Docklands body denies U2 Tower design 'binned'

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2007 / February 24

The Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) has denied that designs for the proposed U2 Tower, intended as an architectural landmark for the city, have been "binned", as claimed by the Architects Journal this week. In a statement to The Irish Times, the authority said it was a condition of the tender for developers bidding to develop the site at Britain Quay that their schemes would include "the current U2 Tower design" by Burdon Dunne Craig Henry architects. The Blackrock-based design consortium emerged as the winners of an architectural competition in 2003 that became mired in controversy after the documentation identifying the original winning entry chosen by the adjudicators could not be found. Since then, the DDDA included an adjoining site in a tender to select development partners to build the twisting tower, which would rise to an overall height of 130 metres - 10 metres taller than the Spire - as well as a nine-storey block next door.

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