Ugly Irish (Completed) buildings

bonerm

Erica<3 wrote: »

The Irish Life centre. Christ.

I actually kind of like that. It's kind of reminds me of a tiny Rockerfeller Centre.

pampers1

Is the Convention Centre on the Quays designed along the lines of the Gasometer building in South Docks there? Or does it just resemble it by accident?

Barname

Confab wrote: »

The Telstra Exchange.

There's one in every major Australian city. They are abominations.

no windows for a reason, that building was built during the cold war, smart countries did their best to protect crucial equipment from the fallout from a Nuclear strike..

df1985

enda1 wrote: »

This yoke.

Disgusting thing from all angles.

And Hawkins House

That first building sends me into a rage everytime i see it, how in gods name did it get permission beside city hall and dublin castle? i feel sick looking at it.

And whats with the "fake" crane, trying to pretend its not finished or something?? not clever or nice to look at in any sense. where were an taisce when this piece of **** was being built, they stop decent buildings all over the city but this somehow managed to get through.:mad:

df1985

The-Rigger wrote: »

I think we should pull it down.

There were plans for a massive redevelopment of it but like a lot of projects the recession put an end to that. same with a lot of the buildings in this thread. liberty hall, hawkins house etc all have plans to be replaced.

jameshayes

supprised no one said this

Einhard

fryup wrote: »

is the Texaco building still there in ballsbridge?? thats ugly!!

Barna77 wrote: »

I wonder how they got planning permission for that thing

What about this? http://j.imagehost.org/view/0145/dublin-altovetro

aaronh007 wrote: »

Cork County Hall is pretty darn ugly...and its a protected building so there's no hope of getting rid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CorkCountyHall.JPG

k99_64 wrote: »

Kildare county council offices

http://www.williaamcox.ie/assets/kildare1_f.jpg

Erica<3 wrote: »

The Irish Life centre. Christ.

I dunno, I actually like all of these. Guess there's no accounting for tsate eh? There does seem to be something of an anti-modernist vibe going on in this thread though.

The Waltzing Consumer

I really like Limerick University and its campus, but this is disgusting, it is the newly built presidents house. It is meant to be amazing inside, but look at it!!!

http://www2.ul.ie/pp/graphics/UniversityHouseUL2_13.jpg

I also nominate the Maynooth Arts building as a disgusting piece of sh**

http://computercentre.nuim.ie/graphics/pacr_artsblock.gif

Bad picture, but anyone who has been there will know what I am talking about

General Zod

goose2005 wrote: »

It looks like a plastic bottle that's been thrown into a fire.

It looks like a bed pan.

kpbdublin

As a general rule anything built in Ireland after Independence is hideous. Good architecture is considered effete and elitist in this country.

G_R

k99_64 wrote: »

Kildare county council offices

http://www.williaamcox.ie/assets/kildare1_f.jpg

I actually like the KCC buildings.

Ditto with the IFSC i really like those buildings aswell.
Liberty Hall in Dublin is a kip, but its proposed replacement looks deadly, it actually gets built now

Einhard

kpbdublin wrote: »

As a general rule anything built in Ireland after Independence is hideous. Good architecture is considered effete and elitist in this country.

I think good architecture is often equated with old architecture in this country. Faux classical good, modernist bad etc.

brianthebard

Einhard wrote: »

I think good architecture is often equated with old architecture in this country. Faux classical good, modernist bad etc.

That's because the early, interesting modern architecture passed us by for various reasons, and we got the nasty 60s/70s utilitarian stuff like the NUIG concourse or the ESB building in Dublin.

Blisterman

bonerm wrote: »

I kind of like the spire as an idea. The idea of planting it on top of where Nelsons pillar used to be was perfect. However my criticism of it would be that it wasn't built larger and with some sort of viewing gallery at the top. Even Nelsons pillar could give you a decent view of the city, whereas the spire offers nothing from a practical pov.

