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Bland or ballsy?

Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2007 / September 2

Sean Dunne’s planned 37storey tower in Ballsbridge has received mixed reviews. Some users of Archiseek.com, a popular architecture website, described it as bland, and suggested it resembled a building that would have served as a typical corporate headquarters in the United States in the 1980s. ‘‘This is too high for the site; buildings of this size should be confined solely to the docklands," wrote one user.

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