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  • November 19, 2003 at 3:40 pm #706628
    sw101
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    I am looking at examples of landmark buildings fronting water. Sea, river lake etc. Any quality contemporary examples spring to mind?

    November 19, 2003 at 3:54 pm #737528
    Anonymous
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    tate modern, biblioteque nationale paris (perrault), convention centre in lucerne (nouvel), guggenhiem bilbao. moneo in san sebastian, im sure theres hundereds more..

    November 19, 2003 at 4:32 pm #737529
    d_d_dallas
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    Closer to home the millenium tower in Grand Canal Basin is refreshing in the sea of crud that’s piling up in the rest of the Docklands

    November 19, 2003 at 6:38 pm #737530
    Anonymous
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    The OPW waterways heritage centre in grand canal Dock, it is small but looks great.

    November 20, 2003 at 9:23 pm #737531
    David Chambers
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    What about the Millennium Clock in the Liffey, “The Chime in the Slime”?

    November 21, 2003 at 12:32 pm #737532
    notjim
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    i wish they would keep the waterways center a bit cleaner.

    November 21, 2003 at 12:59 pm #737533
    GregF
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    regarding Ireland, the Waterfront Hall up in Belfeirste

    November 21, 2003 at 1:18 pm #737534
    d_d_dallas
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    There’s some work going on at the Waterways centre this week – it’s all fenced off and there’s diving crews pottering around and some heavy concrete blocks moved in…

    November 21, 2003 at 5:40 pm #737535
    Anonymous
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    For a good guide on waterfront residential architecture, there is a book unfortunately in Spanish called Casas A La Playa, published by Sagafalabela .

    January 21, 2004 at 5:17 pm #737536
    Anonymous
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    Originally posted by d_d_dallas
    There’s some work going on at the Waterways centre this week – it’s all fenced off and there’s diving crews pottering around and some heavy concrete blocks moved in…

    They have put in a marina beside the waterways centre. However there does not seem to be any boats there yet. There is no evidence to suggest that it is permanent in that there are no poles sticking up out of the water, but then again they might not need them in a canal. This section of Dublin is changing extremely rapidly. It’s hard to keep up!

    January 21, 2004 at 5:22 pm #737537
    FIN
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    newcastle and the thing they are building at the moment is cute. also in ur home town the armadillo looking building. those two are quite good.

    January 22, 2004 at 4:14 am #737538
    colinsky
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    most of Hong Kong?

    January 22, 2004 at 1:24 pm #737539
    Anonymous
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    Originally posted by d_d_dallas
    There’s some work going on at the Waterways centre this week – it’s all fenced off and there’s diving crews pottering around and some heavy concrete blocks moved in…

    There are plans on display in the Waterways visitor centre (or the box in the docks) for what they are doing. The marina will be permanent. I thought I saw some mention of the canal passage being put underground through the dock (between Pearse Street bridge and Grand Canal Dock railway station) to facilitate more berthing spaces but don’t quote me on that. It would be well worth checking out exactly what they are doing there.

    January 23, 2004 at 5:37 pm #737540
    Anonymous
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    That would be a particularly massive project, would’nt it? Particularly for what would be achieved in the end!

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