Grand Canal Square Theatre and Commercial Development

Commission: 2004 Completion: 2009

Client: Ramford Limited, Chartered Land

Building Address: Grand Canal Square ，Dublin 2 Ireland

Technical Details:

Building Area (Mixed Use):

South Office Block: 18,000 sq.m (193,750 sq.ft)

Theatre: 10,882 sq.m (117,000 sq.ft) 2,000+ Seating

North Office Block: 27,500 sq.m (296,000 sq.ft)

Structure: Theatre Volume – Stainless steel rain screen cladding panels on reinforced concrete and steel structure with strips of high performance glazing.

Theatre Glass Curtain – High performance glazing with exposed polyester powder coated pre-fabricated steel box sections.

Commercial Buildings – Low-iron unitized twin skin glazing system with geometric ceramic frit patterns with solar / glare perforated venetian blinds and capped unitized curtain walling with fixed blade louvers.

Credits:

Principal Architect: Stefan Blach

Design Team Leader: Gerhard Brun

Design Team: Patrick Cox, Andreas Baumgärtner, Nathaniel Lloyd, Toralf Sümmchen, Matthias Rühl, Anna Poullou, Guillaume Chapallaz, Jens Hoffman, Luca Mangione, Kaori Hirasawa, Anja Bungies and Christian Müller

Architect of Record: McCauley Daye O'Connell, Architects

Quantity Surveyor: Davis Langdon PKS Joint Venture Partner: Architekt Daniel Libeskind AG

Structural Engineer: ARUP Project Management: Lafferty Project Management

Structural, Civil Engineer, Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, Venue and Acoustic Consultant: ARUP Consulting Engineers

Lighting Designer: Pritchard Themis Executive Architects (Commercial): MDO

Fire Protection Consultant: Michael Slattery Associates

Facade Consultants: Billings Design Associates

Cladding Consultants: Offices and Theater BOH Facade: Permasteelisa Group

Steel/Glass: Permasteelisa Central Europe Health and Safety: Bruce Shaw Partnership

Contractor: John Sisk & Son