New York-inspired tower is a Prism through which to view Cork

Planning permission is being sought for a slim, 15-storey, €20m triangular-shaped office tower in the heart of Cork City inspired by the legendary 22-storey 1902 Flatiron building in New York.

Proposed by Kerry builders Tower Holdings, The Prism is set to be slotted into a tiny 3,000 sq ft footprint next to the city’s bus station at Clontarf St, in a pivotal point in the city’s revitalising docklands and quays areas.

Just three quarters the size of a basketball court, the walled brownfield site has been idle for decades, and may survey other new office developments pending, or in train, from its height at Albert Quay, Andersons Quay, Penrose Quay, and at Port of Cork, where a 40-storey tower is also anticipated by the same developers.