devries

The refusal of the Water Street development is nothing short of criminal. That’s for sure. However, it raises the question: what is a landmark building?
It seems to me the tower was refused bcause it looked too much like the rest of the development to be considered ‘landmark’, i’d kind of agree with this definition- i mean, whats the point in having a landmark building if it just looks the same as the rest of it- just bigger. i.e. bigger does not make it ‘landmark’.
That being said, landmark or not, this was an excellent development which has been pissed away by some backward planners in CCC.
Fingers crossed for some sort of intervention.

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I understand the disastrously wrong message that this planning decision is sending out to developers in Cork and that this decision makes a mockery of the councils planning system. However ,speaking purely on the architectural merit of this project and tower in particular, am I the only architect that breathes a sigh of relief that this tower is not to go ahead in its present form. Comments on the architectural merits ( or lack of ) of the tower are valid .The buildings form should be much better as a landmark building, unique and identifiable with cork. A separate planning application might achieve this.

What do ye think!!!!