The Sunday Times

For silver-screen contributions such as Plan Nine from Outer Space, the late Ed Wood is fondly remembered as one of the world's worst movie directors ever. Another Eddie, Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards, is considered a star thanks to his hapless efforts on the ski slopes. It seems that failure on a spectacular level can invoke a sort of inverted celebrity and an unorthodox popularity, based on an appreciation of quality of effort. Such sentiment, however, is never afforded to unpopular buildings. Take Hawkins House, the 11-storey jaded green high-rise box in Dublin which glowers at its neighbours on the south inner Liffeyside.