2003 – Unbuilt Dublin – U2 Landmark Tower
Architect: Burdon Dunne Architects / Craig Henry Architects
Our proposal for this site presents a dynamic twisted tower block,
Our proposal for this site presents a dynamic twisted tower block,
Our scheme aims to optimise the site and its location whilst being an iconic building appropriately anchored in its site and industrial roots.
There are three things, said Vitruvius,
For an architect unfamiliar with a city quarter like the Dublin Docklands,
The building is a giant periscope, a lighthouse,
Unplaced competition entry in the disastrous competition to design a landmark building for U2.
Our approach has been to design a new icon for Dublin;
The new building is cast as protagonist,
The U2 tower: the saga begins: The first competition to design a tower for the Britain Quay site was run in 2003 but the identity of the chosen winning design could not be determined.