Baron99 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) Not sure if this is 'Heart of the City', wherever that is these days but this is going to be a major landmark. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-67872617 Where is the 'Heart' of the city centre these days? Is it The Moor area, given that demolition is taking place at the bottom of Pinstone St / Furnival Gate to replace those buildings with something more modern? Edited January 3 by Baron99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 22 minutes ago, Baron99 said: Not sure if this is 'Heart of the City', wherever that is these days but this is going to be a major landmark. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-67872617 Now that does look ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron99 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Mister M said: Now that does look ugly. If that's how it looks when it's built, I think it's quite an attractive building & better than the norm for the Sheffield skyline. Having said that, I remember that when the Conran Tower / Citylofts was first proposed by the builder & the plans agreed by SCC the front of the the entire building was going to be covered in copper that (paraphrasing here), "Would enhance & reflect the morning sunlight & over the years the copper would weather at different rates & produce a multitude of colours as it aged, thereby providing an iconic building that referenced Sheffield's metalwork industry." What happend? The developer part built the thing & then said they'd leave it unfinished unless SCC agreed to cheaper materials being used. Forget copper, basically brown plastic is the new garlic bread. SCC, collective trousers down & spanked again by a property developer. Edited January 3 by Baron99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 7 hours ago, Mister M said: Now that does look ugly. Horrible. The Leeds building is far better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 7 hours ago, Baron99 said: If that's how it looks when it's built, I think it's quite an attractive building & better than the norm for the Sheffield skyline. Having said that, I remember that when the Conran Tower / Citylofts was first proposed by the builder & the plans agreed by SCC the front of the the entire building was going to be covered in copper that (paraphrasing here), "Would enhance & reflect the morning sunlight & over the years the copper would weather at different rates & produce a multitude of colours as it aged, thereby providing an iconic building that referenced Sheffield's metalwork industry." What happend? The developer part built the thing & then said they'd leave it unfinished unless SCC agreed to cheaper materials being used. Forget copper, basically brown plastic is the new garlic bread. SCC, collective trousers down & spanked again by a property developer. People have short memories. Well done . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Swaine Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 It looks terrible in the picture but up close and in person, it looks quite nice. It's much nicer than the ghastly cladding being erected on the former Embrace bar on Barker's Pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 8 minutes ago, Irene Swaine said: It looks terrible in the picture but up close and in person, it looks quite nice. It's much nicer than the ghastly cladding being erected on the former Embrace bar on Barker's Pool. It hasn’t been built yet lass . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Swaine Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Just now, hackey lad said: It hasn’t been built yet lass . Oops, I thought it was the building near Pounds' Park! 😳 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delbow Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 On 03/01/2024 at 16:04, Baron99 said: If that's how it looks when it's built, I think it's quite an attractive building & better than the norm for the Sheffield skyline. Having said that, I remember that when the Conran Tower / Citylofts was first proposed by the builder & the plans agreed by SCC the front of the the entire building was going to be covered in copper that (paraphrasing here), "Would enhance & reflect the morning sunlight & over the years the copper would weather at different rates & produce a multitude of colours as it aged, thereby providing an iconic building that referenced Sheffield's metalwork industry." What happend? The developer part built the thing & then said they'd leave it unfinished unless SCC agreed to cheaper materials being used. Forget copper, basically brown plastic is the new garlic bread. SCC, collective trousers down & spanked again by a property developer. I thought City Lofts went bust but SCC had insisted on the project being underwritten so that it would get finished in that eventuality. Which it did, minus the copper - it's a favourite trick of property developers, so I was pleased when Greenwich Council refused to play ball The system generally seems rigged in favour of developers, so it's good to see someone taking a stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Johnson Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Just hope it actually ends up looking like it does in the proposals and doesn't end up half the size and clad in brown or grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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