Imagine the draw the spire would have been had you been able to go up to the top and look around? It would have been well worth the extra investment had it been logistically possible....

http://25.media.tumblr.com/N3rhgmilRfvgc6xzICcdq3cYo1_500.jpg

http://www.e-architect.co.uk/dublin/jpgs/spire_dublin_ir4.jpg

While I agree, a viewing tower would be nice. unfortunately, it would have to have lifts, emergency stairs, etc, and would be enormous, and way too big for O Connell St. Even Nelson's Pillar wouldn't be able to be built nowadays. The stairs would be too narrow and steep for modern building regs.


Here's what the spire would look like with a viewing platform (which would only be half way up)
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/9020/panspire743969.jpg

Flying Abruptly

The Ard Rí Hotel in Waterford.

Its in a perfect position overlooking waterford city but it looks like a tenement block, especially now that its abandoned, the sooner its torn down the better.

jackiebaron

Does anyone remember the Regency Hotel in Drumcondra (Swords Road) when it was the Crofton Airport Hotel. It was like something out of East Berlin circa. 1962. Absolutely obscene.

thee glitz

Flying Abruptly wrote: »

The Ard Rí Hotel in Waterford.

Its in a perfect position overlooking waterford city but it looks like a tenement block,
especially now that its abandoned, the sooner its torn down the better.

Ye, it ruins the view. I hate what they've done with White's in Wexford.

admiralofthefleet

blackrock shopping centre is horrible

Miss Lockhart

The ugliest building(s) I pass on a regular basis is Neilstown Shopping Centre. I hate it.

http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/06/85/1068561_e0c863a8.jpg

I also really dislike these buildings - particularly considering their location.

http://www.omalleyplastering.com/general/images/civic.gif

Einhard

thee glitz wrote: »

Ye, it ruins the view. I hate what they've done with White's in Wexford.

It's a good thing I'm not a planner or an architect because I really like that!

jackiebaron

Don't forget Northside Shopping Centre in Coolock.

It's FÚCKING GRIM

coffee_cake

Busaras

jackiebaron

Flying Abruptly wrote: »

The Ard Rí Hotel in Waterford.

Its in a perfect position overlooking waterford city but it looks like a tenement block, especially now that its abandoned, the sooner its torn down the better.

Looks like something you'd see in Sarajevo in the 90's during the war.

skelliser

This yoke(centre) next to the spainish arch(left) in galway.
Completly ruined the area imo.
http://www.johnsmyth.ie/blog/gallery/galwaycity/spanisharch/spanish-arch-2.jpg?w=125
http://www.monasette.com/blog/gallery/spanisharch/Spanish-Arch1.jpg

Also this monstrousity! it is completly out of place, half of it is empty as well.
http://img279.imageshack.us/img279/3278/dscf10647jj.jpg

Gaudizeit

green_jesus wrote: »

Merchants Quay Cork City...

http://inphotos.org/remembering-cork/

that's a great site.

Superbus

Bord Iascaigh Mhara offices in Dun Laoghaire. I'm not lying when I say I actually had a nightmare in which it featured when I was much younger.

Nanaki

I vaguely remember the campus at IADT Dun Laghaoire being rather ugly, and the older parts of UCD campus.

I saw the central bank posted, I don't think it's the worst in dublin.

I don't know what or exactly where it is, but on a bus from DCU into town, there's an empty site, hoarding around it, but the inside is just concrete, flat concrete all across the ground, it's absolutely horrible

yermanoffthetv

NUIG concourse. How in the name of god is this listed? Gets my vote.

jiltloop

Can't find an image of it but does anybody remember a horrible building on Talbot St where the 1st floor looked like a big yellow train carriage. Horrible looking thing it was, gone now though I think. (I think it was directly across from the entrance to the Irish Life mall).

JaneLane

Miss Lockhart wrote: »

The ugliest building(s) I pass on a regular basis is Neilstown Shopping Centre. I hate it.

http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/06/85/1068561_e0c863a8.jpg

Ditto. One of the most horrendous pieces of architecture in Ireland!