If there was one building in Birmingham you could, say, treble the height of, which one would you choose?

Mine would be Colmore Gate. There is something about the dark granite cladding on this building that looks really good. If this were 200 metres tall it would look stunning.

Could anyone apply some of their jiggery-pokery computer wizardry on this one, and create a graphic showing it to be 200 metres?

Five Ways Tower - I know its due to be demolished owing to poor interior design but it's still an awesome building

Hyatt Hotel. It should have been over 120m IMHO. Snowhill Plaza was also built too small, it looks odd.

Colmore Gate for me aswell although City Centre tower at over 100m would look pretty damn cool.

The Hyatt was originally going to be taller.

All of them!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/MartianG/alphatowerSKYLINE.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/MartianG/BRUMF.jpg

Quick someone post that up on the best Furure skyline, see if anyone notices!

that looks scary!

Gotham City anyone????

Where's OZZY and his BATS when you need 'em??

:rofl:

:lol: thats quality!

That looks sooooooooooo American, complete with Freeway

Excellent work Martin!

Have you made the Council House taller too?

Looks like the opening credits from Dynasty!

it looks very brown and 70's, but cool nontheless!!

There's that bloody Gala Casino again!!

Meanwhile........the Alpha Tower just keeps getting taller!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/MartianG/betatower.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/MartianG/300storeyMEGALPHATOWER.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/MartianG/megaalpha.jpg





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Looks like Singapore now!!!

i cant help but think that this thread will be able to go with most of the tower we like. afterall we do live in birmingham...most things could have been a little taller!

i cant help but think that this thread will be able to go with most of the tower we like. afterall we do live in birmingham...most things could have been a little taller!

The city is slowly evolving. If huge office buildings had been built in the city 20 or 30 years ago they would still be 2/3rds empty today. Birmingham can now sustain some bigger buildings, as it's economy has shifted away from manufacturing and more towards the services & financial sectors in the city centre. I think it is a good thing huge towers weren't erected 30 years ago as I personally think this was a real low point in urban design. We have learnt from our own mistakes, and from others too. Look at Brindleyplace. Ok, it isn't bristling with skyscrapers, but it is a hugely successful area of Birmingham, & I would rather Birmingham looked more like this, than drab thoroughfares like Smallbrook Queensway for example.

Alpha Tower would snap like a matchstick being hit by train if it was that thin.

Yeah! It might need lots of guy ropes to support it! :lol:

That picture of the whole of Birmingham made taller is brilliant. I love the double Rotundas with a bridge connecting them in the middle.

It's Brum's very own Petronas Twin Towers - in fact that was 1984 - Singapore / Kuala Lumpur / Houston / Dallas, Texas Stylee!

:lol:

It's Brum's very own Petronas Twin Towers - in fact that was 1984 - Singapore / Kuala Lumpur / Houston / Dallas, Texas Stylee!

:lol:

that would have been nice at 100M or so.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/robinsonworld/HPIM0851.jpg

Martin your talents are endless.

that would have been nice at 100M or so.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/robinsonworld/HPIM0851.jpg

You're right. This is the best building to have been built in Birmingham in the last 20 years ..... including Beetham Tower, only 10 storeys higher would've made a world of difference to it though!

Why has nobody made a joke about the title of this thread yet?

I possitively demand some Penis jokes before this thread is allowed to get any longer, er i mean bigger ;)

Colmore Gate is our best skyscraper IMO (followed by the Hyatt)

Why has nobody made a joke about the title of this thread yet?

I possitively demand some Penis jokes before this thread is allowed to get any longer, er i mean bigger ;)

Ok Engels, this one's for you...

F*** me, I wish my cock was bigger - I mean, well, it's freakin huge now, but if only...

or

Is that a stiffy in your pocket, or just a skyscraper that your pleased with?
no, erm...hang on a minute.

^^ That's better. There couldn't be a thread like this is the UK section without some (really bad) jokes, it's the British way... thanks for obliging with some really bad jokes Mr G.

My pleasure...your pleasure, ooh-er missus.

I wish...seriously for a minute...that the Jury's (ex Granville House) was taller. It's very wide, and could have done with another 15 floors

That the big granite looking one on Broad st isn't it I love it. Actually i quite like the way it's a smilar height to Quayside, Hyatt and what's the one further up Broad st called? I like the way they look like are marching in rank.

Now BST is gonna upset that a bit but then it already is upset by the awful Broad st travelodge. Infact i'd swap the 40 story BST for two 20 story buildings in its and the travellodge's place.

Still BST will dominate the skyline which i think we need.

The one building i really wish was taller is the Rotunda. The sad thing is it was meant to be but the ground could take the weight or something.

Cumberland House further up. The Rotunda would have better taller, more iconic, but Granville would have looked like it was straight out of NYC or Chicago with an extra 15 floors.

^^I'd hate to have Cumberland any taller. It's shit. I wish it never actually existed.