€350m RTE HQ delayed in demand by planners
RTE has been told to give a more detailed account of the impact a €350m redevelopment of its Donnybrook campus will have on the area.
RTE Donnybrook
‘Tsunami of change’ requires RTÉ site revamp
RTÉ’s ambitious plans to redevelop its Donnybrook site are designed to steel the national broadcaster for what one of its senior officials called “the tsunami of change descending upon us”.
1962 – RTE Television Center, Donnybrook, Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott & Partners
On 3 October 1960 the new Radio Éireann Authority signed a £500,000 contract for the construction of the television centre and offices at the proposed location in Donnybrook.
1973 – RTE Radio Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott & Partners
Part of the RTE campus which includes radio and television studios. With the completion of the Radio Centre,
1974 – RTE Masterplan, Donnybrook, Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott & Partners
Masterplan by Ronnie Tallon of Michael Scott & Partners, later Scott Tallon Walker, for a new broadcasting campus at Donnybrook.
Here’s one for the books
One thousand and one buildings you must see before you die — and no fewer than 13 of them are in Ireland.
RTE to demolish Tallon’s Radio Centre?
RTE recently submitted plans for the redevelopment of their Donnybrook campus. Rising to an overall height of almost 26m (88ft) on its frontage to the dual-carriageway,
See RTE and die: it’s a world’s best building
The drab, box-like buildings at the RTE studios in Montrose in Donnybrook might not be everyone’s choice when it comes to picking the most significant architectural achievements in Ireland.
