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or the Gormely design for the liffey – his work doesnt have any site specific relevancy, so if they want to go ahead….
It seems steep. But it probably includes the cost of the roadway outside which is essentially a bridge, and whatever other civil works were done around it.
from the front page of archiseek
http://two.archiseek.com/2010/clongriffin-station-iarnrod-eireann-architects/We bailed out BoI, let’s have their HQ
A CITY councillor has called for Bank of Ireland to give its historic headquarters on College Green to the Irish people, in return for bailing it out.
Cllr Nial Ring said, after the money Bank of Ireland had received from the tax payer, the “magnificent” and historical asset should be handed over, even by way of lease or loan.
He told the Herald: “In light of the amount they got from NAMA and with them reducing staff numbers, it’s only basically used now as a branch. I want to ask them if there’s any possibility they could give it to the people of Ireland.
“It would be something which could act as a gesture from Bank of Ireland — it’s a magnificent building.”
Cllr Ring is proposing to ask Dublin City Council or the Taoiseach to take the matter up with Bank of Ireland, and to develop the building into an exhibition space or museum.
Alternatively he said Minister for Tourism Culture and Sport Mary Hanafin, or Finance Minister Brian Lenihan could act on behalf of the Irish people.
Senator David Norris, who previously proposed that the building be used to house the Senate, said he supported the call. “The people of Ireland now own the banks, and the banks have swindled the people of Ireland. Bank of Ireland should come into public ownership.”
He added: “The whole Bank of Ireland is a protected structure so it would be absolute nonsense to suggest that the Abbey goes in there, but I’d be all in favour of an exhibition or a museum.”
The ‘House of Lords’ part of the building contains famous large scale tapestries that depict the Siege of Derry and the Battle of the Boyne.
And College Green is Dublin’s only major Italian piazza according to Cllr Ring, and opening up Bank of Ireland completely to the public would enhance the area.
CEREMONIAL
“It’s the only place you can get people into the one area and have a focal point on ceremonial occasions. When Ireland came back from the World Cup in 1990 people gathered there, and Clinton made his speech from there when he visited,” he explained. “With Trinity just across the road, it is an iconic building in the city. It would be great if we could have exhibitions or something there.”
A spokesperson for Bank of Ireland said it did not intend to dispose of the building “at this moment in time”.
“For a 10-year period between 1996 and 2006 the bank hosted a variety of art exhibitions and public events in an adjoining premises, which was leased, located on Foster Place known as The Arts Centre.”
She added: “Following an indepth review it was decided to close the building as it was deemed that the building, due to its age and facilities, was very limited in meeting the demands of modern day productions.”
Bank of Ireland purchased the building on College Green for £40,000 shortly after the Act of Union on August 24, 1803, and since then the bank has used it as a working branch and an administrative HQ.
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/we-bailed-out-boi-lets-have-their-hq-2144282.html
@reddy wrote:
There’s been a fair bit of schadenfreude surrounding our plight across the water actually. We definitely don’t want to give them another photo op!
maybe we should just implode it
or turn it into an arts project of some kind
I cannot wait to bring my kids – they’re 3 and 5 so would not have seen it. I reckon the eldest will love it. The smallest will just climb the exhibits….
the dead zoo is coming back soon 😀
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0414/6news_av.html?2736476,null,230
Launch of the city of Dublin life-boat at the Custom-House Quay, Dublin, Genuine original antique engraving, 1867;
Interesting because its illustrating one of the docks that used to be beside the Customs House
etching of the opening of the NGI
His excellency the Earl of Carlisle opening the National Gallery of Ireland, Genuine original antique engraving, 1864
Agreed – looks fantasic til you look at the steelwork. Still cannot wait to attend a game there. Such an improvement on the old one.
I can remember being at games where it poured and poured and being drenched through on the terrace,,, and 0-0 draws to make it even worse… but then in those days I worked next door to the FAI and it was so easy to run down of a game morning and buy handfuls of tickets
STATEMENT FROM THE DIRECTORS OF MURRAY Ó LAOIRE ARCHITECTS LTD
The Directors of Murray Ó Laoire Architects Limited (MOLA) have today (Friday, 26 March) announced that, with regret, the company is going into liquidation.
The firm is unable to meet its current financial obligations as a result of cumulative bad debts and the ongoing difficulty of securing profitable work as well as the increasing difficulties in getting paid on time, or at all.
The MOLA Directors want to acknowledge the enormous contribution of so many wonderful, talented and tremendously loyal staff and want to thank them for their professionalism and support over the years.
We also thank the many colleagues, advisers, collaborators, contractors and suppliers for their invaluable contributions.
Our clients, from all sectors of society and the economy, also merit our great thanks for the faith they placed in us and the opportunities they gave us to contribute.
We will do all we possibly can within the constraints of the liquidation process to minimise the impact of this event on our creditors, our clients and our staff.
The company is committed to an orderly winding down of its affairs and will hold a creditors’ meeting within the coming days.
The company does not propose to make any further comment on issues beyond the detail of this statement.
Note for Editors:
Murray Ó Laoire Architects was formed in 1979 by Hugh Murray and Seán Ó Laoire.
The company currently employs 127 staff with offices in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Bratislava (Slovakia), Moscow (Russia), Aachen (Germany), Tripoli (Libya), Barbados and Abu Dhabi and has worked on projects such as Thomond Park Stadium and Tailteann Sports Hall, Mary Immaculate College (both in Limerick), the CIT Cork School of Music, GMIT in Galway, Athlone Town Centre, the Green Building in Temple Bar, Dublin and the Irish Pavillion at the Hannover Expo 2000.
