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Mon 07 Jul 2008Scaled-down visions for tall buildings
BACKGROUND:CORK HAS again stolen a march on Dublin, with the Elysian tower overtaking Cork County Hall to claim the title of the Republic's tallest building, 11m (36ft) higher than Liberty Hall in Dublin, which is still the capital's tallest despite numerous proposals to go higher.
While Dublin is still in the process of discussions and deliberations about the planning of tall buildings, Cork has gone beyond that and is delivering them, Norman Craig, managing director of construction consultants Davis Langdon PKS, said last week.
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