New office near City Hall gets mixed reaction

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2006 / October 4

New building

Whatever about the Sick and Indigent building next to Dublin Castle, it seems that the new building going up next door is causing indignation in the design fraternity. The Archiseek website has been abuzz with those who are criticising the building and one of the main comments that crops up is that it lacks a lightness of touch. It seems that people didn't see this coming because drawings of the proposed structure showed a lower building while an article about the proposed building quoted city architect Jim Barrett as saying it would be a "small building". "The building seems to be the best part of a floor higher than the images of the proposed building, showed," says Kevin Duff, planning spokesman for An Taisce. "But it's not just the height - the building seems to have been pumped up in size all round. This is an important site - with important buildings all around it - and the whole idea was for a low-key insertion. Yet it looks quite clunky."

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