Dublin Corporation Wood Quay Competition

Instead of an open architectural competition for proposals for a new Dublin Corporation office block at Wood Quay in Dublin, the Corporation invited developers to submit entries. The brief called for the provision of 300,000 square feet of office space in “an efficient layout and form reflecting the importance of the buildings in the life of the city.” The brief also stated that it was the Corporation’s desire “to open up the vista of Christchurch from the quays”. Six entries were selected and displayed at City Hall without any supporting material or drawings – many of them displaying windswept plazas.