2007 – Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin
Initially gimmicky but ultimately successful attempt to design a new city square in the south docklands.
Initially gimmicky but ultimately successful attempt to design a new city square in the south docklands.
No. 1 Grand Canal Square is a mixed-use commercial development, located on a prominent site on the south side of the Grand Canal Square,
Originally due for completion in late 2008, but still not finished by early 2010, the hotel designed by Manuel Aires Mateus is another failed attempt to bring big-name architecture glamour to Grand Canal Square.
Unbuilt scheme for a speculative development for the site of the Bolands grain mills on the edge of Grand Canal Dock’s inner basin.
The Dublin Docklands Open Air Bath competition sought to create a new and open public space to energize the newly developed surrounding area.
This brand new 2,111 capacity purpose built theatre was designed by architect Daniel Libeskind and is due to open in March 2010.
The result of a competition run by ACE For Energy – an EU-funded body promoting the uptake of renewable energy.
The development includes three new signature buildings whose tapering forms are designed to be read as a composition within the skyline set by Millenium Tower and Montevetro and whose coloured tones will complement the brick surrounds and limestone walls of the existing stone heritage buildings.
When the OPW built the Box in the Docks – or to give it its official title, the Waterways Visitors Centre –