Can anyone in the know tell me what's going on on this site and where we're at, if anywhere, with the sphere? Cheers

Its going to become known as the rather longwinded name of Senator George Mitchell Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution although there are no pictures as of yet of how it is going to look and does anyone know when it is meant to start construction as it cannot be good seeing an empty plot here?

http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/international/754DAC6EAAE94420B396FA6018BB1930.htm

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Senator George Mitchell Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution
The man behind the historic Good Friday Agreement, US Senator George Mitchell, visited Leeds Metropolitan University recently, where it was announced that he will become a visiting Professor of Leeds Met School of Applied Global Ethics – and a new Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution will be developed bearing his name.

The Senator is a remarkable man whose illustrious career in the US Senate spanned 14 years. His Services to the peace process in Northern Ireland led to numerous honours, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the United Nations (UNESCO) Peace Prize.

During his visit the Senator delivered a seminar in the Old School Board where he gave an engaging address that touched on his work to resolve conflict in Northern Ireland, Iraq and the Balkans. Whilst drawing some similarities between conflict situations, the Senator stressed the importance of assessing each situation separately. He also highlighted the often neglected economic factors in peace negotiations.

A fascinating question and answer session saw staff, students and colleagues ask the Senator a number of pertinent questions about global conflict and peace. Professor Simon Lee, Vice-Chancellor, said that, 'We are honoured that Senator Mitchell has accepted an invitation to become a Visiting Professor at Leeds Met, as we encourage world-wide horizons for all our students and as we strive to become the equivalent on this side of the Atlantic of a major American university state system. He will help us and our partner organisations develop a Peace Centre that is worthy of his great name for making a difference.

Leeds Met Phd student Alidu Seidu added, “It was a great pleasure to meet the Senator, he was both welcoming and very friendly.” This new partnership is a great honour for the University and a tremendous resource for Applied Global Ethics students.

As far as I know, they haven't even put in a planning app

Leeds Met seems to be quite good at getting things done though, so I am confident that it will be built and planning will be granted.

Its going to become known as the rather longwinded name of Senator George Mitchell Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution although there are no pictures as of yet of how it is going to look and does anyone know when it is meant to start construction as it cannot be good seeing an empty plot here?

Anyone else find it interesting that we have suddenly taken a turn down the route of naming institutions, buildings, football stadia etc after people (living ones quite often)? A very common occurrence in Victorian times, but it became quite unfashionable, perhaps un-English for a long period in this country. The Americans have, of course, loved the concept for ages. Nothing against the good Senator, by the way, who appears to have done a sterling job on these shores and after whom I would readily recommend the naming of a faculty.

Anyone else find it interesting that we have suddenly taken a turn down the route of naming institutions, buildings, football stadia etc after people

Surely its quite common at unis though. At Leeds uni there are loads; Edward Boyle, Parkinson, Roger Stephans, Edward Brotherton, Worsley (building), not to mention all the residences. Lets just hope one day there will be a Zygmunt Bauman and JRR Tolkien library but there is never a jack straw library!!

Web cam bump...

http://160.9.137.11/view/index.shtml

Looking good.

Can anyone in the know tell me what's going on on this site and where we're at, if anywhere, with the sphere? Cheers

Leeds Met read that SirCWilson didn't like the sphere considering it to be gimmicky architecture. Suitably chastened they immediately cancelled the proposal and went back to the drawing board. :D

sorry not strictly about this site but still leeds met:-
http://www.dlgarchitects.com/our_work.asp?section=273&dev=15&project=43&image=228

Can anyone in the know tell me what's going on on this site and where we're at, if anywhere, with the sphere? Cheers

Looks like they are planning a whole scale redevelopment of the whole site, by developers Modus, to include:

- Keeping the new buildings (library etc) to the east of the site)
- Buildings around courtyard layouts, 4 - 11 stories high with a glazed atrium and central square
- a 30 storey tower near the centre of the site
- a 20 storey tower near the centre of the site
- a 20 storey tower in the northern corner of the site

This is the latest proposal information, and will be presented to the planning panel in two days time (27th March). Sounds like a massive development for the LMU, but is early days yet.

http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/lbs/rosebowl/landscapes/WT1318L02.pdf

A bit interesting

This week:



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Here's a shot of the site opposite the Rosebowl, the big ball thing, the site looks well prepped perhaps for developement after the rosebowl. There were some new metal hoardings lying on the floor as you can see, these could be to replace the wooden hoardings when developement starts!!! Wishful thinking!!!

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Are they cladding brackets appearing in the bottom right of the picture???
Frame is moving towards completion at the other side as well.

Thanks for all the pics NTTC, it's great to see the amount of work going on in the Northern Quarter.

Looks like they are planning a whole scale redevelopment of the whole site, by developers Modus, to include:

- Keeping the new buildings (library etc) to the east of the site)
- Buildings around courtyard layouts, 4 - 11 stories high with a glazed atrium and central square
- a 30 storey tower near the centre of the site
- a 20 storey tower near the centre of the site
- a 20 storey tower in the northern corner of the site

This is the latest proposal information, and will be presented to the planning panel in two days time (27th March). Sounds like a massive development for the LMU, but is early days yet.

