WillC
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Nearly all of the site is still derelict. Cranes have moved in though, and works seems to be starting on the first block of apartments facing Pearse Street.
Get the Dutch to move in and run this pathetic country. That’s what I say. A banana republic is all it is, run by half-wits.
Have all 3 ‘tall’ buildings recommended for the area under the strategy for building heights been given the chop?
did anyone notice the ‘arc in the park’ bridge in the model or is that gone too?
I’m still none the wiser in relation to fire escapes in high rises. Can anyone tell me how many fire escapes / stairways must be provided by law in high rise buildings in Ireland ? Thanks
Still intrigued about the fire escape issue in the tower. Does anyone know if it is legal to only have one fire escape / stairway in the tower? I know there’s an issue with distance to a fire escape so you don’t have to run too far in the event of a fire, but it seems really odd that the proposed building only has one staircase.
If a fire started somewhere on the stairway, or if the stairway was filled with smoke, then everyone above would have no secondary means of escape, apart from elevators which might probably fail in the event of a fire.
I thought so too.
If so, how could this have been missed? Just looked at the plans on the DDDA website and it does look as if there’s only one staircase in the tower.
Don’t think i’d buy one of those apartments, even if could afford to!!
If there was a fire in the tower and the staircase was blocked, it looks as if the only thing you would be able to do would be to run up to that roof garden and kiss your arse goodbye.
Visually impacting what ????!! Jesus, this was one of the few sites in Dublin that was approved for tall buildings, under the strategy for building height.
So even in the few limited sites that have been approved for tall buildings they still may not be allowed.
Under the strategy for building height, tall buildings are recommended to be concentrated around transport nodes (such as heuston station) in the city to act as ‘pointers’. That’s why the ‘tallish’ office block was allowed for tara street.
Does anyone have any news or inside information on this building? Are there any plans for a commencement date on construction?
Given the recent U2 building decision, this is my last hope for Dublin!
The more I see the other entries the more depressed I become.
In my opinion , the people empowered to make planning decisons are ruining our city.
Its so frustrating that decisions such as these are constantly made on all our behalfs and there’s nothing that can be done about it.
Every exciting proposal that is ever considered for this city is automatically shot down.
I guess I’ll have to resort to the fact that things will never change in Dublin, at least maybe not until I’m an old man. This place will always have probably one of the most boring skylines in the world, due to an inherent ‘fear of anything new, tall or exciting’ in the psyche of many Irish people.
Lets all live in the stone age.
I think I’ll take up train spotting or something else more exciting than tracking Dublin’s architectural progress instead.
Don’t think it’ll be another Darling Harbour. Apart from the Dunloe Ewart tower which was granted planning permission on appeal, no other tall ‘landmark’ buildings may be allowed in this area. Lets face it guys, this will be as good as it gets!
I guess I’m in the minority here. I like the winning entry. I can’t say if it was the best choice of all the entries, but I do like it. I don’t know how else you could make a ‘slim point block’ much more interesting in fairness.
I really hope the dunloe ewart tower is built next to it though, the two together would look well on the quays, in an otherwise boring, and exceptionally monotonous environment.
