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Chinese style wins out at CIE Pearse St

Archiseek / Ireland / News / 1999 / September 08 1999: Chinese style wins out at CIE Pearse St

A Ł250m blueprint for a landmark Dublin city centre site has been designed by the Chinese-born architect responsible for the world famous glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris. Ming Pei, of Pei, Cobb, Free & Partners, is understood to have drawn up one of the most imaginative designs ever conceived for Dublin for a key site at Pearse St/Westland Row in Dublin 2.

It is believed that the innovative new project will be undertaken on a joint venture basis involving Trinity College Dublin and CIE together with McNamara Builders. No comment was available from the CIE property department yesterday. However, property sources indicate that the five-acre site to the rear of Pearse St railway station has been earmarked for a major development.

The scheme is expected to link to TCD opposite via an underground walkway below Westland Row and to feature a dramatically designed glass prism.

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