2003 – Unbuilt Dublin – U2 Landmark Tower
Architect: Burdon Dunne Architects / Craig Henry Architects
Our proposal for this site presents a dynamic twisted tower block,
2003 – Unbuilt Dublin – U2 Landmark Tower
Architect: 3W
Our scheme aims to optimise the site and its location whilst being an iconic building appropriately anchored in its site and industrial roots.
2003 – Unbuilt Dublin – U2 Landmark Tower
Architect: Acito and Partners
There are three things, said Vitruvius, that must be considered when designing a building, without which no building is worthy of praise: utility,
2003 – Unbuilt Dublin – U2 Landmark Tower
Architect: Allied Arc
For an architect unfamiliar with a city quarter like the Dublin Docklands, the sheer liquid mass of the surrounding rivers is by far the most prominent characteristic of the site’s photographs.
2003 – Unbuilt Dublin – U2 Landmark Tower
Architects: ANDRITSOS/Luke[S]
The building is a giant periscope, a lighthouse, a navigation device. The design riffs off the history and the maritime nature of the Docklands both in its dynamic form and nature of its materials: corrugated metal,
2003 – Unbuilt Dublin – U2 Landmark Tower
Architect: APLab Studio
Unplaced competition entry in the disastrous competition to design a landmark building for U2.
2003 – Unbuilt Dublin – U2 Landmark Tower
Architect: Armir Ferati
2003 – Unbuilt Dublin – U2 Landmark Tower
Architects: Assael Architecture
Our approach has been to design a new icon for Dublin; a striking beacon that identifies the city as a major international centre,
2003 – Unbuilt Dublin – U2 Landmark Tower
Architect: Architecture Project
The new building is cast as protagonist, standing out from its neighbours not because of its scale but by virtue of its location,
The DDDA’s many bad decisions
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.