There was an article in yesterday's YEP about the above, stating that Leeds Metropolitan University have now signed an agreement with Modus properties. They mentioned the design overview, including the towers up to 30 storeys high. When this takes another step forward, a new thread will be in order.

Here's a shot of the site opposite the Rosebowl, the big ball thing, the site looks well prepped perhaps for developement after the rosebowl. There were some new metal hoardings lying on the floor as you can see, these could be to replace the wooden hoardings when developement starts!!! Wishful thinking!!!


I was right all along, the white hoardings that were dormant on the site in my photos above, have begun to be erected around the site, i think Rob may be right, we'll need athread on this soon!!! This is amazing news!! :banana:

Are they cladding brackets appearing in the bottom right of the picture???
Frame is moving towards completion at the other side as well.


They are cladding brackets on the first 3 floors. I went passed yesterday and they're pretty clear on the web cam now. This building is speeding ahead.

http://160.9.137.11/jpg/image.jpg?timestamp=1204215760953

Looks like the Rose Bowl structure is up to full height? The main structure still needs that plant box though.

The Rosebowl is at full height with the precast stairs arriving tomorrow and decking commencing shortly afterwards. The complete Rosebowl will be 'shrinkwrapped' to provide temporary weathering. They have done this on the site down the street at Morrisons.

Next week will see the first Highlevel plant screen arrive next to the main road followed by the Plant Room which is top centre of the Faculty building facing the site offices.

I expect to be off site mid June.

Brackets are for the glazing.

Barry.

If someone with technical knowhow puts up an email address I will forward a Strucad 3d view of the Rosebowl that will let you all see how complex the steelwork is.

Barry.

Cheers for update Steeler. :cheers:

On another note, is that the new Granary Wharf crane in the haze to the right??

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On another note, is that the new Granary Wharf crane in the haze to the right??

It is. Well spotted.

was that internal divisions going up inside the structure when I walked past today?

Its all happening fast around here, both on this site and the one opposite which im even more excited about, theres new hoardings on the site opposite.

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and of course the Rosebowl...

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what's going to go opposite?

Its the proposed Senator george Mitchell Centre for Peace Studies (or something like that its the building which is shaped like a big eye or apple. There might be a picture somewhere in this thread, perhaps a page or two earlier.

Can't wait to see the demise of the brutalist Leeds Met towers - will give the area an instant lift. A re-clad of the car park, the demolition of Merrion House, and a re-orientation of the area's green spaces, and this part of town could be easily redeemed.

I agree it would be easy to improve this area to quite an extent, but I think it's more than just architecture and green spaces- a reconfiguration of the roads is needed if you ask me. The roads chop the area up in a messy way, and theres awkward traffic islands here and there. All this clutter and mess just needs sorting out. I don't quite know how- but surely a simpler entrance to Woodhouse Lane Car Park could be sorted out to get rid of the slipways into it from the motorway (I know this is quite efficient but its ugly and space-consuming). By doing this, you'd think a simple crossroads would be feasible on the A660/Portland Way junction.

a reconfiguration of the roads is needed if you ask me. .

Yep, that's what i meant to say instead of green spaces. I heard once that there's a long-term plan to pedestrian Clay Pit Lane.

How on earth do they propose to do that? It's quite a major route into the city, isn't it?

Perhaps that's the thing. There needs to be a complete reconfiguration- not just a bit of tweaking. I suppose if city centre traffic was routed down Regent Street into the city, rather than Clay Pit Lane, from the north, it could be closed. Woodhouse lane could then be a simple road, and could keep to the edge of the reconfiguration zone, creating a new square in a way. I dno if that makes sense. To rebuild Woodhouse Lane Car Park would be good- I realise people use it quite alot, but a new car park could be built- above the inner ring road again, but maybe with an entrance/exit on a level above the ring road or north of the car park to avoid cluttering the area suth of the ring road.

Whatever anyway, if the northern quarter could be made effectively traffic free (like the area within the loop) it could become part of the city centre in a much more active way.

Can't wait to see the demise of the brutalist Leeds Met towers

I actually really like the back one of the three, nearest to the A & E entrance.

Do I need help?

Can't wait to see the demise of the brutalist Leeds Met towers - will give the area an instant lift. A re-clad of the car park, the demolition of Merrion House, and a re-orientation of the area's green spaces, and this part of town could be easily redeemed.

Haha, i like the irony, you say this part of town could be "easily" redeemed by changing basically everything in it!!! Doesnt seem that easy to me!! :bash:

Can't wait to see the demise of the brutalist Leeds Met towers - will give the area an instant lift. A re-clad of the car park, the demolition of Merrion House, and a re-orientation of the area's green spaces, and this part of town could be easily redeemed.

keep the car park! It's an iconic piece of Brutalism and isn;t that bad really - just needs the glass in its stairwell sorted out.

