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@missarchi wrote:
Im half way threw this but construction of dublin is more interesting
Although is does demonstrate how little “real” progress had been made in the intervening years….
@shiloh wrote:
More developments should come online in Waterford over the coming 12 months, with the recent sale of the council-owned 32 acres on the outskirts of the city. The land described in some reports as the best commercial development land in the country was bought by an undiclosed buyer for some €45 M. Watch this space!
That land was expected to make in the region of €30-32 M, from what I was told prior to the sale. Hopefuly we will see a quality development on the site.
Generally speaking lots of development going on at present in waterford, althought I understand that there’s a surplus of office space there at the moment.
paddyinthehouse,
I haven’t seen the Planning Application as of yet, I did see some preliminary sketches which appeared to indicate retention of some of the trees along the roadside boundary. It would be a great shame to see the removal of the trees along the roadside.
One wonders how viable the project will be and who the anchor tenant will be seeing as the big two are already in town and have plans for new stores . Dunne Stores are to build a new store; on their site on the Davis Road (planning permission granted earlier this year), after recently undertaken an extensive redevelopment of their store at the Oakville Shopping Centre.
Furthermore the town already benefits from a 5 screen cinema (developed in the mid 1990’s as part of the urban renewal programme)
Normally 3 days after a decision has been made the relevant reports are put on the planning file, so it should be possible to see it.
Try the RIAI web site(http://www.riai.ie) for advice on selecting an architect. Sorry can’t recommend a good architect in the area
@Paud wrote:
Hi, I am involved in a building project in which there is 6 foot of bog to the mud. I am aware that bog/peat soils corrode limestone which is 7 Euro a ton and hence have been advised to use sand stone at 12 Euro/ton.
My question is how quickly will acidic soil like bog corrode limestone, is this nonsense and should I proceed with the limestone or is there an other suitable stone which could be used?.My advice would be to consult a structural engineer with PI
I think much of the problem here in Ireland is to due to the fact of the ” book of house plans” which most ordinary folk who want to build a house buy, along with the site and before they go to anyone to design (or reproduce) a house:- their ideas are pretty much defined without taking into consideration the charactor of the site.
I am of the opinion that a house which is suited to the site can be designed without breaking the bank and not necessarily requiring the serivces of a qualified architect, if people sought some advise from qualified/experinced persons before they bought the site or considered what they wanted… From experience “the box is already defined” for many before they talk to anyone.
Even reading Cork COCO Rural Design Guide would be a start in the right direction, where the house is in a rural setting for most.
@BTH wrote:
Technicians / draftsmen / engineers are more likely to stick to the mundane and easy to achieve and you can guarantee your house will look exactly like about 500 other pvc covered horrors throughout the country.
Definately true of alot of engineers and draftsmen, however the same can’t be said of the technician with an architectural backround…
Examples of houses designed by a south-east firm of architectural technologists.
Admittely they will properly charge fees along the same lines of a qualified architect.
A lot really depends on what you want yourself…
A qualified architect should be capable of producing a quality design which you should be happy with. Most have individual styles, which are generally reflected in in their designs… The same can of course apply to others who drawn or/design houses etc, be it engineers, architectural technicians etc,.
The best way to see who suites you is to see what they have done (designed)in the past… Some are more suited to designing houses than others.
Harry & co at the Point are one of only two objects to the retention and completion of that mass od Sh!te according to SDCC web site which a decision is due today… It will properly take An Borfd Pleanala to refuse the development.
@Boyler wrote:
Could you do it for me? I don’t know how.
Does anyone have pictures of Clonmel?I’ll see what I can do about getting a few pictures of Clonmel.
A good book to get would be HomeBond’s House Building Manual, however it generally pays to get an architect/exprienced designer involved at an early stage and the pair of you work together
There’s loads of examples around. To name a few off the top of my head. there’s a fairly large one on the Quay’s in Waterford, its an arts centre or tourist office, almost directly across from the bus station. I know there’s an old grain store on Davitt’s Quay in Dungarvan which was converted to Apartments. The developers wanted to pull it down, but An Bord Pleanal refused that andt a revised scheme was done incorporating it. D Dillion in Dungarvan was the architect if I remember correctly. Richmond Mill in Clonmel is another, which was converted to apartments and there’s one or two in Cahir Co Tipperary – Ed Walsh in Cahir was the architect for those. In Fethard Co Tipperary back in the 80’s an old mill was converted into a theatre… its used regularly, restored thanks to an ANCO (Fás) scheme.
Hope this helps.
Meanwhile, Offaly County Council is preparing local development plans for the villages of Rhode, Clara, Daingean and Edenderry all of which are expected to come under development pressure for commuter housing.
As it is Edenderry is a commuter town.
So much for proper planning…. its all about making generating money for the local authority underPart V
The minister has to be firm and put his foot down, otherwise we might as well bin the NSS now@sw101 wrote:
The next step in the pale spreading as far as tipperary. oh dear.
You won’t believe this (maybe you will) but there are people commuting to Dublin on a daily basis from Thurles, admittly using the rail service.
At a guess I would say that most of the extensions to council houses never had a qualified or architect’s imput into their design.
One suggestion might be to look at the planning files for houses seeking permission for extensions, you might get ideas from them/ or find someone who has a flare for designing extensions which are practical and interesting and would cost you an arm and a leg.
I know South Dublin County Council’s planning files can be viewed on-line at sdublincoco.ie
burge_eye looks like you got in while I was preparing the post on that one.
I understand that there was some complex fire engineering solutions employed in the design of that project which greately reduced the cost of construction.@KarenS wrote:
Has anyone considered making residential floors over shopping centres? It might humanise them.
The Whitewater Shopping Centre Development in Newbridge includes 84 apartments along with a 6 screen Cineplex, commercial office space, in addition to the 50 or so retail units, although I think the developers at one stage wanted to omitt the 6 screen Cineplex element of the project, and replace it with office space but the Planning Authority took a different view on that matter.
Architects for the project are Henry J. Lyons & Partners.
