GregF

With the horrific events of last week …There will probably be tighter security on all such buildings now.

Anyone see Newsnight on BBC2 last night. It featured an article about the above mentioned architect Daniel Libeskind. Among his works featured were the somewhat crazy ‘Spiral’ – the extension to the V&A Museum in London. This plan seemed quite obtrusive and ill-fitting beside the existing older classical buildings, but the design itself is quite brilliant, very dynamic and visually exciting. Also his distinctly modern yet unusual Imperial War Museum in Manchester looked quite attractive gleaming in the sunshine. His Jewish Museum in Berlin, again distinctly Libeskind, conveyed a sense of eerie bleakness – the interior that is – evoking the death chambers of the holocaust – despite being empty, not having any exhibits at the moment…..his family too having suffered at the hands of the Nazis. The exterior of the building itself was clad in Zinc and represents a broken Star of David. He is a remarkable architect.
I’d say give him the job at Dun Laoire and let’s see what he does.

That would be ideal if the ESB were to move out…I had heard that rumour before……there is plenty of vacant land in the docks ….and they could build whatever they like there too….a super hi-tech neon lit structure or whatever…..anything would be an improvement on the HQ which represents them now….another mistake by S.S.
In any way I think in this case it would be most appropriate to rebuild in a Georgian style….anything else would look too jarring in this area of the city. It has already been done in North Great Georges Street and Mountjoy Square recently to a reasonable standard. Also it would be a good exercise to re-build in such a way too….as was the case throughout Europe after the WW2 a certain ammount of historical squares, streets etc…..were reinstated. Perhaps houses could be again built …I’d say there would be a keen demand to posses such a home to live in.

What about the Department of the Taoiseach, Merrion Square and Liberty Hall…there’s a contrast.
When you try to compile a list however there are not many that are outstanding, are there? Hopefully the 21st century will have substantially more to offer.

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People starting to see sense!

Thank god….good one!

Should that be ‘Harry Crosbie’ rather.

What was the original colour?

I agree ….It is bad that events have been curtailed somewhat in Smithfield especially when they are trying to rejuvenate the decrepit place. Maybe a plan could be mooted to move out those in the rather ill fitting and ugly Corpo houses and put something else on that corner of a more civic merit. A greater change for the betterment of the whole of the city.

Some fine carved heads as like on the Custom House to be seen on a certain building in Dame Street and Westmoreland/Fleet Street.
How ever it is true that Dublin greatly lacks such little details and nuances when compared to other cities.

Note too the Georgian plaster relief roundals on Eccles Street near Tony Quinn’s ‘health!’ shop. How they ever managed to survive as the this once fine street was savagely mauled!

[This message has been edited by GregF (edited 26 July 2001).]