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Haha, i like the irony, you say this part of town could be "easily" redeemed by changing basically everything in it!!! Doesnt seem that easy to me!! :bash:

Re-cladding the car park wouldn't be a big deal. I guess i was trying to say some re-clads, to remove the grey concreteness of the place, would make a big difference.

Thanks for the photos Even Flow, it looks like it's nearing structural completion, including lift cores, staircasees etc. The steel frame in the first two photos looks great.

on the site opposite that's been fenced off, they've stripped off a bit of the cladding of the main Leeds Met building - guess they're gonna attach something to it?

http://www.propertyweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=39&storycode=3112628

Developer Modus plans a £300m tie-up with Leeds Metropolitan University.

......by developing a 1m sq ft education-led, business and mixed-use development with its joint venture partner, Rushcliffe Properties.

The vision aims to bring together a new £300m ‘learning quarter’ for the city that will put further and higher education institutions alongside offices, retail and leisure. Modus plans to submit its proposals to the council this summer. ...

story continues

http://www.propertyweek.com/Pictures/316xAny/s/l/c/cmykLeedsUniView1CGIPROPOSA.jpg

^^ good find, looks fantastic, developers onboard, and site cleared. Hello!

Rose Bowled out:

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frames up, cladding imminent. Hurrah
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Just a quick update on progress.

Faculty Block Plantroom erection commencing Wednesday 14/05.

Faculty Phase 5B erection commencing 26/05. (This is the area currently erected to level03).

Bit of Level06 plant support steel to the Rosebowl w/c19/05

Brise soleil trusses to end of Faculty building and that'll be me complete mid June.

Check out the development in Liverpool called Mann Island by HBG as I'll be doing the steel there towards the end of the year. Really tasty buildings.

Barry.

thanks mate - great to have someone on-site with the the inside track.

Faculty Block Plantroom erection commencing Wednesday 14/05.




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Pretty big ain't it!

There's some top notch glazing going on this now - they've started on the right hand side of the webcam image.

glass has started going on one side of the building!

I saw the glazing this morning, it looks really really good. This building might be even better than we thought.

I'll probably be able to post some pictures later on or tomorrow afto at the latest.

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If you think the glazing looks good on the Faculty Building wait until you see the Rosebowl.

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That is very very nice cladding. So when is the completion for this due and is there any sign of what will be happening for the second phase adjacent to Woodhouse Lane and if anyone knows what is going ahead there (or is it just going to be left as a plain plot until a suitable scheme is announced or the economic situation improves).

Is that Terry Wogan at the bottom of the second picture. ;)

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Very nice :)

The cladding looks fantastic so far.

Its odd that one side of the building is already being cladded while the other side still has some significant framework to be finished it looks odd when viewed at the same time. Theres probably no logical reason why they're doing it like this is there?

The logical reason is called 'programme'.

The whole build of the Faculty structure started at one end (the one where the cladding started) and works towards the other side.

If you think about it when we erect the steel frame you have to start at one end and finish at the other with the start point being ready before the finish. This allows following trades to commence works prior to a contractor such as ourselves completing the full scope of our works. ie it has taken us around 6months to complete the steel frame but following trades have been working in certain areas around 6 weeks after we start.

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Nice materials
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And another one

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The quality of this has made me forgive the loss of my favourite city centre car park.



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The quality of this has made me forgive the loss of my favourite city centre car park.

No great loss there. So many cars got broken into or stolen, (including my own lol). Just pay the extra and park it in the light.
Brilliant addition to the area, hope its a taste of things to come for LMU in the future.

yeah, it is really quality, especially now that weve seem some of the light cladding, ive got a good feeling this will look superb. I hope somethings begin to take shape at the other Leeds Met site over the road. I think the university is less vulnerable to the current economic climate than commercial/residential developements.

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This wins best 'under construction development' for me. just beating
Latitude and Broadcasting Place. It seems the councils drive for better cladding is starting to pay off!

Great pics as always Aviator, thanks!

Great update. The cladding is just superb.

Great photos indeed Aviator,

We're hoping to have the steelwork totally finished by the end of this week.

Roll on the Grand Opening.

I like this building more and more, and I can't wait to see the glazed drum at the front of the building. I think it complements the Civic Hall beautifully.



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It is going to look fantastic, it'll be a real icon for Leeds Metropoolitan University and I'm sure it will be admired up and down the country.

Saw this on saturday and it looks even better in the flesh than it does in the pictures.

The Rose Bowl is setting a new standard for Leeds. It's looking great.

I wonder if the glazed drum will look very similar to 30 St Mary Axe as the steel frame looks the same and the glass doesn't look a million miles away?

This being the case I will now coin the frases,
The Gherkin Bowl, the Leeds Gherkin, the Met Gherkin, the Gherkin Stump!

Lads,

I see you're all referring to the 'glazed drum'.

This is the actual Rosebowl - when completed this will look like a Crystal Rosebowl.

If someone wants to offer an email address I can send a couple of 3d views of the steelwork and artists impressions.

