Proposed Anglo Irish Bank HQ

lookinbusy

What's all this about ?!! I though these f*kers were broke!!

http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/2011/09/22/anglo-irish-hq-vertical-gardens/

Morlar

what a pathetic, ugly building. Those windmills are a joke.

billybudd

Banks will never be broke in this country and with freinds like theirs.

ballsymchugh

that's the shell of the building that's in the IFSC between the convention centre and the O2. it won't be finished for a hell of a long time, and it'll never be used as anglo irish hq either.

foxyboxer

Here's an idea....

http://www.johnlund.com/ArticleImages/Artcl14-impact/11-impact!.jpg

listermint

lookinbusy wrote: »

What's all this about ?!! I though these f*kers were broke!!

http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/2011/09/22/anglo-irish-hq-vertical-gardens/

I dont think its a proposal for the bank, you can clearly see its an architects idea of what to do with the current ugly structure....


but dont let that distract from your rant...

Guy:Incognito

billybudd wrote: »

Banks will never be broke in this country and with freinds like theirs.

Dammit I cant believe us Irish are so stupid to be the only country that recaptilalises the banks................

billybudd

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Dammit I cant believe us Irish are so stupid to be the only country that recaptilalises the banks................

Ha, true, but i am Irish so i will only comment on where my tax is going.

Orando Broom

lookinbusy wrote: »

What's all this about ?!! I though these f*kers were broke!!

http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/2011/09/22/anglo-irish-hq-vertical-gardens/

Cursed earth.

Riskymove

listermint wrote: »

I dont think its a proposal for the bank, you can clearly see its an architects idea of what to do with the current ugly structure....


but dont let that distract from your rant...

+1 I am afraid you have misinterpreted this

Anglo were building a new HQ before things went pear-shaped. The half built shell has stood in the IFSC/docks area since

fontanalis

Imagine what they'd if they made a profit or were ever likely to again!

Orando Broom

listermint wrote: »

I dont think its a proposal for the bank, you can clearly see its an architects idea of what to do with the current ugly structure....


but dont let that distract from your rant...

Taking it's props from the Bloomberg Building in NYC. I think it is a fantastic idea.

FatherLen

Morlar wrote: »

Those windmills are a joke.

yeah, they wont keep anyone cool up there!

Ruu_Old

The IMF will be delighted to hear this.

Logical Fallacy

listermint wrote: »

I dont think its a proposal for the bank, you can clearly see its an architects idea of what to do with the current ugly structure....


but dont let that distract from your rant...

Yeah, you can tell by how absolutely brutal the design is it's conceptual.

Heating and cooling nightmare.

I'd bet good money the architect even thinks they would get away with natural ventilation.

Guffaw i say!

Cool Mo D

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

Yeah, you can tell by how absolutely brutal the design is it's conceptual.

Heating and cooling nightmare.

I'd bet good money the architect even thinks they would get away with natural ventilation.

Guffaw i say!

Em, it's supposed to be a garden, not a building, it doesn't need to be heated or cooled.

Orando Broom

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

Yeah, you can tell by how absolutely brutal the design is it's conceptual.

Heating and cooling nightmare.

I'd bet good money the architect even thinks they would get away with natural ventilation.

Guffaw i say!

The lack of widows also are not helping.

Oh woe is us!!
Our skyscrapers lie shkeletal
devoid of life or commerce
Our skycrapers have no windas
Only oul threes and shrubs
Inshtead a banks and lendin'
We have only oul parks and threes

(post Celtic Tiger lament)

Morlar

Orando Broom wrote: »

The lack of widows also are not helping.

Oh woe is us!!
Our skyscrapers lie shkeletal
devoid of life or commerce
Our skycrapers have no windas
Only oul threes and shrubs
Inshtead a banks and lendin'
We have only oul parks and threes

(post Celtic Tiger lament)

AND there's no parking for our wooden bicycles.

Logical Fallacy

Cool Mo D wrote: »

Em, it's supposed to be a garden, not a building, it doesn't need to be heated or cooled.

It's supposed to be a garden on a building, the multi tiered garden becoming part of the building aesthetic design.

Irish Slaves for Europe

I think it looks great, loads of natural light and plenty of greenery. Windmills on top so its self sustainable. Nice idea for such a boring shell of a building.

smk89

Whatever happened to seats in new buildings? Only 1 person is sitting in those plans, and she's under a tree. Do architects have a grounding in the real world?

revell

Irish Slaves for Europe wrote: »

I think it looks great, loads of natural light and plenty of greenery. Windmills on top so its self sustainable. Nice idea for such a boring shell of a building.

a few windmills and it is self-sustainable? Al Gore, is that you?

Logical Fallacy

revell wrote: »

a few windmills and it is self-sustainable? Al Gore, is that you?

Affinity Laws are a bitch.

Orando Broom

revell wrote: »

a few windmills and it is self-sustainable? Al Gore, is that you?

http://weburbanist.com/2009/02/19/abandoned-windmills/

Scroll down to South Point Hawaii.

EEEEYYYEEEESOOORRRREE!!!

Absurdum

we should just put Sean FitzPatrick and the Drummer lad in there and dynamite the ****er

fontanalis

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Dammit I cant believe us Irish are so stupid to be the only country that recaptilalises the banks................

Yeah, because Anglo is like any regular bank where people can walk into their local branch.