DUBLIN- PORTLAND STREET – BAKERS YARD DEVELOPMENT
Posted: August 2, 2011 Filed under: ARCHITECTURE OF : IRELAND | Tags: bakers yard, balconies, blocks, Building Types, Business, Business and Economy, Construction and Maintenance, Croke Park, drainage, dublin, Dublin2, duplex, euro, ireland, Manchester, McClean Architects, Portland Street, smooth sand cement render, urban Leave a commentA residential urban development located in the centre of Dublin, on Portland Street (close to the famous Croke Park Stadium)
This is definitely on of the most interesting residential development I have been involved in .
There are three blocks, comprising about 130 apartments, some of them duplexes, with a very narrow atriums beetween them an many balconies sticking out of the building, cladded with timber .
The three buildings create courtyards, new streets, that are of a very good quality and friendly for the inhabitants.
Striking combination of materials and quality of finishes makes me proud , and I very often draw some ideas from this design.
Presented buildings are liners with decks runing along the length of the buildings, the entrances to the apartments form a courtyard and with the external lifts linking the decks at the ends of the buildings.
The apartments are still available to purchase , for about 250 thousands euro – I think they are worth it.