Jenga-style Crow's Nest towers stacked in favour of student accommodation

A further 1,000 student beds to come on stream in Cork in time for new September term

New student accommodation on the site of the former Crow's Nest bar, Victoria Cross, Cork.

Thu, 14 Apr, 2022 - 08:00

Catherine Shanahan

THE zany verticality of Cork city’s newest Jenga-like student accommodation is just one of a series of developments set to deliver more than 1,000 extra bed spaces in the city in time for the next academic year.

Bookings are already being taken for the four Victoria Cross tower blocks, designed by award-wining architectural firm McCullough Mulvin, and inspired by the honey-coloured, world-famous “tower houses” of the classic Tuscan hilltop town and UNESCO World Heritage site, San Gimignano.