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The third placed entry is really quite interesting – much more so than the second placed entry which would appear very dated very quickly (a fate which may also befall the winner).
I see that some people have been given leave to appeal the decision to build the spike in the High Court. This is rather unfortunate in my opinion.
We are trying to piece together a list of all Art Deco/ moderne buildings in Dublin: any suggestions of examples outside Dublin?
Also, how predominant is the cinema AND petrol station typology of a simple stepped facade?
Thanks
Thanks for the prompt reply Paul!
You’re sure it hasn’t spread out from the
concrete?They do look very old I must say.
It’s all symptomatic of Bus Eireann’s
criminal neglect really isn’t it?
The damaged corner rocket still hasn’t been fixed. No wonder – most people consider it a hideous pile anyway as far as I can tell.But not I. Just kick out the tenants.
John
A lot of the lego town junk around Christchurch. DDFH&B and Jury’s for a start.
Remember the lovely terracotta tiles on the CIE building where Jury’s now stands?
JOHN
That’s it – blame the architect. Sam Stephenson was merely the instrument of Irish society’s confusion and self-loathing at the time. The design merits of his buildings may be open to quesstion, but he can hardly be blamed for the demolition spree of the sixties/seventies.
In fact, I think that the ESB building on Fitzwilliam Street is a rather fine example of new-build architecture in an established historical context. The materials are contemporary yet sensitive. The scale and rhythm of the facade are excellently judged and it looks like a large amount of accommodation has been fitted in while maintaing the scale of the area. It IS rather unfortunate that an enoprmous chunk of intact Georgian architecture was flattened in order to provide a site. But this is something that everyone was was doing and the wider society is guilty of. It is unlikely that it made any financial difference to Sam Stephenson where the building was built. The ESB, on the other hand, obviously had a great financial interest in the demolition.
Rant over.
The new hotel built just behind the Bleeding Horse on Camden Street.
This building has managed to totally ruin the old small street pattern whereby the Bleeding Horse was one of those fine Vitorian corener buildings. It now looks like a shrivelled appendix sticking out of a bloated colon, waiting for a swipe of the scalpel.
This is a sad, sad building.
Hi MG
The RIAI members only bit consists of a number of areas – news and discussion fora. You are not missing too much at the moment as things are pretty quiet but there you go:-)
BTH posted 03-13-99 05:04 PM GMT – In response to that message I wholeheartedly disagree with the author about “that awful Ulster Bank building” – I believe it is nothing of the sort.
In my opinion it is a visually pleasing and fresh design that, while not overly original [what modern is in Dublin?], at least befits the riverside site in an attractive and inoffensive way.
I suggest you turn your attention to the simply disgraceful trash currently been thrown-up around the St. Patricks Cathedral district. You only have to look at the similar apt. ‘blocks’ elsewhere from the early 90’s to realise that most of these new buildings wont survive the first quarter of the next century without major renovation or better still, demolition.
As regards the Cosgrave/SOM development, I am still enammered of the design yet have misgivings about its proposed location, which seems to be the appealants [is that a word?!] main bone of contention as well.
It is great that at last efforts are being made to save the house. I also managed to visit the house last august while travelling around Europe.My reaction on visiting the house was one of utter disbelief. It felt so surreal to be walking around the decaying remains of a house that had looked so beautiful and pristine in original photographs of it.
The place was a mess with most of the windows smashed.The little entrance piece – where you hang your coat was smashed up and lying in bits on the floor, the wooden louvres were either smashed or were very rotten.The kitchen was so appalling I could not bring myself to photograph it although I did manage to take slides of most of the house.
However one could still just get a sense of the spirit of the designer such as when I entered the guest bedroom. The main wardrobe still remains, although slightly altered. I opened the wardrobe and much to my surprise the glass shelves were still there. It was such a joy to open, that wardrobe, the door opened out and was hinged at the centre. And then there were the built in presses in the stairs, especially the one with the constructivist motifs on the outside, how one opened it only to find another set of doors to open. And then there was the view.
Oh it would be such a great pity if nobody else were able to experience this, really it would.
There is no question that the net is about to cause significant changes in the way we do business:
Construction procurement is fraught with “transaction costs” and disinformation, which is where the web can (provided the right forum exists!,lead to much more efficient transactions (bidding & tendering etc.) and transfer of information.
General Electric introduced a concept called “Trading Process Network” about two years ago which has revolutionised inductrial and manafacturing procurement. GE (electrical manafacturing) itself cut its procurement bill by 20% or $1bn dollars in year 1.
Supply chain management, or lack of it, leads to significant inventory costs and cosy cartels that mark up prices. This is about to be restructured based on web technology by what is termed “disintermederisation”. In other words getting rid of all the middlemen!.
Just wait for it your (working)life will not be the same in five years time!
As Ronan noted above a radical new concept is about to be launched, which will start for the first time to offer the “web advantage” to the construction industry.
Check out build-online.com
But this wa our chance to have an inventice building to mark Dublin architecturally. Forget the film industry. We should be lobbying for a new Opera House, a new Concert Hall. Think Sydney, guys.
Is anything being done about Henrietta Street? Does anyone know if the corpo has a specific policy/ plan for it? Why why why did Temple Bar happen without anything happening to Henrietta Street?
