GregF
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They’re great illustrations ….would be great it they were all to materialize in this wasteground part of the city.
Text goes here ….if ye look up the quays toward Tara Street, you’ll see seven towers with pyramidal type roofs as well, which were just recently added to the city scape.
Besides, I think the winning entry is rather cumbersome and a hotch potch of recent styles. The poor old roof garden will be rather battered too in such a windswept area.
I hope the architects know their plants and planting too as well as their architecture.Me …I would have definitely gone with the Lewis Hickey design…..but build it taller too. What a great landmark it might have been for Dublin, very striking indeed.
A lot of those entries look more stylish than the winning entry I think.
Check out that proposal from the English firm of architects Lewis & Hickey. Would have been quite landmarkish.
Nice form/shape from NJB architects, even though the presentation is very plain….however the red brick concoction from the Dutch firm looks a bit yucky.Others proposals by Deegan & Goodrich, Metronometric, Box architecture, That Croation firm, Goldsmicht & Graf, I/O, J O’ Neill, IDN, etc…..all look reasonably good in comparison.
……So in other words when they attempt to build it, that twisty effect will be dropped then…and just another run of the mill building will materialize.
Just like the Spire and everything else that’s promised, the finished articles are never the same as what’s originally proposed.
Any images of Gehry’s proposal?
Great stuff proposed for England …..aka Richard Rogers & Co…..Slick images too of whats proposed.
http://images.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/features/2002/08/fourth_grace/rogers.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/features/2002/08/fourth_grace/feature.shtml&h=270&w=150&prev=/%20images%3Fq%3DRichard%2BRogers%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3D
en%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DGAye, sure maybe it’s not that bad afterall. Would be good it they were to build that Dunloe Ewart proposal beside it too. We could have a nice collection and variation of buildings here as a focal point.
Some striking stuff going on in England and Liverpool aka European City of Culture in 200?,………..
….and that’s supposed to be a unique landmark for Dublin city……..F**king Hell!
Oops I forgot …It’s ties in with the other shite they’re building down there.
…..a pyramid roof in one image and a Birch tree on the roof in another image……wea hey!
A tree on the roof of a ‘skyscraper’
Looks shit I think. Probably the finished article will look nothing like it either.
and the Winner is…………….
That new frontage on Roches Stores looks as if it was somewhat influenced by the new National Gallery of Ireland extension.
I think it is bad too that the mosaic was removed when Henry Street got the recent million pound revamp. The mosaic was quite colourful and eyecatching. That piece of sculpture was designed by a german sculptress If I remember rightly.
Good one Power…hee hee…. no doubt
this would meet An Taisces, The Green Party , The Locals and the DDAs requirements.I read about that embarassing fiasco in the Irish Times this morning….what a f***ing disgrace eh!
Jesus the counsillors and TD’s here ARE really bog ignorant cultureless artless f***ers.
Will it ever stop.The people of Sligo should be up in arms.
Where’s An Taisce now when it really matters ….and the Green Party too.To draw an analogy it ,would’nt it be like the Spanish demolishing a gaff where Lorca lived, or the Scots demolishing a gaff where Robbie Burns lived, or the English demolishing a gaff where Wordsworth lived, or the Yanks demolishing a gaff where Henry Irving lived, or the French demolishing a gaff where Balsac lived …..etc, etc…..
Jesus we are really really stupid here in Ireland.
Who are these Councillors TD’s?….. part of the brown envelope brigade no doubt.I e-mailed Peter Coyne expressing my disappointment with the docks.
It was nice of the man to reply.Here is his reply.
Dear Mr (GregF),
Thank you for your e-mail. I am sorry that you feel the way you do about the project.
The architecture has been largely provided by the various private sector developers with whom we have partnered and the results and rapid progress have been generally acclaimed together with the Campshire works. We have directly procured certain designs through the application of international design competitions, in particular Clarion Quay which won the RIAI Best Housing Project 2003 award. Under construction are the two mixed tenure residential schemes at Grand Canal Dock, both of which were procured by international design competition and we expect this year to be on site with the Custom House Quay footbridge similarly designed in competition. You will also be aware that we are currently operating an international design competition for the 60m tower at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and we are continuing with these initiatives for other landmark structures.
Incidentally, the Kevin Roche design has not been given the boot, indeed we have issued two consents for variations on it and made our support for it clear to Government. The project at present lacks a sponsor but we remain supportive and hopeful.
If you wish to know more of the project from a design perspective, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Regards,
Peter Coyne
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3097135.stm
See that the trams are to be back on Paris Streets as the report says above.
