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Wait, isn’t “engineer-designed, white PVC-guttered, brown PVC-windowed, arseways-roofed traditional” our indigenous architecture???

If every town square throughout the country can have such a humble and honest “arran sweater” classic, then why can’t Ranelagh 😉

” 1. The proposed development because of its unprecedented height would seriously impact on the identity, character and scale of the inner city; would result in a precedent for the proliferation of developments of such excessive scale; would impact unacceptably on adjoining properties; would materially contravene the provisions of the Development Plan and be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area. “

So that would be a “no” then? Hardly surprising. Maybe this was just an exercise in PR to get the speculative juices flowing towards this end of town?

@wearnicehats wrote:

Wow, Hugh Pearman must be shaking in his boots.

The photos of it aren’t that great but the one of the glazed corner looks interesting – I assume that that is the lift core? A hotel by definition is repetitive so the bedrooms will always be so. It’s hard to see but are the windows of the bedrooms projected? I know it’s not brick because I was dealing with Techrete on another job. This leaves you with the public areas and the circulation areas to express which they seem to have done. I remember doing some work for Jurys a few years back and, believe me, they don’t splash much cash. It looks like it would have benfitted from a set back top floor – planning issue? Anyway, I haven’t seen the hotel the flesh and I can’t form any opinion based on fuzzy photos but I’m going to be in Cork next month so i’ll be able to take a more informed view then.

The Jury’s redevelopment is very much a 21st century version of what it replaces. Cheap cheap cheap. Only this time on a larger more repetitious scale. Given the layout of the site, this has a damaging impact on most of Lancaster Qy. Incidentally Jurys are not the developers, it is OCP who are to blame for not splashing much cash at this.

Facades of 17, 18 Parnell Place are on the RPS

http://www.corkcity.ie/ourservices/planning/developmentplan/pdf/Volume2.pdf

Presume this is a botched demolition job and they will have to reinstate. From what I saw of the Beasly St portion on a sunny bankholiday monday recently, they weren’t being too careful at that end either.

Shame to carefully retain those facades for so long for this to happen.

The reason it was a “run down hole” is that the site assembly practically took decades to complete and hence the neglect.

The quay used look alot like Patricks Qy acros the river in terms of scale, but with more businesses fronting on to the quayside.

Ballincollig is much better served by a Dunnes than an M&S. Like it or not Dunnes serves the everyday needs and caters for all whereas Marks is very much the upper end of the market.

F is the ESB building on Misery Hill (with the chimney with the “Grand Canal Harbour” banner just peeking through?)

That is a million miles from the render in their book. Were architects involved or is this the structural engineers design?

Part of the reason the Dunkettle dvt was rejected was down to an absence of design and amenity – surface carparks, single aspect units, poor orientation etc. If O’Flynn wants to get this thing through he needs to invest in the notion that people will actually have to live in these houses when they’re sold.