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“To limit the effect of taller buildings…”
Again prejudging soley on height. Who’s to say an 18th C building of four storeys cannot reside near a 21st C 32 storey building? But that’s not the point. I think some people here just don’t like the concept of a 32 storey building period. All the talk of selectiing a site etc – is just trying to make out like a fair balanced view… which sites – ones abroad?!? NIMBY??? The fact is that even when a suitable site is available and something is proposed the usual suspects still manage to object – despite earlier protestations of “not being against”yeah right
The Pearse St/Ringsend Rd building is opposite the millenium tower and gallery quay (i.e. bolands mill side) – it’s on the water and judging by the plot will be a very very slim block – there’s some crumby house there at the moment.
All this talk of the docklands and high buildigns has been preculded – there will not be any – the master plan has a few token 60m scattered (i.e. U2 building) north and south – the design for the docklands has already been sealed and it’s 5+1 monotony. As a result most taller proposals lately seem to emanate from elsewhere in Dublin – Ballymun, Donnybrook, and Heuston.
well said Blain!
the 16 storey building is right next to the millenium tower AND the mills buildings – I couldn’t imagine anyone having a problem with it – but you know *someone* will…
Why should the height of a building even be considered before we see what it looks like? This height-phobia in Dublin is ridiculous – what concerns me is if a 32 storey BADLY designed building got erected. If you want to see tall very modern buildings alongside “heritage” go to Copley Plaza in Boston. I can only wish that Dublin ever gets an area one tenth as beautiful as it. Also last time I checked it was 2003 – not 1803… Dublin does not need to be a museum exhibit – the modern and the old should exist side by side – which shows Dublin has both a past and a future.
He’s done some great buildings – some controversial – I think the fact people are still talking about them is a good thing – esp when compared to the pallid anaemic work that populates Dublin City Centre these days (cough – Docklands). Being in bed with CJH no doubt helped get the plum commissions – but at least he wasn’t afraid to try something once he got them. That isn’t to say it’s all good – merely he had the balls…
I think the fact that you would be able to park in abbotstown is prob the best reason not to build there! Harsh I know – but let’s face facts we’re choking in congestion already – building where there’s already a DART and is walkable from town makes sense.
Lads – check it out… Newbridge, Trim, Portlaoise… aren’t these all suspiciously close to the “new suburbs” of Dublin??? Head out on the M7/8 and ur at work – in other words – don’t move house, just drive West instead of East into Town.
Also – the civil servants already based in Cork city are being moved to work in Macroom!!! This isn’t decentralisation – these people already worked outside the capital – they’re just being forced to drive West from the city centre to get to their new offices… do I see a pattern forming here?
Surely if they were going to send 10,000 civil servants outside Dublin they would FIRST begin sending them to areas with MOTORWAYS, RING ROADS, RAIL, and AIRPORTS. I.e. Cork and Limerick. Then they could begin to fill out the rest of the country – instead what we possibly might see is a load of mediocre towns in Ireland with mediocre infrastructure and our other cities drained into nothing.They’re actually quite accurate in that statement if you literally translate the regulations. EU Health and Saftey laws and hence our own split H+S into Design stage and Construction stage – the architect wouldbe responsible under legislation as the PSDS – project supervisor design stage, while the builder would be the PSCS – construction stage. The PSDS has to design to minimise or remove all risks/hazards identified in the preliminary health and safety plan (which the PSDS is also responsible for preparing).
In most cases the builder probably acts as the PSDS too – merely taking the architects schematics as the basis for preparing the preliminary HS plan – but it’ll only take one prosecution of an Architect by the HSA to change all that. Fear the HSA for they are the most powerful entity in Ireland today!Ah well – Mr O’Callaghan can go back to his Mahon and Liffey Valley developments – mini-vega’s in their own right.
Granted in the icy blue skies and sun of the last few days – but in cloudy or grey miserable days, which lets face it – we have plenty of…
Yeah – very transamerica… and a city like that knows a thing or two about creating the “gateway” ideal – arrive from Oakland on the East on the fabulous Bay Bridge to a perfectly formed skyline with the transamerica the apex. Arrive from the North on the Golden Gate – ’nuff said there.
Our most prominent tall landmark – the spike, is also our most invisible! All the initial talk of how it will change with the day and provide a 365 a year monument etc – in reality it fades into the background – the most camoflaged “landmark” in Ireland!Speaking of Landmarks and all that malarky – London just approved a Renzo Piano designed jewel. It went through so much consultation and get reduced in scale and imapct several times – yet they still end up with a spectacular genuine “Landmark”. Can’t get the big pictures – check out http://www.rpwf.org/ for more…
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…
