An Unbuilt Art Deco Cork Airport design

losthorizon

Was designed in the style of the period and would have been very attractive but sadly never got the green light.

http://webspace.webring.com/people/wa/adfunchal/unbuilt_ireland.htm

Run_to_da_hills

Not much different from the old Dublin Airport design which fortunitally was preserverd after all these years unlike Corballis House that was butchered recently for T2..

donvito99

On the subjetc of art deco airports, I have a question.

In the old terminal 1 layout in Dublin, before Pier D and the loop, if you turned right after security and went down to the end of "The Street", you had to turn right again, past posters of Irish scientists and down steps to ground level gates.

Were those gates part of the old, 1940s terminal? I can vaguely remember getting FR from there.

Kumsheen

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Not much different from the old Dublin Airport design which fortunitally was preserverd after all these years unlike Corballis House that was butchered recently for T2..

But didn't they find out that Corballis House was not nearly as old as originaly thought when they started to dismantle it.

Tenger

Kumsheen wrote: »

But didn't they find out that Corballis House was not nearly as old as originaly thought when they started to dismantle it.

Never heard that. Considering the airport has been a pretty well documented site since the 1930's how could they get the physical age of a building wrong?

The published plan was to dismantle and move to another location.
Regardless of the actual age of the building it still had historical significance.

Run_to_da_hills

Kumsheen wrote: »

But didn't they find out that Corballis House was not nearly as old as originally thought when they started to dismantle it.

Dismantling Corballis house was down right vandalism and typical of the Government that ran the country at the time. It could have been incorporated as a T2 feature or been relocated to another part of the airport, It had the same historical significance to many people as the old Art Deco building that is currently preserved.

LXFlyer

donvito99 wrote: »

On the subjetc of art deco airports, I have a question.

In the old terminal 1 layout in Dublin, before Pier D and the loop, if you turned right after security and went down to the end of "The Street", you had to turn right again, past posters of Irish scientists and down steps to ground level gates.

Were those gates part of the old, 1940s terminal? I can vaguely remember getting FR from there.

Yes.

donvito99

lxflyer wrote: »

Yes.

Cool! thanks, only occured to me recently.

L1011

Those are still used to this day as non-contact gates generally by Aer Arann.

pclancy

I only got a good look at the landside side of the old terminal when I was home at Xmas, had never really noticed it before but would love to see more photos if there's stuff online? It did resemble some of the art deco buildings ive come across down here. Interesting how its been preserved as part of the newer airport buildings.

The old control tower looked deadly, is there anything still inside left over from its use? I thought i seen the green/white airport beacon still in use from its roof am I correct?

lord lucan

pclancy wrote: »

I thought i seen the green/white airport beacon still in use from its roof am I correct?

Yep,still working. Can be seen from all around the aerodrome and always seems extra bright in the early hours of the morning. I've never been sure of its purpose though.

pclancy

I think its ICAO standard to show as a visual beacon of where a commercial airfield is. Military flash white-white.

Rain Dog

The tower/cab on the top of the old terminal building isn't actually original. It was added in the 1950s. Still equiped as a standby control tower. The engineer who designed it was, coincidentally, the father (or maybe grandfather) of the architect who designed the ground floor passanger lounges when they were changed back from offices in the 1990s.

pclancy

Are there any photos of inside it?