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The new building in front of Dublin Castle

Kintarō Hattori · 2006-09-02 16:23:39

You know the building work they were doing on Dame Street by city hall? Well the scaffolding and boarding has all been taken down now to reveal the building behind. What is it, does anyone know? Is it just going to be offices? I was walking by there last night with the missus and it REALLY stood out. It's all glass with…

02-09-2006 5:23pm

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You know the building work they were doing on Dame Street by city hall? Well the scaffolding and boarding has all been taken down now to reveal the building behind.
What is it, does anyone know? Is it just going to be offices? I was walking by there last night with the missus and it REALLY stood out. It's all glass with neon lighting running up and down and all across it. It's very visual at night.

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#2 02-09-2006 9:13pm

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The building in question.

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#3 02-09-2006 10:40pm

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The building houses offices for Dublin City Council. I can't remember the name of the architect off hand.

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#4 02-09-2006 10:45pm

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Just offices as far as I know. Speculative development by the council as the land was in use as a temporary park for about 20 years! It was a bit unpleasant and very ugly.

I pass the building every morning but have never seen it lit up like that. I hope there's some sort of permanent lighting as it's something very much lacking in the Dublin street scene.

I'm just a little concerned about the nuclear reactor dome on top!

I found a link to the brochure on archiseek. Is that crane a permanent feature??

Palace Street

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#5 03-09-2006 6:12pm

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Looks deadly whatever it is.

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#6 04-09-2006 2:56pm

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i couldve sworn it had a sign on the hording saying it was to be a mix of offices and appartments. not sure what the ratio of one to the other is though. from the looks of it its mostly offices. i actually quite liked the park that was there, anyone know what happend to the statues and the fountain that were there? its not as if theres a lot of that bang in the city centre and it'd be a shame if they just leveled em.

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#7 04-09-2006 7:48pm

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constitutionus wrote:

i actually quite liked the park that was there, anyone know what happend to the statues and the fountain that were there? its not as if theres a lot of that bang in the city centre and it'd be a shame if they just leveled em.

There's a lovely park just inside the Castle grounds.

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#8 24-09-2006 6:58pm

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Has anyone seen this building?

It's so horrible. It's totally out of place and just looks stupid.

What used to be a nice old looking corner of Dame Street now looks like another Celtic Tiger mess!!

Anyone seen it?

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#9 24-09-2006 7:12pm

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#10 24-09-2006 7:35pm

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First time I've seen this.

Looks like it sticks amongst the other buildings though. I don't like it at all.

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#11 24-09-2006 8:10pm

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There is a big sign outside it saying it is available as a "prestigious" corporate HQ.

Extremely ugly building. Typical of terrible planning by Dublin architects!!

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#12 24-09-2006 8:30pm

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Aoife-FM104 wrote:

There is a big sign outside it saying it is available as a "prestigious" corporate HQ.

Extremely ugly building. Typical of terrible planning by Dublin architects!!

cant help thinking from the dublin castle entrance side its very reminiscent of the bunkers just up the road. ya think someone wouldve learned a lesson after those monstrosities:D

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#13 24-09-2006 8:34pm

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#14 26-06-2008 10:58pm

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Aoife-FM104 wrote: »

There is a big sign outside it saying it is available as a "prestigious" corporate HQ.

Extremely ugly building. Typical of terrible planning by Dublin architects!!

The only thing typcial here is "glorified estate agents" claiming a crap piece of architecture is prestigious.......... They'll do anything for a fee it seems .....

What a joke......

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