Paul Clerkin
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Sisters of mystery and portents of doom: high modern architecture in Dublin, and its commercial nemesis.
You wait around for years for a significant new piece of contemporary architecture in the heart of Dublin, and then suddenly two, both competition winners, arrive at once. Trinity College’s James Ussher Library now nods along Nassau Street to the National Gallery’s Millennium Wing on Clare Street. Both are unapologetically modern, each is nonetheless very different, yet both tease and challenge the observer.
http://www.hughpearman.com/articles3/dublin.htmlTwo things…
Liverpool FC (the world’s greatest football club) are about to build a brand new all seater 55,000 stadium for 70 million sterling….. even they balked at building a 75,000 seater and they could have filled it at least 20 times a season, probably 30 (including Champions League and various cup games)…. but they didn’t want the debt…
see for pictures: http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N135043020517-1147.htmAlso are regards Cardiff, every time there is soccer played there, there are massive congestion problems, the first few games had massive traffic tailbacks on routes in with people having to abandon their cars and start walking to get to the stadium on time, abandoned cars made the problem worse….
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More photographs – interior and exterior….
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/southcity/trinity/ussher_library.htmlThere didnt seem to be room behind for a cinema, there were some old walls to be seen about 25 feet back….. but i’ll take your word for it….
Anyone with any more information on this…. yes that is glass blocks painted magnolia…
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/offaly/tullamore/opticians.htmlJesus Kenny, when you think Less is More, you should be thinking about your posts, not the wonderful foliage that makes the green the oasis it is in the centre of the city.
It was already exhibited in Limerick http://www.irish-architecture.com/events/data/1013432683.html
From P45.net ‘Couch Spud’ Newsletter: “The Changing Face of Dublin” (RTE 1, 7 pm) Fresh from his environmental series “The State We’re In”, Duncan Stewart presents ths four-part history of Dublin, from the Vikings to today’s planners.
Well, I’m waiting on information from the Irish co-ordinator. Am meeting him tomorrow so will bring it up again.
It does look well, okay. But does anyone do traditional “non-statement” bridges nowadays or is it all pseudo-calatrava?
