The Denouncer
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@Blisterman wrote:
So, you just want tall buildings for the sake of having tall buildings? That’s a bit stupid don’t you think? Does good design go out the window, just because a building’s tall?
I want well designed tall buildings in the city, nothing wrong with that. Maybe that’s a stupid thing to wish for in Ireland, you’re right there.
The luck of the Irish. We’re just about to get our first really tall building..and the global economy takes a dive.
I heard on Newstalk this morning (when they read from the papers) that the Metro is going to be axed. WTF? I live in Swords and just received a notice from the RPA they said nothing about the Metro being axed. That would be a major strategic and economic goof, makes no sense. However I have a feeling the paper Newstalk were quoting from were talking a load of crap.
@cgcsb wrote:
It is in the link if you look. At the bottom of the fist paragraph at the bottom of the second (history) paragraph and at the bottom of the paragraph after that. God gave you two eyes, use them
I see it, but I don’t believe it. I never before saw a definitive “Construction is to begin in 2008 and end in 2011” until that article. And I don’t see no paragraph talking about fists.
@cgcsb wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2_Tower
construction to begin in early 2008 and finish in 2011. I’m not one to trust wikipedia but lets hope it’s true
Jnestorius, art thou an Archiseek member? Please come forth without haste to explain where thou has obtained thy information.
In Seville 2010 you’ll be assured that 40 storey building will be dominating the skyline, what’ll we have?
Yep trés dodgy indeed, all the people reading the Metro last Friday were like “ooh look at the size of that!”. I just said “Where’s the bloomin’ egg?”
@GregF wrote:
There’s a photo of a model of the new U2 tower on the free Metro paper this Friday morning. Looks good (international skyscraper style) and looks an awful lot better than those terrible gimicky renderings.
Yeah it looks excellent, now I want to see less models and more real tower please, whenever that is.
Should pull that horrible flawed spire out of the ground and rebuild the pillar, and stick Fr Pat Noise on top. That would be preferable. Good old Father Noise.
Yeah Gift or Griff or whatever his name is, what a tool. People shouldn’t be advertising the like of Griff anywhere on the web. Griff or Grift should be consigned to the rubbish heap, uninspired graffiti scrawled on the DART line. His name is just derived from the word “Graffiti” thats how original that fool is. “What will I call myself, grafitti artist that I am?, let me think..graffiti..griffita..griff. Yes that’s it. Griff.” Plank more like.
Heard breaking news on radio that Wanderers FC are issuing an injunction to fight this development, they have a clubhouse on the grounds
According to this it is going to be complete in 2009
http://skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=1340Its not an obsession. Small or large the design is important of course but the Docklands would definitely benefit from tall buildings, yes indeed.
You can post a good and bad example of anything. However IMHO the Watchtower and U2 Tower will generate a lot more excitement than what is there already and will be more pleasing to the eye than what is there already. The Docklands needs something, and if the Watchtower is the first tentative step on the ladder to a better Docklands and perhaps a better skyline, then so be it.
We’ll finally get a measure of its impact when its built, until then all the pro and anti discussions in the world will mean nothing.darkman I agree, so far the docks has been lacking, so this will be a good start on the road to what is should be. When this is up, U2 Tower, the Sam Beckett bridge, Grand Canal Square, and maybe the other one planned near the Bolands Mills are complete, then the docks will start to look a lot better.
The section that goes into the water is well underway, currently extending about 20 metres into the water from what I can see, test poles are up on it too but under wraps. They seem to be working non-stop on it, that went up pretty quick.
