
The Mountbrook Group has unveiled plans for the Jurys Berkeley Court 7 acre site at Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. The plan includes a new landmark 37 storey tower standing 132 metres, sculpted like a diamond. It will have at its base, a cultural quarter and will be positioned at the entrance to the former Jurys Hotel and be centred on the median of Pembroke Road. The plan is a mixed use development combining a multitude of facilities for the area.
Mountbrook acquired the 7 acre site in 2005, at €54 million per acre, in what was, at the time, a record price for land in Ireland. The developers embarked on a world-wide architectural competition. Architects from North America, Europe and Ireland entered the competition and the winning entry was designed by Henning Larsen Architects, based in Copenhagen.
The landmark tower to be known as One Berkeley Court is best described by Ulrik Raysse, the concept design architect: "In the middle of the development stands the landmark residential tower, One Berkeley Court. It has its own special geometry and materiality. It is cut like a diamond. It was crucial for us to position the cultural programme at the base of the tower, so that the tower is not solely the landmark for the redevelopment of Ballsbridge, but also becomes a beacon for the cultural centre".

