• Question: do you think cork, dublin, belfast or galway would be a good site for high rise????? #highrise

    Asked by Emes Lenihan to Caoimhe, Colin, David, Lisa on 19 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Caoimhe O'Neill

      Caoimhe O'Neill answered on 19 Nov 2014:

      I think this would depend on their current skyline and how many stoerys you were thinking of. Something like ‘The Shard’ that is in London would look quite out of place in any Irish city, it has over 70 storeys. The current tallest building in Ireland is the Obel Tower in Belfast – it has 28 storeys.

    • Photo: Colin Keogh

      Colin Keogh answered on 19 Nov 2014:

      Belfast has some relatively high rise buildings at the minute. But as Caoimhe said, they would have to fit into the current city. SO maybe in Dublin in the Docklands near Google, but most other places in Ireland are to flat. They would look really out of place.

    • Photo: David Taylor

      David Taylor answered on 19 Nov 2014:

      I think I’d put it on Howth Head. All the rich people would be soooo unhappy!

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