Grand Canal Theatre

Grand Canal Theatre
Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Cooperation:Arts Team (part of RHWL Architects), ARUP Acoustics (UK), ARUP (Dublin), Billings Design Associates, Bruce Shaw Partnership, McCauley Daye O’Connell Architects, Michael Slattery & Associates, Pritchard Themis
Address: Grand Canal Square, Docklands, Dublin, Ireland
Investor:Ramford Limited
Completion:2010


The Grand Canal Square Theatre and Com­mercial Development in Dublin features a 2,000-seat performing arts centre which is integrated into a commercial area via two office blocks that include 375,000-square-foot of leasable office and retail space. This is located at the heart of the Grand Canal Harbour development and creates a focal point for Grand Canal Square. The project is currently under construction.
The 117,000-square-foot Grand Ca­nal Square Theatre is at the heart of the Grand Canal Harbour development. The building is based on the concept of stages — the stage of the theatre itself, the stage of the piazza, and the stage of the theatre lobby above the piazza, illuminated at night. The theatre becomes the main façade of a large public piazza that has a five star hotel and residences on one side and an office building on the other. The piazza acts as a grand outdoor lobby for the theatre. With the dramatic theatre elevation as a back­drop and platforms for viewing, the piazza itself becomes a stage for civic gathering.
With their twin facades, glazed courtyards and landscaped roofs, the two office blocks which make up the Commercial Development provide sustainable, state of the art work environments. By designing multi-story glazed atriums, the commercial buildings integrate with the adjacent retail, residential, cultural and public space components.
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