Great photos again Aviator

Adding the stone panels to the metalwork on the ends of the building.

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Don't know if this has been answered already but is the grey steel shoebox structure on the top all for plant?

^^ Yes.

This is by far the best development in Leeds, looks awesome!

Note the green glazed panels being applied to the drum



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Finally from my walk around Leeds a couple of pictures of Leeds Met Uni's Rose Bowl with a lot of the glazing now going on the Portland Crescent end of the building.

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Very nice looking development. Is there a completion date for this scheme due yet and is there any news regarding the George Mitchell Centre yet and if there is any prospect of a second phase to the Rose Bowl being constructed fronting onto Woodhouse Lane (although I guess that depends on the economy)?

You can see right into the site over the road from this now if you go up the steps to the rear entrance of the Civiq Quarter.
There is nothing at all on site so god knows when it'll be re-developed.
I walked round the Rose Bowl a couple of days ago and the cladding just looks brilliant. The coated glass(?) on the actual bowl looks fantastic.

Surely the built environment department should be in this masterpiece not people studying business.

photo of a bloke walking along the crane from my office window. that guy has balls...

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try again...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mszybut/2744217254/

Had a gander at this before i jumped on the megabus this morning. It's superb.
The glazed triangular panels on the bowl itself are the real deal.

They've clad and uncovered the top half of the bowl now, it looks fantastic.

christ, they haven't messed around with this - its shot up and is looking fine to boot. Guess its ready for occupation at the start of the academic year 2009. Lucky Leeds Met students.

They've clad and uncovered the top half of the bowl now, it looks fantastic.


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Love it. I'm drooling here.

Its looking fantastic. Its a pity the dome's not facing the opposite way onto the main road.

Thsi really is a building that can be used in marketing literature to promote the face of modern Leeds. It really is a beaut. I'd love to see an aerial shot of this and the Civic Hall together, old and new Leeds.

It really is looking fantastic, it's kind of a shame that it's a bit tucked away really rather than in a prominent location.

I absolutely love it !,...will have to pop up there very soon and take some pics !

can't be denied - pure quality - so nice to say this about something in the northern part of town which has been raped by Opal.

Went past this tonight and it looked awesome!absolute quality, a building like this should set the standard of what should be built in Leeds, in recent years too many conservative buildings have gone up in Leeds, more are needed like this one!

I absolutely love it !,...will have to pop up there very soon and take some pics !

Lazy git!

You only live five minutes down the road. :)

I went passed it yesterday and it looks very impressive, it's also impressive how quickly it's being built. The only thing I think that would make it better would be to have the front facade facing the road! Well done Leeds Met, they're building 2 of the best if not the best developments in Leeds! :rock:

They have now clad the plant room on top of the building and it looks equally impressive as the rest of it. I'll put some pictures up tomorrow evening unless someone gets there first.

Here's a snapshot taken from the webcam this morning

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The webcam is on this site - http://160.9.137.11/view/index.shtml

I went passed it yesterday and it looks very impressive, it's also impressive how quickly it's being built. The only thing I think that would make it better would be to have the front facade facing the road! Well done Leeds Met, they're building 2 of the best if not the best developments in Leeds! :rock:

I agree... it's as if it's been plonked down backwards! Don't really like the look of the plant room either... sort of adds to the impression that the less attractive part of the building faces the main road.

I believe there is to be a phase 2 that will sit of the roadside, hopefully facing the road.

When they build the next phase near to the road, I assume it will be pretty clear why it was built this way round. Anyway, it should turn the Rosebowl/Civic Hall side into a nice little square once it's been landscaped.

Another picture from my weekend back in Leeds. The Rose Bowl really is looking stunning. I was a bit non-plussed by the non Bowl parts in the pictures I had seen but in real life I was very impressed, whilst not as obviously impressive as the bowl they use quality materials and are nicely proportioned. Overall a it's a big Smoggie thumbs up for this scheme :okay:

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^^
I went past it the other day. I think it is an excellent development, looks impressive and I have to say it certainly looks like an attractive building. Can't wait to see it finished. This is something both Leeds Met and the city can be proud of. More developments of this standard. :okay:

See a few interesting comments.

There is no Phase 2. The building is in that direction to create the courtyard between this modern building and the classic civic centre.

The trusses at the ends of the Faculty Block were actually fabricated by my 71 yo father.

I'm glad to see the glazing for the Rosebowl fitted as this was one of the most challenging structures we have built to date.

The renders have always suggested that there will be another building behind the Rose Bowl. Although there maybe no concrete plans for a phase 2, I believe the Bowl was designed with a phase 2 in mind.

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http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/about/ataglance/images/rose_bowl.jpg

It looks bonza.

If only all buildings had the budget to use cladding of this quality...

Tom89,

even though I'm the steel contractor I havent seen that view before. perhaps this is one for the future???

there certainly is a phase 2 development for the Met on the remaining bit of the car park. Not sure of planning or funding status, but Portland Gate as it was historically known has envisaged a number of buildings, the Rose Bowl being the first in the scheme.

