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chinese granite is ‘cheaper’ despite the exorbitant cost of brining it a few thousand kilometres from china as opposed to a few hundred from wicklow (or somewhere similar) as it is extremely heavily subsidised by the powers that be in china, ie probably exported at a net loss, but china gains valuable foreign currency. 😀
don’t beat about the bush, if you are interested in architecture you are interested. the part time dit design course in bolton st. might be interesting, but knowing the tutors involved, i would wonder if it is goiing to be of that much help. if you want to develop/show your spatial awareness skills i dont think learning a computer programme ( especially a second rate one such as archicad ) is going to impress anybody in the know a whole lot. if you know enough computer programmes ( architectural ones ) it just makes you qualified to be some architects computer technology whore.
so if you really want to be an architect, start doing lots of freehand drawings now ( trust me they don’t even have to be that ‘good’ i know a number of good architects that are very skilled at drawing and a similar no. of good architects that aren’t so skilled) they just need to show that you can communicate your 3 dimensional ideas to others. if you want to learn a little bit more about architecture, start attending aai lectures and the like, i do believe their calender of events is on this website. pop into a bookshop or library ( bolton st. or richview would be the easiest)
and finally around christmas time, apply to some colleges , if you have high enough points ucd will let you in on them alone, if you dont ( like moi ) the aptitude test and interview for bolton st. will come in exceptionally handy. apply to uk colleges if you can. going to college as a mature student cant be easy financially, but i can think of several currently studying in my college so it is far from impossible buddy.et voila,
in september 2006 you could officially be on your way to being a bona fide architect. there is no point in time wasting.
best of luck.
have to admit a soft spot fot the building with falling facade, the details are not all that bad and it fits in well with the city as a whole,i like the windows on the corner inparticular, its not an amazing building, but has a nice tactile honesty about it, its good for its time, its good for now , but i guess its only a matter of time before we see some more glass + cheap nasty stone facade glued on…
technology, as per your question is like learning to read and write. it should never affect your architecture. it is a means of communication. it is a means of display. architecture comes from your head, not from a computer.
they can reclad ‘the green’ (i assumed it was the park as well, and wondered why this topic was making absolutely no sense) ’till the cows (or the horses for that matter) come home. but it will do little to improve the complete lack of space, and greenhouse effct within.
I have not been in Ireland for some time, and these are the first images i have seen of it. It really is quite impressive isn’t it?? It does not appear to be as ‘over designed’ as its Scottish cousin.
The preservation of the ballroom really raises quetions about how far ‘conservation’ measures should be taken. It appears from the photos to look absolutley awfull.
There seems to be a very poor relationship between it and the contemporary gallery surrounding it.Can anyone who saw it enlighten me please???
I wonder how wise it would be to have such an elongated facade on O Connell St.I do not believe it would help the scale of the street.
The street frontage of the adjoining site is long enough, to create a building of drama, even if it only is a shopping centre.
I also believe there is a certain irony in seeing drama, in such an undramatic, and as JOF put it, anonymous building. I do not really belive there is anything wrong with it. It could not possibly be any more ‘ananymous’ than the Abbey’s current premises.
If the facade was stripped of all the ‘gunk’ (signs windows, canopy etc.) and was treated as a ‘blank’ canvas, I belive the building could really shine.
Dodgy detailing… i am being a little harsh. i passed by the Muesuem of Scotland again today and i have to admit it is not as green as i originally supposed. I am not convinced of how well it look in time, but it is a wonderfull place to wonder around.
Many of the ‘slits’ etc. do not work as well as many people would like to think. it is a strain to look through many of them, or at least a very conscious effort. It probably betrays the architects intentions. some of them are so small and are difficult to clean, filled with rubbish from uncaring public. the architects fault???
The Museum of Scotland certainly is impressive, even if some of its details and design appear rather pointless (or perhaps I am living in a minimalist dreamworld)
It is a very easy and engaging building to wonder around for a couple of hours, even for a ‘non-architect’. I hope the Clare St. gallery has the same effect.
i have just been to the museum of scotland, and have not yet physically seen the finished gallery yet.
it certainly seems impressive, its architecture a new (confusing, original???) blend of brutalism and PoMo.
but i hope it does not weather as badly as its edinburgh cousin. unlike most of the stone in the city it appears to be going green, detailing gone wrong??? i hope the architects did not apply the same formula in dublin
too true. if therewere other major centres of architectural education in the country, the industry would not have to be so dublin orientated. this website, for example, rarely has non dublin orientated forums. do you think this is true ??? or is it just my imagination. i have heard little or no debate about the massive developement plans for the developement of the docks in cork, surely this is a project of potentially national importance???
if the education system was ‘decentralised’smaller cities cork, galway etc… might have a better chance of improving there architectural culture and stock, by the increased hosting of architectural exhibitions, more student and competition projects outside dublin etc…there is certainly room for improvement. and hopefully room for great architects and great architecture outside dublin.
true, they might be trying just a little too hard to fit too much accomodation on the one site. the tara st. station redevelopement does little to provide a contrast in scale. as a result both buildings may suffer. they will compete with each other visually in the all-important height factor.
the pyramids themselves are a surprising addition to the city. i perhaps have some reservations about their form, but they seem very crisply detailed which is always wecome.
piss oozing out of the mens jacks is a distinct rarity in dublin these days, just as trendy bars such as cocoon, gubu, the morrisson etc. were ten years ago. there is few genuine ‘dive’ bars in dublin, and those that are left are being colonised by yuppies, students and every other person, sick of dealing with ignorant bouncers and exorbitant prices. pubs like the cobblestone in smithfield and the welcome inn on parnell st. are great and are discovering a whole new generation and type of punter, but the influx of this new type of clientele may eventually turn these pubs around too.
the voodoo bar on the quays (sorry i do not know which ones) nr. smithfield square has to be one of the worst bars to open its doors in some time. i do not know what they aspired to but it is very tacky (but maybe not tacky enough) and very cheaply done, despite its famous popstar proprieter.
the renovation of slattery’s is tragic. it looks very cheap and alot of its spaces are poorly conceived. check out the lantern on top, its detailing junction with the ceiling look like a nice concept gone horribly wrong.
