Comments on: House 656 / O’Connor + Shanahan architects http://www.archdaily.com/21152/house-656-o%e2%80%99connor-shanahan-architects/ Architecture News: The latest buildings, projects and competitions every day. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:20:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sTEO http://www.archdaily.com/21152/house-656-o%e2%80%99connor-shanahan-architects/#comment-48134 sTEO Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:56:03 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21152#comment-48134 Just doesn't work as a scheme........ Just doesn’t work as a scheme……..

]]> By: Ito http://www.archdaily.com/21152/house-656-o%e2%80%99connor-shanahan-architects/#comment-37634 Ito Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:32:45 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21152#comment-37634 well I think it happens everywhere well I think it happens everywhere

]]> By: panamArq http://www.archdaily.com/21152/house-656-o%e2%80%99connor-shanahan-architects/#comment-37338 panamArq Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:14:25 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21152#comment-37338 please please please dont call this irish architecture....irish architects are much better than this please please please dont call this irish architecture….irish architects are much better than this

]]> By: JKA http://www.archdaily.com/21152/house-656-o%e2%80%99connor-shanahan-architects/#comment-37331 JKA Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:48:53 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21152#comment-37331 I think its understated but , better than a lot of you appreciate. Because your use to arbitary designs from Zaha etc and think thats real architecture , when all it's just messing about on a computer ! Clearly you need to look at more Irish Architecture ! I think its understated but , better than a lot of you appreciate. Because your use to arbitary designs from Zaha etc and think thats real architecture , when all it’s just messing about on a computer ! Clearly you need to look at more Irish Architecture !

]]> By: PanamArq http://www.archdaily.com/21152/house-656-o%e2%80%99connor-shanahan-architects/#comment-37250 PanamArq Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:57:05 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21152#comment-37250 hey, at least it is better than the brazil pavilion! I think the last image is hilarious, the side elevation....its on a hill? really?? hey, at least it is better than the brazil pavilion!
I think the last image is hilarious, the side elevation….its on a hill? really??

]]> By: IP freely http://www.archdaily.com/21152/house-656-o%e2%80%99connor-shanahan-architects/#comment-37248 IP freely Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:42:20 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21152#comment-37248 some of the comments on this have been disappointing. it might be better to analysis the project, rather than defend it. some of the comments on this have been disappointing. it might be better to analysis the project, rather than defend it.

]]> By: NevilleNeville http://www.archdaily.com/21152/house-656-o%e2%80%99connor-shanahan-architects/#comment-36766 NevilleNeville Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:40:39 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21152#comment-36766 I am a regular visitor to this site and am amazed at the incensed comments that have resulted from the posting of this inoffensive domestic project from Ireland. The project might not be architecturally astounding but it certainly has architectural sensibility in its design and also seems to be a worthy interpretation of a client’s brief. Whether the architect had a concept has been questioned, when this couldn’t be clearer from the information posted, a solid traditional block houses the sleeping areas with a simple single space timber box providing the living areas. The solution is understated and though it may not be everyone’s cup of tea certainly seems undeserving of adjectives such as ‘muck’, ‘trash’, ‘monstrosity’. I agree with Katsudon that the material presented doesn’t do it any favours. The choice that all readers of the site have is to move onto the next post on the site and onto another project that appeals to them . The best analogy I can make is that the site is like a box of chocolates and one will generally choose a chocolate they like from the box and enjoy it as opposed to complaining that the chocolate that they dislike shouldn’t be in the box. I am a regular visitor to this site and am amazed at the incensed comments that have resulted from the
posting of this inoffensive domestic project from Ireland. The project might not be architecturally astounding but it certainly has architectural sensibility in its design and also seems to be a worthy interpretation of a client’s brief. Whether the architect had a concept has been questioned, when this couldn’t be clearer from the information posted, a solid traditional block houses the sleeping areas with a simple single space timber box providing the living areas. The solution is understated and though it may not be everyone’s cup of tea certainly seems undeserving of adjectives such as ‘muck’, ‘trash’, ‘monstrosity’. I agree with Katsudon that the material presented doesn’t do it any favours.

The choice that all readers of the site have is to move onto the next post on the site and onto another project that appeals to them . The best analogy I can make is that the site is like a box of chocolates and one will generally choose a chocolate they like from the box and enjoy it as opposed to complaining that the chocolate that they dislike shouldn’t be in the box.

]]> By: dingdangdong http://www.archdaily.com/21152/house-656-o%e2%80%99connor-shanahan-architects/#comment-36664 dingdangdong Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:58:33 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21152#comment-36664 Unfortunately this kind of muck is all too common in the Irish countryside. Its interesting that its provoked such a hostile response and such a pity that the planning authority didn't take a similar view. If you think this is bad do not go to Ireland - there are approx half a million of these monstrocities lurking about. Unfortunately this kind of muck is all too common in the Irish countryside. Its interesting that its provoked such a hostile response and such a pity that the planning authority didn’t take a similar view. If you think this is bad do not go to Ireland – there are approx half a million of these monstrocities lurking about.

]]> By: Katsudon http://www.archdaily.com/21152/house-656-o%e2%80%99connor-shanahan-architects/#comment-36574 Katsudon Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:51:49 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21152#comment-36574 The project isn't bad actually! I don't understand that the negative comments focus on the project quality! Any small studio that is able to complete this (i don't mean technically but getting the project from a client and complete it) should be proud to run its business without doing crappy projects that most of us need to do to survive. Yes this is also architecture and it's a face of the job that exist and when it's correctly done, why to be so snobbish? This said, i think that if the architect (?) had provided better material about the project it would be considered with better eyes maybe? Those pictures and super compressed jpg floor plan really don't serve the project!! The project isn’t bad actually! I don’t understand that the negative comments focus on the project quality! Any small studio that is able to complete this (i don’t mean technically but getting the project from a client and complete it) should be proud to run its business without doing crappy projects that most of us need to do to survive. Yes this is also architecture and it’s a face of the job that exist and when it’s correctly done, why to be so snobbish? This said, i think that if the architect (?) had provided better material about the project it would be considered with better eyes maybe? Those pictures and super compressed jpg floor plan really don’t serve the project!!

]]> By: Sadia Hayat http://www.archdaily.com/21152/house-656-o%e2%80%99connor-shanahan-architects/#comment-36560 Sadia Hayat Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:19:46 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=21152#comment-36560 thoroughly impressed by the number of comments this trash has recieved................ hey whats happening ........ thoroughly impressed by the number of comments this trash has recieved……………. hey whats happening ……..

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