Cadenza, Dublin

CADENZA is a new 10,550 sqm office development that demonstrates excellence in design and technical execution enhancing the surrounding area with the integration of a building completed to the highest quality. The building is located on a prominent corner site at the junction of Earlsfort Terrace and Adelaide Road extending to Hatch Lane to the east. An amalgamation of two 1970’s office buildings previously located on this site provided the opportunity to re-develop the exciting city centre site and demonstrate progression with a new world class office headquarters. The Cadenza building form rises to seven storeys with a delicate rhythmic stone veil wrapping the primary façades, echoing the urban context with the civic quality of the stone and the vertical rhythm. This facade employs a frame-less and mullion-less skin of glass, shaded by a stone veil which is suspended off of the building. This three dimensional stone matrix forms a pattern that adds a visual interest to the streetscape below and is suspended above the large curved and independently supported glass screens that enclose the entrance hall. Lower level gardens provide green spaces for the workers and the terraces at upper levels offer broad views across the city. The brass and gold fins add colour, warmth and additional shading. Overall this is a highly progressive and carefully considered development. Cadenza embraces it’s surroundings and offers back to the community an enhanced development that demonstrates what can be achieved with dedication, creativity and attention to detail through team collaboration.