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Originally posted by Graham Hickey
An especially fine detached townhouse to the left of the civic offices set back from the quay that I never saw before.…this one?
On the corner of Essex Street West (R) stands the oldest surviving private residence in Dublin, believed to date from the 17th century. The house had to be shored up with timber after the demolition of neighbouring buildings in the 1980s.
Originally posted by b.ray
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!!!!see, that founds much more far-fetched to me than the idea that someone at the DDA misplaced the entry details.
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.i live practically next door to this.
as some who is not a regular user of the building, but the space around it:
the green park area (was) nice, although the construction for the past year blocking the walk between the buildings has ruined much of the sense of open-ness that space provides and instead created a large superblock that one has to walk around. haven’t ever seen construction going on once — the space appears permanently blocked just to provide a parking space.
the building only opens up to the quays, and feels to be just showing its back to every else. on the end of essex street, for instance, there was a newstand that folded — contrary to what you would expect for the space around a huge office building with thousands of workers who (one would assume) got hungry for snacks, juice, and sodas. People go in and out of the building and to the bus stop, or to their cars downstairs. There’s no interaction with the surrounding area.
It’s very pretty, and draws lots of tourists eyes. The plants visible from outside through the glass atrium look extremely pleasant.
Our heat is provided as excess/recirculated air from the city building — this is a good service to offer. There’s been period interruptions, however, when maintenance wihtih the building was done without local residents being notified or informed in advance.
hold on…
so what was portrayed to use as the winner of the contest was not actually the winner of the contest?
this whole deal is sounding less and less reputable every day.
Originally posted by Harry
Isn’t there a plan to cover Moore St. and (part of) Henry Street?Covering Moore street could work out really nice, but certainly not anything on Henry street… the stright down view to the spire is essential to its placement.
great thesis, by the way, paul. i read through it one weekend and then spent a few hours checking out the building.
Originally posted by Papworth
I noticed in Spain that every roundabout along the Costa features a work of art, the only one I am aware of in Dublin is the one in Rialto which features two Dolphins and was financed by DCCThere’s also the white pointy-thing in the small roundabout at the entrance to Dublin Airport.
Originally posted by Graham Hickey
And over a month on from when it’s cleaning contract was handed over to a private company, has it been cleaned?of course not. it’s self-cleaning. 😉
The IDN entry feels very industrial, in a way that would merge nicely with the cranes, bridges, and rusty hardware still down in the docklands area. I’m not sure if would fit in quite as when all the other hardware is finally removed.
It’s not bad. I’d like a bit taller, but…
Personally, I’m concerned that, despite the twist, it’s a bit too vertically rectangular. Remember, most people will be viewing it along the river from town, so it will be visually set next to the Poolbeg chimneys. Something with a bit of an odder shap would, in my opinion, set off a bit more of a contrast there.
Personally, I’d have liked something a bit more oddly shaped, like the gherkin in london or the bank of china building in hong kong.
Or even that nice building rejected for the Dun Laoghaire baths. That design would look really nice on this site.
that one sort of looks like a cancun hotel to me:
http://www.veloso.com/Imagens/park%20royal%20cancun.jpgI heard a discussion of the story on Newstalk, and I have to say the whole thing is just idiotic.
Do you really think that developers really intentionally choose to let property sit idle, earning them nary a penny?
The problem is the city itself.
Look at how planning works here — Spenser Dock, the Carlton, the proposed buildings at the Dun Laoghaire baths or in Inchicore past Heuston, or even the Spike. The process can go on for years and years.
It’s pointless to make a building or development proposal on a property until you actually own in, and An Taisce is going to fight anything of any actual architectural value, a property can, for valid reasons, sit unused for years and years while legal rangling goes on. That doesn’t mean the developer INTENDS to leave the property vacant, or is doing anything wrong.
If you want development of property to be faster and more dynamic, streamline the planning process. Blaming the developers isn’t going to solve it — they genuinely want to do something with the property so they can sell or rent it. Trespassing only makes you a criminal.
Originally posted by ew
(apart from the one on Westmoreland Street…)dare i ask…what are people doing to the cows?
On the other side of the issue, a pretty new set of wooden planter/bench units have been set up in Cow’s Lane (or Cows’ Lane, as the case may be) over the past few weeks. So there’s still somebody working for the city who understands that people out for a day on the town like to have places where they can sit down.
