 32 storey tower just up the road?

@malec wrote:

I hate this sort of thing. If a design is too high then it should go back to the drawing board instead of having what’s usually the most interesting element chopped off. In this case if that taller part goes then what’s left is just a plain, boring, more of the same type building.

This is why I hate height reductions, either build the thing properly or don’t build it at all.

those pilings look damn tall from the quays…are we sure that this is just the smaller part?

if 7-9 storeys could be considered “smaller”…

@Andrew Duffy wrote:

I don’t think the taller part was removed or reduced during planning.

As far as I can remember, ABP either scrapped or reduced the height of planned 12 and 9 storey buildings.

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Originally Posted by malec
I hate this sort of thing. If a design is too high then it should go back to the drawing board instead of having what’s usually the most interesting element chopped off. In this case if that taller part goes then what’s left is just a plain, boring, more of the same type building.

This is why I hate height reductions, either build the thing properly or don’t build it at all.

I couldn’t agree more with you, malec.

Some of the development out at Heuston, overlooking the Royal Hospital gardens.

A rendering on a hoarding.

Some of the other hoardings show yummy mummies perambulating through the grounds with buggies as if on the way to the shops, with direct access from the new development to the gardens. Will this be the case?

The tower cranes have now moved from the east of the city to the west 🙂

@GrahamH wrote:

Some of the development out at Heuston, overlooking the Royal Hospital gardens.

A rendering on a hoarding.

That rendering is a fairly typical example of the artistic licence taken in contemporary renderings; the wispy sky and absence of sun glare on the extensive glazing. Not to mention the stone gate style feature displayed as being open.

During the discussion on Hueston Gate proposal in late 2003 someone made the point that the height of the tower was irrelevant to The Royal Hospital in the context of this permission. They were right this scheme is an unmitigated disaster destroying the context of the finest 17th Century building in the Country.

Would love to see you give an architectural critique of the wes gate scheme and address its siting beside the Royal Hospital

New paving works are being carried out around Heuston Station and it’s much of an improvement. The central median is already completed. Maybe a few trees here would look better. However another new set of traffic lights is being installed at the mo directly in front of the portico which is going to have the new paving extended to it’s front.

Is it just me or have you move some of the buildings, the curved building for ecample (straight from dubai ;))

I was lucky enough to have a tour of the site last week, so of it is quite impresssive, from a construction point of view,
They went down quite deep, Took a while to remove the soil as it was contaminated.
But the secant piling is main feature of the site.

The eircom HQ looks well, the floor slabs are very eyecatching, They are curver with the edges cantilevering and tapering, the result is that the spandrel panels on the glazed facades are much smaller,
with the floors like this i imagine that they will be left exposed