Architectural rhythm

On the way to the music session, I stopped off at Elm Park on the Merrion Road for a half hour or so. This office and residential development has always fascinated me (though I know many others consider it an eyesore). It's looking a bit sad these days, to be honest, having suffered severely from the bursting of the property bubble. Some of the offices are occupied, but I've heard stories of people taking a short-term rental in one of the apartments and finding themselves in the only occupied unit on their floor.

Also, the architects made some ill-considered choices of finishing materials. The Irish climate really isn't suitable for the exterior use of timber cladding, and the timber areas are now badly stained and discoloured. But still I find the architecture interesting and rather exciting. I'd need a lot more time to explore and to play around with angles and so on, but I did get a few shots which were reasonably okay. This one is the most successful.

The rest of the day, back home after the music session, was quiet and uneventful.