Design competition to replace Liberty Hall

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2007 / May 2

Liberty Hall

Debate over Liberty Hall's planned demolition is likely to intensify over the next two weeks when Siptu advertises an architectural competition to design a replacement for the iconic tower. A large scale heritage centre and a performing arts space are among the features that architects will have to include in their proposal for a new skyscraper. A notice announcing the competition is due to be published in the EU Official Journal by the end of next week. Although any decision regarding the 16-storey building's fate must be taken in conjunction with the planning authorities, the move brings Liberty Hall's date with the wrecker's ball ever closer. However, Siptu's general secretary, Joe O'Flynn, claims the architectural competition will "realise the very best design" for the union's next headquarters and insists the new skyscraper will "over time become equally as iconic" as the existing 1960s tower. The organisation hopes that a comprehensive heritage centre - covering the birth of the labour movement in the early 20th century to the formation of Siptu from the merger of the ITGWU and the FWUI unions in 1990 - will prove to be one of the building's most popular attractions.

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