The Dublin Docklands currently find themselves in a profound transformation process. Traditional harbour structures are changing into a modern service area. Together with this structural change and corresponding to these tasks, new architectural concepts are evolving; here, the contrast between established history and dynamic future marks an authoritative model. The new Landmark Tower and U2-Studios take an important and significant role in this whole transformation process.

To give the Landmark Tower a characteristic expression it is conceived as a strong house. Its form is strictly drawn from the mixture of use; in its appearance, this form represents a reminder of typical harbour elements. Typologically the tower is composed of the classical structural elements base, stock, and attica. The individual uses are arranged accordingly. On the two-storey base fitting into the form of the site, there are spaces intended for restaurants, night clubs, bars, and fitness centres; the twelve-storey stock is conceived for the use of flats and offices. The two storeys of the attica, all with corresponding roof gardens, form the volume for the U2-studios.

The two top floors tower over the building like a collar in a south-western direction; moreover, they also correspond to the two-storey base of the building. It is this dialogue that makes the new Landmark Tower so unique. This dialogue is supported by the fact that the roof as well as the southern façade of the two-storey base are arranged as public roof gardens to be used by everyone.

The tower is not conceived of additive elements but as a strong form. To strengthen this elementary thought, a façade system is spanned like a net over the whole of the building. The façade is made from steel, with punched out openings as in a perforated sheet metal. To support this conceptual composition as a whole, these punched out openings, in four varying sizes, are arranged in a variable order; like this, the classical scale of a stacked up house disappears. To intensify this manipulation of scales, glass elements of varying sizes are implanted playfully in the tower. With this façade the Landmark Tower appears as a very lively modern building. The different colours of the implanted glass elements take this impression even further.

This body-like appearance also represents the leitmotiv for the interior design of the Landmark Tower. Here too, the levels are not plainly stacked up but woven into each other with the help of different floors; thus, an interesting variety of room orders evolves within the building. This playing with spaces is continued by the liveliness of the façade.