malec

Sorry but I can’t see at all how cork airport doesn’t need this new terminal. Last night when I came back from Geneva (through Amsterdam) there were 9 planes parked there, 3 in front of the current terminal and the rest beside the new one. When we got inside it was absolutely jam packed at the luggage reclaim with around 4 times more people than what’s supposed to be there. I know I’m not quoting any figures or anything but from my arrival yesterday this new terminal look like plain common sense.

@StephenC wrote:

Also has anyone yet asked the question who would want to live ion the 51st storey…especially in recently rebranded ‘family-friendly’ SOHO

I would.

Seriously though, I’ve no problem with going tall, but this isn’t even a designated highrise zone so it’s in the completely wrong location.
If they do build it though, they should add on an extra 5 floors a la dubai 😀

@lexington wrote:

Just walked by this area this other day and decided take a look at the county hall since I hadn’t seen it with the renovations. I have to say I was impressed, it’s definitely got a much more fresh and modern look.

This victoria mills phase 2 however, makes the first look like the world’s greatest masterpiece. I know this forum is to be kept civilised but the only description I can give is: “Worst pile of generic crap ever!! 😡 “
The other student flats going up next to it are OK though, although I’m getting sick of all the wooden stuff going up everywhere.

Great that eglinton street is now progressing. I didn’t need to see the pictures though since I can see the site from my window. :D. Should be great once the tower starts to rise.

@Radioactiveman wrote:

As far as i’m aware, locations along the “Straight” Road, The Docklands and the city approach through Blackpool have been identified as locations where highrise buildings are suitable- according to the latest Development Plan.
But the question arises — what is a highrise building??
CSD supporters would propose to ban all “highrises” over three storey. Now, I don’t know many people who would catagorise a four storey building as highrise!! Utterly ridiculous!!

By definition highrise means at least 12 floors, a 4-storey building is still a house.
The problem I think is that CCC are letting too much crap go through which strengthens the “anti-highrise” people’s arguments. What I’m talking about is stuff like the new metropole hotel extension which is almost worse than what’s already there. Aswell after looking more closely at the crows nest development it does seem really average. Most people already hate the millions of student apartments going up near victoria cross and I realise now this is an important oppertunity that might convince people otherwise. A building with more of a landmark edge to it would be great, not necessarily tall but something with a fresh design.

By the way I’ll take back what I said about the Alberts Quay Webworks building since I just passed it the other day and the side facing the city hall is quite good. The only thing that really bothers me is that grey wall on the east facing side. If they just put in more windows it would have been fine.

I was going to say this is just another half-arsed design but I quite like it now. I was thinking something more striking would be better in that area but this does fit nicely with county hall. It’s a bit too boxy and boring but if it wasn’t tthen maybe it would have clashed too much. I also think it looks better with the reduced height. I’ve nothing against tall buildings (in fact I love them) but I’d hate to see county hall’s stand-alone look go.

I’m still waiting until we get a sexy 20-storey tower for the docklands. It’ll have to be something with curves, not square shaped. I’m thinking something along Paul Kenny’s The Treasury but in tower form 😀

I see that Quay House building every week from the window in Moores Hotel where I have my piano lesson and I have to say it looks quite good. In the render it just looks like more of the same but actually looks much better in reality,

That picture is a thumbnail from imageshack.us. All you have to do is remove the .th in the url and here’s the pic:

By the way to me this is one of the worst proposals in Cork. It just looks like a lump of boxes thrown randomly into something that looks like a pile of rubbish. The overall shape seems overly complicated and unbalanced and because of its bulkiness is even more out of scale than what’s already there now. I wouldn’t mind something quite tall going there (ie about 8 stories) but would have to be more slender so it wouldn’t seem so out of scale.

Just thought I’d mention that last week I was in Limerick and was stunned by what they’ve done with the quayside. The new riverpoint building and clarion hotel together are stunning and I really hope the few highrise buildings in the docklands will be of a similar standard. Paul Kenny’s The Treasury development is definitely a step in the right direction. It’s definitely one of my favourites

I’m new here so hope you don’t mind me joining in.

I personally wouldn’t like to see 60 storey skyscrapers in Dublin, it’s too extreme compared with the rest of the city. I think it would be great however, if a nice cluster of 15 to 20 floor buildings were built at the docks. These are just mid-rises for most cities and I don’t see the problem with buildings this height.