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Wow! Looks exactly like the render!

Subliving.

it doesnt. the render is a lot lot smaller ;)

Latest pictures from one of my favourite project sites. I've discovered a slight drawback, though, which is that there is a huge conifer standing between the Rosebowl and the doors of the Civic Hall (you can see part of the tree in some of the snaps). It made me think that the space would be improved if the tree was removed and replaced by a fountain.


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Got to say.. Leeds met really are bringing some quality architecture to Leeds, what with this and broadcasting place.. I look forward to anything else they are planning..!

Some brilliant pics as ususal aviator!!! It integrates really well i think with civic hall in the last picture, its all been go since the last time i was on the forum. I agree with the post above, go Leeds Met, providing much better buildings than the council!!! :)

A little snippet from Yorkshire Post:

Olympic blessing

Date: 03 October 2008

An Olympian helped fit the final piece of glass on the roof of a new Leeds Metropolitan University building yesterday. Jo Ellis, a member of Team GB's hockey team and also a student at Leeds Met put the finishing touches to the building, behind Leeds Civic Hall. The Rose Bowl will be the new home of Leeds Business School from September next year.

http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/web/Upload/YPOS//TH1_310200848JM1_3049.jpg

Jo Ellis

Got to say.. Leeds met really are bringing some quality architecture to Leeds, what with this and broadcasting place.. I look forward to anything else they are planning..!

Agree with that statement 100% :banana:

Got to say.. Leeds met really are bringing some quality architecture to Leeds, what with this and broadcasting place.. I look forward to anything else they are planning..!

Don't forget they are also behind the new cricket pavillion at Headingley which will be used for teaching purposes for much of the year (most of the money is coming from them). Whether you like it or not, this will be another distinctive piece of architecture and will probably become, nationally and internationally. the most widely recognised building in the city.

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Work is moving along extremely quickly. They have taken some of the hoardings down to start the paving between the rb and the civic hall car park.

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thanks for your updates today Even Flow :) I'll take some when it's next sunny.

The opaque panels on the plant room on the roof were being removed today for some reason.
There still in place on the side facing Millenium Square though.

Took this through a tinted window at Hepworth Point, so I had to adjust the colours myself (might be a bit off):

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I like how some of the triangles from the facade are just about visible from the back :)

gherkin007 i assume u study architecture at leeds met?

:yes:

^^ Do you ever have any classes in the Northern Terrace then? That's where all mine are for Architectural Technology.
I can see my old bedroom window at Liberty Park in that picture.

^^ Do you ever have any classes in the Northern Terrace then? That's where all mine are for Architectural Technology.

I can't say I even know where the Northern Terrace is! All my lectures and studio sessions are in Hepworth Point (and the low-rise element of Broadcasting Place next September).

I occasionally visit the Met library for free printing when architecture students are hogging the free A0 printer in Hepworth. I've never needed to go to the Headingly Campus.

lol. im a first year student.wot year u in? btw u know adam from shrewsbury?

lol. im a first year student.wot year u in? btw u know adam from shrewsbury?

yeah first year architecture! you studying architecture too I take it? Nice late night before lectures tomorrow?

um I'm going to need more info on this adam from shrewsbury! I had a graphics teacher called adam at sixth form college :dunno:

Northern Terrace is where the school of the built environment is so all the Lecturers etc have their offices there.

From the LGI, note the green colours of both the Rose Bowl and Plaza Tower:

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Seems to be mostly finishing touches and landscaping remaining to be done now.


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Why did they have to put that awful glass box in the facade? It would have looked so much better if it was a clear semi-circle shaped meeting area for students...

I don't mind it, but I do wish the box on the top was executed in a better manner.

From the LGI, note the green colours of both the Rose Bowl and Plaza Tower:

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Nice photo.

The red clad Hepworth House used to be one of the tallest highlights on the skyline to the north of the city centre in the old days when it still had it's brown cladding. Now look at it!

I don't mind it, but I do wish the box on the top was executed in a better manner.

Agreed - definitely its achilles heel. Still a great building though.

Looks awesome. Is the bit between the rose bowl and the Civic Hall still gonna be used for parking?

:happy: Blagged a site visit inside the Rose Bowl earlier. Had a good look around and asked the architect some questions etc. Apologies for the quality of the pictures, but the site visit was at 4pm so it was getting dark when I started taking photos.



"what's the completion date?

Architect: We're a bit behind schedule but hopefully February. There will be a public crossing on Portland Way built between the Rose Bowl and the Leeds Met Campus across the road as well as a restaurant on the North Western face of the building.


"why does the back curve inwards slightly?"

Architect: Good question. This is due to the fact that the Leeds Civic Hall's East and Western walls are not quite parallel. Because the Rose Bowl had to follow these lines the back curves in slightly to fit the right angles of the site. I think it looks quite elegant!

(check on Google Maps. It makes sense.)



"What's that box on top for? It looks a bit out of place."

