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The Spire Location. The Spire is located in front of the GPO on O’Connell Street in Dublin. Get directions.
The project, then estimated at IRL £3 million (€3.8 million), was selected by Dublin City Council in March 1999 by 34 votes to 14. The monument was designed by the London-based firm Ian Ritchie Architects. It is a 120m high cone that is three metres wide at the base and tapers to 150mm at the top. It is located in the median of Dublin's O ...
The Spire is in fact a contemporary sculpture, erected in 2003 in the middle of Dublin’s main street, O’Connell Street. It’s impossible to miss, as it can be seen from several streets around, thanks to its gigantic height. The Spire takes the form of a conical column, rising to a height of 120 metres from a base 3 metres in diameter.
Spire of Dublin. Ian Ritchie Architects won the international competition for a monument in the centre of Dublin. The monument was the flagship project of a wider improvement of the centre of Ireland’s capital city and replaced Nelson’s Pillar, destroyed by terrorists in 1966. Creating a national monument involved many interested parties ...
Location >The Spire Did you know the official name of the Spire is An Túr Solas ‘Monument of Light’? This year, the Spire becomes a beacon of light visible for miles around. O’Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1
The Spire ist außerdem ein beliebter Treffpunkt von Jugendlichen in Dublin. Die Kosten für das Bauwerk betrugen rund vier Millionen Euro . The Spire wurde für folgende Architektur- und Baupreise nominiert: RIBA National Award & Stirling Prize (2004), British Construction Industry International Award (2003), Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture (2005).
The spire can easily be seen from all around Dublin. It was just a couple blocks from the Westin Dublin on O'Connell Street. We.we’re told it is made of stainless steel and is 390 feet tall. The base is large and shiny, with a pattern etched in it. Well worth seeing close up. We highly recommend making time to see it.
