Spire of Dublin Contents Description Context Reception Award nominations Gallery See also References External links Navigation menu53°20′59″N 6°15′37″W / 53.34972°N 6.26028°W / 53.34972; -6.2602853°20′59″N 6°15′37″W / 53.34972°N 6.26028°W / 53.34972; -6.26028"Spire cleaners get prime view of city""Spire of Dublin""Spike costs a million to keep clean""The Dublin Spire Competition Winning Announcement"the original"Judge spikes Ritchie's Dublin Millennium Spire""The Spire of Dublin""Case Study: The Spire WaterJet Cutting""Making the Dublin Spire""Temporary reprieve for O'Connell Street trees""Spire of Dublin"the original"The problem with the Spire"Construction PhotographsGallery of Spire maintenance pictures

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Spire of Dublin
Monument of Light

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Seen from O'Connell Street

General information
TypeMonument, sculpture
Location
Dublin, Ireland
Coordinates
53°20′59″N 6°15′37″W / 53.34972°N 6.26028°W / 53.34972; -6.26028Coordinates: 53°20′59″N 6°15′37″W / 53.34972°N 6.26028°W / 53.34972; -6.26028
Construction started2002
Completed21 January 2003
(16 years ago) (2003-01-21)
Cost€4,000,000
ClientDublin City Council
Height
Antenna spire120 m (393.7 ft)
Design and construction
Architect
Ian Ritchie Architects
EngineerArup

The Spire of Dublin, alternatively titled the Monument of Light[1] (Irish: An Túr Solais),[2] is a large, stainless steel, pin-like monument 120 metres (390 ft) in height,[3] located on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland.




Contents





  • 1 Description


  • 2 Context


  • 3 Reception


  • 4 Award nominations


  • 5 Gallery


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links




Description




The Spire looking towards the Liffey


The spire was designed by Ian Ritchie Architects,[4] who sought an "Elegant and dynamic simplicity bridging art and technology". The contract was awarded to SIAC-Radley JV and it was manufactured by Radley Engineering of Dungarvan, County Waterford, and erected by SIAC Construction Ltd & GDW Engineering Ltd.


The first section was installed on 18 December 2002.[5] Construction of the sculpture was delayed because of difficulty in obtaining planning permission and environmental regulations.[6] The Spire consists of eight hollow stainless steel cone sections, the longest being 20 m (66 ft), which were installed on 21 January 2003. It is an elongated cone of diameter 3 m (9.8 ft) at the base, narrowing to 15 cm (5.9 in) at the top. It features two tuned mass dampers,[7] designed by engineers Arup, to counteract sway. The steel underwent shot peening to alter the quality of light reflected from it.


The pattern around the base of the Spire is based on a core sample of rock formation taken from the ground where the spire stands and the DNA double helix.[3] The pattern was applied by bead blasting the steel through rubber stencil masks whose patterns were created by water jet cutting based on core sample drawings supplied by the contractor.[8] The design around the 10 m (33 ft) lower part of the Spire was created by the architects making a 3D pattern model combining the core sample and double helix and then digitally translated to a 2D image drawing supplied to the contractor and used by specialists for cutting the masking material.[3]


At dusk, the base of the monument is lit and the top 10 m (33 ft)[3] is illuminated through 11,884 holes through which light-emitting diodes shine.[9]



Context




Nelson's Pillar stood on the site of the Spire until it was destroyed by a bomb in 1966.


The monument was commissioned as part of a street layout redesign in 1999. O'Connell Street had declined for a number of reasons such as the proliferation of fast food restaurants and the opening of bargain shops using cheap plastic shop fronts which were unattractive and obtrusive; the existence of derelict sites; and the destruction in 1966 of Nelson's Pillar following a bombing by former IRA members.


The Anna Livia monument was installed on the site for the 1988 Dublin Millennium celebrations. In the 1990s, plans were launched to improve the streetscape. The number of trees in the central reservation, which had overgrown and obscured views and monuments, was reduced dramatically. This was controversial, as the trees had been growing for a century.[10] Statues were cleaned and in some cases relocated. Shop-owners were required to replace plastic signage and frontage with more attractive designs. Traffic was re-directed where possible away from the street and the number of traffic lanes was reduced to make it more appealing to pedestrians. The centrepiece of this regeneration was to be a replacement monument for Nelson's Pillar, the Spire of Dublin, chosen from a large number of submissions in an international competition by a committee chaired by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Joe Doyle. The Anna Livia monument was moved to make way for the Spire in 2001.



Reception


The Spire was initially met with some opposition. Supporters compare it to other initially unpopular urban structures such as the Eiffel Tower, while detractors complain that the Spire has little architectural or cultural connection to the city.[11][12]



Award nominations


The monument has been nominated for the following awards:


  • 2003 British Construction Industry International Award finalist

  • 2004 RIBA National Award & Stirling Prize shortlist

  • 2005 Mies Van der Rohe Prize list


Gallery





  • View from O'Connell Street







  • View from an inner city apartment building







  • Detail of the base artwork







  • Maintenance work







  • View from O'Connell Street at dusk





See also



  • Iglica


References




  1. ^ "Spire cleaners get prime view of city". Irish Independent. 5 June 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2007..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ The Spire, Túr Solais. London: Ian Ritchie Architects. 2004. ISBN 1904662013.


  3. ^ abcd "Spire of Dublin". Ian Ritchie Architects. Retrieved 1 November 2016.


  4. ^ "Spike costs a million to keep clean". Evening Herald. 22 December 2008.


  5. ^ "The Dublin Spire Competition Winning Announcement". Archiseek.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2008.


  6. ^ "Judge spikes Ritchie's Dublin Millennium Spire". The Architects' Journal. 8 July 1999. Retrieved 18 April 2018.


  7. ^ "The Spire of Dublin" (PDF). Public Art. Retrieved 18 April 2018.


  8. ^ "Case Study: The Spire WaterJet Cutting" (PDF). Aqua Design. Retrieved 25 November 2012.


  9. ^ "Making the Dublin Spire". NewSteelConstruction.com. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2018.


  10. ^ "Temporary reprieve for O'Connell Street trees". The Irish Emigrant. 17 November 2002.


  11. ^ "Spire of Dublin". European Architecture. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2015.


  12. ^ Mary Kenny (10 March 2013). "The problem with the Spire". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 10 February 2018.




External links




  • Construction Photographs

  • Gallery of Spire maintenance pictures


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