Architect: The Rose Bowl was intended to be a storey taller but it would have block views of the Civic Hall's owls from the corner at Woodhouse Lane and Portland Way. The two storey box on top of the Rose Bowl is to allow views to the owls whilst still keeping the same amount of floor space. The box can only be seen from the North and will be more or less hidden from view when an 18 storey Leeds Met University building is built on the adjacent site. This meant that the roof had to be attractive when looking down on it so the entire roof is covered in paving slabs and gravel at the moment.

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Architect: notice how the floor heights and beams follow the lines of the Civic Hall:

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Two stories of underground car parking:

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What's in the drum at the front?


Architect: Inside the drum are all the lecture theatres. There's a 250 seat lecture theatre, a 120 seater, two 60 seaters and two 40 seaters.

(scaffolding everywhere and not much light. I found them quite disappointing in size, but the 250 seater will look excellent when complete)

one of the 60 seaters I think:
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the 250 seater (there's a tier above too but it's covered in scaffold so I couldn't get a picture)
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Why is the drum separate from the rest of the building?

Architect: This is to allow as much natural light into the rest of the building as possible.


(irony of course that it was really dark at this time so the photos all look awful)

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BONUS! Pictures from the roof:

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again, sorry for poor light.

If an 18 storey building is built there in addition to the already good collection of mid rises around there, towered over by Blenheim, Opal and The Plaza, with the arena, that area of town is going to be transformed and become a really vibrant area that will be a massive help to 'Leeds moving up a league' as city leaders want.

If an 18 storey building is built there in addition to the already good collection of mid rises around there, towered over by Blenheim, Opal and The Plaza, with the arena, that area of town is going to be transformed and become a really vibrant area that will be a massive help to 'Leeds moving up a league' as city leaders want.


Completely agree. I'd like to see some talls proposed on the Headrow too. They'll make the street a lot more dramatic.

Will the 18 storey building (still under design) that he mentioned replace this design:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624318

or is that a design planned to replace some of the older buildings of the Uni elsewhere?

Well there have been proposals for a 60 storey building at Milgarth and a 20 storey building at Eastgate but I doubt these will come to fruition, certainly not any time soon. Other than that, I'm not sure where talls could be built on The Headrow.

The Suffolk Street Queensway in Birmingham is lined with most of Birmingham's talls and it really gives a big city feel to the street, although it's not nearly as pedestrianised as the Headrow:
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Do we know the location of the Millgarth Tower yet or the architects?

Yes the location is at Millgarth, KW Linfoot and Ian Simpson (I believe). But nothing concrete has gone through yet and it's very unlikely to when Lumiere is On Hold. I doubt a 60 storey at Millgarth will be built at all.

Will the 18 storey building (still under design) that he mentioned replace this design:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624318

or is that a design planned to replace some of the older buildings of the Uni elsewhere?

I believe the 18 storey block is to sit between the rose bowl and woodhouse lane, since he said that it will more or less block views from the north of the box on the roof of the rose bowl. The design in the link you posted is for the cleared site across the road on Leeds met main campus.

Do we know the location of the Millgarth Tower ?


Heh, the clue is in the name - it would be on the site of Millgarth, the West Yorkshire Police HQ down past the market. They are apparently considering relocating from the centre, but this would be a long term move.

Now if only there were a journalism award for atrocious punning:


Metro Uni bowled over as building goes top of the glass


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THE REALITY: Architect Mark Petersen, right, with Paul Riley, Craig Havenhand of Arup Construction engineers and Simon Sutcliffe, of Bam Construction by the Rose Bowl

Published Date: 09 December 2008

By KATIE BALDWIN


IT may not mirror Leeds Civic Hall exactly, but a new building will reflect it.

For the finishing touches are being put to Leeds Metropolitan University's £50m Rose Bowl development, directly behind the Civic Hall. The huge glass bowl structure at its centrepiece was inspired by the vision of vice-chancellor Professor Simon Lee.

In his inaugural lecture in 2003, he said: "My vision is of a reflective building, one which literally reflects the Civic Hall…which therefore figuratively unites the civic and education quarters of the capital city of the region, with open space leading to our neighbours."

Now that vision has become a reality, with the 10,000 sq metre home of the university's Leeds Business School due to be completed next April. As well as reflecting the Civic Hall, the design of the new building has been created to complement the architecture of its historic neighbour.

Seven lecture theatres, including one seating 250 students, will be housed in the central round building. These will be linked by bridges to adjoining buildings which contain modern lecture and teaching rooms and offices.

There is a restaurant, conferencing facilities for 400 delegates and a 197-space underground car-park. The building has been given an 'excellent' BREEAM rating, the top industry benchmark of sustainability.

Paul Riley, project manager for Leeds Met, said the building had a rainwater harvesting tank, lights which automatically switch off, and a combined heat and power boiler which generates electricity and carbon emissions 10 per cent lower than the statutory limit.

Cycle spaces and extra showers have been installed to encourage the use of sustainable transport.

Lawrence Bellamy, project manager for the Faculty of Business and Law which will be based there, said the design came about because of the Rose Bowl's sensitive position.

