Coopers Cross Commercial is an integral part of the redevelopment of a wider mixed use city block at the heart of Dublin’s North Docklands precinct which includes a new public park. The project was conceived as a pair of buildings set in a new urban landscape and designed primarily around the concept of placemaking. The manipulation of the streetscape forms a sheltered and stepped street between the two buildings to which each of them responds. The two buildings are treated similarly but differently. Both buildings utilize tones and forms that are reflective of the site’s industrial past.