Reflecting Piano's enduring passion for boating, the building vaguely resembles a maritime structure — kind of a drilling platform and a ship in a dry dock combined — gently laid down upon the seafront and overlooking the ocean, the city's former
dockland area, and the historic Jardines de Pereda gardens nearby, recently renovated after a design by Spanish landscape architect Fernando Caruncho.
Two specific locations; one on Navy Island near Niagara Falls and one in
the dockland area of Montreal, were put forward with detailed plans.
Not exact matches
Simultaneously, the inner - city
docklands are being transformed into attractive, lively
areas with busy pavement cafés, innovative architecture, unique bridges and an excellent choice of shops, restaurants and bars.
Dublin's
docklands have become internationally known as «Silicon Docks», thanks to the arrival and expansion of leading technology companies in the
area, including Google, Facebook and Ancestry.com.