"The building reflects the design of the Civic Hall in a contemporary manner," he explained.

"Staff are pretty excited and students are too.

"The students recognise they are going to have a great learning environment. They have everything they need within the building and in the nearby buildings to make the best of their education."

He said it was important for the business school to be in the city centre so students could connect with business and staff could share their knowledge.

Lots of activity around the Rose Bowl in recent days. Stylish steel cooling vents have been installed at either side of the building and the landscaping around it is being constructed at a seemingly frenetic pace. Initial impressions are that it will do a lot to humanise that part of town.

Check out the feature in New Steel Construction. It's on their website also.

That boyo from Fishers is apparently very intelligent and good looking. LOL.

Thanks Steeler.

The article that Steeler mentioned can be found in .pdf format at:
http://www.steelconstruction.org/steelconstruction/view?entityID=2413&jsp=nsc_source&sessionID=-1232801628491&entityName=magazinearticle

BONUS! Pictures from the roof:


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Looking back through this thread and I have to say I really like this picture.. very New York-esq.

Gives a very dense urban area look, and the window lights against the gradually darkening sky help to give the image a real sense of the buzz of the city. Its a nice composition, and the other buildings actually help to make Opal3 look reasonable.

Just a shame about the blur/focus.. any photographers wanna try blag their way onto the top of the rose bowl and get a professional shot? I think it would look nice on a long exposure with the lights from the cars blurred and the street lights burning into the image.

Gherkin, I think you may have found that ever illusive angle that makes Opal3 look like less of a shit hole :applause:
:lol:

Just a shame about the blur/focus.. any photographers wanna try blag their way onto the top of the rose bowl and get a professional shot? I think it would look nice on a long exposure with the lights from the cars blurred and the street lights burning into the image.

Gherkin, I think you may have found that ever illusive angle that makes Opal3 look like less of a shit hole :applause:
:lol:

I'll kill two birds with one stone here by saying that this photo I took below is the best angle of Opal Tower and it was ALSO taken with the same camera. It seems that my camera can't do night shots standing on the roof of a windy Rose Bowl!

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....Stylish steel cooling vents have been installed at either side of the building....


I see what you mean!


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A very nice building indeed! But that top part on the roof, what is it? It's looking so out of place. Couldn't they have used the same glass or made it look more like a roof terrace with some slanted angles or something of that nature?

^^Yes it does spoil the building from that rear view. This was dealt with by the architect when Gherkin met him on a site visit as reported in an earlier post.

"What's that box on top for? It looks a bit out of place."

Architect: The Rose Bowl was intended to be a storey taller but it would have block views of the Civic Hall's owls from the corner at Woodhouse Lane and Portland Way. The two storey box on top of the Rose Bowl is to allow views to the owls whilst still keeping the same amount of floor space. The box can only be seen from the North and will be more or less hidden from view when an 18 storey Leeds Met University building is built on the adjacent site. This meant that the roof had to be attractive when looking down on it so the entire roof is covered in paving slabs and gravel at the moment.

Of course, given the current economic conditions and the ructions at Leeds Met, the building that is meant to hide the box might not appear for some time.

Why not just make the building that's 18st into a 20st and be done with the weird box?

^^ Because the two buildings are completely different developments and will have different uses... they're not related!

Inside the box is completely choc-a-blocked with pipework, boilers etc. The architect said he was surprised everything managed to fit in!

^^ Because the two buildings are completely different developments and will have different uses... they're not related!

Inside the box is completely choc-a-blocked with pipework, boilers etc. The architect said he was surprised everything managed to fit in!

Fair enough.
I just hope they don't find a leak. :lol:

The whole site was really busy today with workers completing the external works.

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The bowl looks truly spectacular in those shots. Hopefully will become an iconic piece of architecture for Leeds Met.

Just got back to Leeds and they've made the entire site next to (North of) the Rose Bowl into a decent looking car park. It was piles of dirt the last time I walked past!

Just got back to Leeds and they've made the entire site next to (North of) the Rose Bowl into a decent looking car park. It was piles of dirt the last time I walked past!

I saw that the other day too! Looks good to be honest and will bring in money until they build the second building.

Tried to get an aerial (ish) photo, but it's impossible to get a good picture from the windows at Hepworth Point:

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I hope the lorry helps shows the scale of the development

She looks externally finished! It looks lovely in the sun - just a shame so few people will see the "bowl" of the building.

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This one's turned out quite funny:
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The glass face between the Bowl and the side parts looks pretty smart:
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And one showing the (empty on a Saturday!) car park and Leeds' northern skyline:

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Really smart building. Make sure you check out the cafe on the East side once it's finished (some time in the summer).

I like it. It is a shame that few people will see the bowl. I'm guessing that the other building will be on the car park- hopefully of an equally, if not more, exciting design.

^^ The Rose Bowl architect said it would be 18 storeys tall but I'm afraid that was all the info he gave me! It would be nice if it followed the lines of the Civic Hall/Rose Bowl...

