Bono and the boys are busy at work on the tallest building in Ireland, a consortium led by the band has been selected as the preferred bidder to design, finance and construct the £140 million project. The tilted triangular 600ft. building will be clad in solar panels, include 34 social and affordable flats with the remainder accommodating luxury apartments, while a five-star hotel will be built in an adjoining building, as part of its designers’ commitment to renewable energy and socially conscious architecture.
An egg-shaped recording studio suspended from the top of a 600ft luxury apartment block was unveiled as part of the rock band U2′s plans for a skyscraper that will dominate Dublin.
announces the Telegraph article.
The building comes with it’s own shiny floor reflection!
Posted by Haig Armen
Tags: Architecture, solar, Sustainability, U2
justin (December 2nd, 2007)
is it as good as it looks?