From band that brought you Joshua Tree and How To Build An Atomic Bomb.....In The Name Of Love....Bloody Sunday.
It's the U2 Tower, soon to rise above the Dublin Docklands. Pending completion date is some time in 2011.
The band's recording studio is that egg-shaped business under the solar panel and the wind turbines. Yes, this tower is as green as can be had with current technology. Don't you wonder how noisy those wind turbines will be? Will U2 be played over loudspeakers continuously to drown out the steady whooshing? Or is the location not particularly windy, so that the turbines don't turn all that often?
If you've got the cash, you could live here, in one of the luxury apartments. To the south there's to be a high end hotel, where you might stay if you've a mind to see Dublin. And see it you will, because there will be an observation platform in the tower as well.
As there is more in life than money, the concept includes thirty-four affordable flats. The maids and cooks and nannies have to live somewhere, don't they, and it's ever so much nicer when they're nearby. Almost on call, in a manner of thinking.
The south facade is a massive solar panel, while the rest of the building's outer wall will feature interesting textures.
The plan has been put forth. What will the locals have to say about it?
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