I think it probably will refer to the Civic Hall and Rose Bowl in some way. If the hotel on the site next to the College of Technology is to be under construction by the end of this year, then there should be something for the building to refer to on that side too. Let's hope it pulls these buildings together. 18 storeys is about right for the site- helping to create the mass needed to step up between low rise Millennium Square and the northern cluster with Broadcasting Place/The Plaza/Opal/Tower North.

Remember that an 18 storey university buiding will be as tall/taller than the 25 storey Opal Tower due to higher floor to ceiling heights. Hepworth Point is ten storeys and is 52m tall, for comparison. I'm not sure how high the other buildings in Leeds Met are, but this new tower should dwarf them all.

A fantastic finished result, congratulations Leeds! :)

Remember that an 18 storey university buiding will be as tall/taller than the 25 storey Opal Tower due to higher floor to ceiling heights. Hepworth Point is ten storeys and is 52m tall, for comparison. I'm not sure how high the other buildings in Leeds Met are, but this new tower should dwarf them all.

True. I would imagine that it will get approval quite easily in this area. There is little for a building to offend, and it is in one of the areas where the council are encouraging tall development. Leeds Met usually produce high quality designs as we have seen too.

That being said you've got to remember the rose bowl was scaled back because ti would block the views of Civic hall, so surely a 18 storey monster would do the same. Hope it passes planning, and knowing Leeds Met it will be top quality!

Well as long as the tower is narrow enough for the towers of the Civic Hall to be visible on each side, it should be ok.

Well as long as the tower is narrow enough for the towers of the Civic Hall to be visible on each side, it should be ok.

I don't think anything which would be visible above the Civic Hall from Great George Street will be approved.

Great pictures there, Gherkin :cheers:

The skyline strategy says that the towers of the Civic Hall should have their sky background preserved. But, this site is at an angle to the Civic Hall towers. You would have to be in a very specific position for the building to intrude the sky background of the Civic Hall, if they did at all. I expect if a building did intrude, changes could be made to the design like how 122 Leadenhall was altered to preserve views of St. Pauls.

It's also worth noting that the skyline strategy encourages a tall building background from Millennium Square, using The Plaza from Portland Crescent and Cookridge Street as the example.

Thanks aviator, I took some more today - It's my favourite building in Leeds at the moment!:

This evening's sunlight made some lovely patterns on the facade:

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Here's the money shot: Photomerging this on PhotoShop took ages! I didn't have enough RAM to save it as a high quality JPEG file :nuts:

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The reflections from the bowl onto the stone walls look good. The entrances into the building look tiny in those photos. It's a shame they're at the side of the bowl and not directly underneath it where that glass box is.

I'm disappointed by the glass box under the bowl - it would have looked much more impressive if they'd left it open imo

http://www.leedsrisingcity.org/assets/images/mapPanels/projectImages/1B_Rose_Bowl/roseBallSiteContextDownload.jpg

Interesting to see a few new pedestrianised streets there to make a pedestrianised campus for the Met, and epand the pedestrianised area around Millennium Sq. Nice touch

The pedestrianised street on the right hand side of the Rosebowl must be wrong, how are you suppost to access the new underground car park.

The Rosebowl is pretty smart inside. There's a cafe on the ground floor which is quite a pleasant place to do lunch if you work in the area.

did the half marathon two weekends ago and wandered past the new car park entrance. £2.5 an hour and much more for longer? Are they having a laugh? Building is great though.

^^ £25 for 5+ Hours.. somebody is taking the piss. From my understanding it's because the car park is privately managed, and not managed by LMU, Which basically means some people trying to get rich off of the (poor soon to be broke if they park here) students and workers at the Civic hall..

It's what? £7 to park in the multi storey car park for the day next to Morrisons? Or the one by the Dry Dock? :nuts:

It's what? £7 to park in the multi storey car park for the day next to Morrisons? Or the one by the Dry Dock? :nuts:

£2.50 for half a day at the one on Whitehall Road, bargain! I always park there when I'm back in the 'hood.

Is that the one you can see from the train opposite Latitude, where the car parking spaces are spray painted onto the concrete, clearly having not been measured?

Found this old design by accident.

Note a few differences between the built design and this design - landscaping, bowl colour, front façade detail... but interestingly, no box on top. I guess the planners were more keen on the box than this other roof structure. The top level is used as a plant room.
http://i39.tinypic.com/24whh7b.jpg

I think that it would look better if the plant room style box continued around the whole of the roof as per the design above.

I'd imagine it's a lot more functional at the moment... That design looks like a plant corridor rather than a plant room. It also means that the roof is effectively a storey shorter, so it lines up with the Civic Hall

I'd imagine it's a lot more functional at the moment... That design looks like a plant corridor rather than a plant room. It also means that the roof is effectively a storey shorter, so it lines up with the Civic Hall

sadly the all-along-the-roof plant room would've blocked views of the civic hall towers/ golden owls so a bit of tweaking had to go on

i prefer the original layout for the car park entrance, the end result leaves a lot to be desired :(