Alto Vetro

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Alto Vetro
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Alto Vetro
General information
AddressAlto Vetro
Grand Canal Dock
Grand Canal Quay
Dublin 2
Country Republic of Ireland
Coordinates 53°20′32″N6°14′19″W / 53.34224°N 6.23868°W / 53.34224; -6.23868
Completed2009 [1]
Owner Kennedy Wilson [2]
Technical details
Floor count16
Floor area2,610 / 28,094 ft²
Design and construction
Architecture firmShay Cleary
Developer Johnny Ronan
Main contractor Sisk Group
Known for17:1 plot ratio, the highest in Ireland [3]

Alto Vetro is a 16-storey residential tower on the west side of Grand Canal Dock, to the south of MacMahon Bridge, in Dublin, Ireland. [1] The structure contains 26 apartments, 24 of them two-bedroom (2 per floor), the top two being three-bedroom triplex penthouses. [1] There is a coffee shop and barbers at ground floor level. [1] [3] [4]

It was awarded the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland’s (RIAI) Silver Medal for Housing (2007-2008). [5] It was constructed by Sisk on behalf of developers Treasury Holdings which also developed the headquarters of Google, Montevetro, on Barrow Street across the canal basin from Alto Vetro. That building has since been renamed Google Docks. A third structure in the series, Aqua Vetro, was to be developed at Tara Street railway station, however this building had not started construction at the time the company entered insolvency. [6]

In 2014 Alto Vetro was sold by receivers from PwC appointed by NAMA and was acquired by Kennedy Wilson Europe. [7] [8]

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