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I see that Adam’s apartment in the movie is in fact a house in Rathmines.
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2001/0419/prop4.htmSo the GAA and Croke Park are in financial trouble?
Why not give them 300 million, take the stadium and be finished with the whole thing! And open a railway station beside it.
Overly harsh folks! Its purely the tall straight chimney thats making you both think of a crematorium.
lets be honest, bertie is not doing this for the good of the country – this is self-grandisement in the style of Monsieur President Mitterand of France
I don’t like it. I saw another image in which the window mullions are much more visible and it looked like it jhad been clad in metal work to protect the glass.
Not pretty.
That view shows the building at its maximum width, as the site is narrow and long. I think that the subtleties of the curves are also lost in what is a rather bland rendering.
It does seem to be quite a large building though, but I imagine that the Georges Quay dev. will pave the way for planning permission.
Would be brilliant on the Carlton site, reusing that magnificent facade. It would also help add life to the street, theatre goers, people going to the bars in the theatre, and perhaps build one or two good restaurants in the development.
That is their house style at this stage so I don’t believe we’ll see anything better than those buildings in IFSC2. Afterall, as far as STW are concerned, those designs have ‘acceptance’ from the planners.
A very grandiose plan, but still one that can go horribly wrong and develope another expensive compound like the IFSC or ghetto like Temple Bar.
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/11/05/stiireire01017.htmlUnlike Foster, I think Rogers produces far more average buildings than actual great buildings. I welcome this development but would rather see a fine public commission for architects of Rogers or Foster’s standing.
Well you could always buy Hugh Pearman’s monstrously large volume…. its a great book and not just because he posts here
I see they are currently working on this building again. Has the problem being sorted? or is it illegal development?
The model is indeed in the reception of the distillary building (which has recently lost a letter from its signage). Most of that building cannot be seen as its an old granary building for the dirtsillary and runs away from the street – a beautiful conversion with a small modern building at the front (the modern extensions I am not so keen on).
The exhibition in the vaults is pretty interesting, but the best bit is the vaults themselves. There is a lovely circular room with a massive central column holding the vaulting.
SS Augustine and John on Thomas Street is for my ,money, the best church building in the city, yes, even better that St George’s on Hardwicke Place.
Its magnificent spire, polychomic stone and that soaring arch over the main doors and window, spectacular.
