A new hotel tower designed by Ian Simpson (http://www.iansimpsonarchitects.com/) has been approved for Leicester new waterside area. It will stand next to the 2 towers that have already been approved and also designed by Ian Simpson (the two towers can be seen on the following link http://www.westbridgeliving.co.uk.

The new hotel tower will stand at around 117 metres and will be comprise a residential component in the upper floors, as well as a 5 star hotel.

In between will be a sky bar and leisure facilities

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p109/leicesterskyscraper/SkyBar01.jpg


http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p109/leicesterskyscraper/SkyBar02.jpg


The three towers side by side

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p109/leicesterskyscraper/WESTBRIDGEP2_NIGHT_AT_FINAL.jpg


The hotel entrance

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p109/leicesterskyscraper/hotelshot.jpg


Construction will hopefully start in 2007/8

Ian Simpson again?! WTF

whats going on with this? is it going to happen?

very nice!

This looks really great!

Yes, this building has planning approval and building works is set to take place over the next year or so.

Great work candida, work is imminent on site and hopefully we will have a webcam as development begins, so we can see its progress!

Congrats to Leicester which seems to be overshadowed by Nottingham at times, beautiful and cosy city and glad its getting a high class highrise planned. The building seems a lot taller than 117m, I'd say it looks closer to 150-170m and almost as big as Beetham Manchester. How many floors will this have and what are floor to ceiling heights?

wow looks great!

The tallest tower will have 39 storeys (117m), the second tallest 26 storeys (79m) and the shortest 20 storeys (61m)-stats from skyscrapernews website. :)

There’s a post on the Leicester thread that states that there are Diggers now on site.

does anybody know who the structural engineers are for this?

GOOD

does anybody know who the structural engineers are for this?

According to the website, a contractor is being chosen with their 'world famous' engineers-if that's any help.

yeah, thats what I read too! Thanks for your help.

The diggers that are currently present are performing archaelogical digs, prior to any builders moving to site. The site is near the centre and has many Roman remains and other historical interest.

The diggers that are currently present are performing archaelogical digs, prior to any builders moving to site. The site is near the centre and has many Roman remains and other historical interest.

Here's hoping they don't find owt of 'international significance' like the first Tesconius Metrodium founded in 120AD.

Here's hoping they don't find owt of 'international significance' like the first Tesconius Metrodium founded in 120AD.

Or something like the Roman curse tablet found nearby on the Highcross Leicester site - cursing the person who pinched the cape of the writer! :lol:

This looks really great!

indeed, i like it also :)

A few years ago we would never have imagined this .. not only proposed but actually approved and apparently in the process of tendering for construction companies :)


BG

For those of you who don't know where Leicester is:

It's situated in the East Midlands region of England, right in the centre of the country. It has great links to London from the motorway and is the first city after London on the Midland Mainline railway line.

Leicester will be a city to look out for within the next few years, as it has great ambitions and hopefully more skyscrapers too! :)

Official height measurements don't include a glass roof section or anything else above the highest structural component. It is quite clear from the renders that the building is in fact 40 storeys tall as the top level in the skybar is double height, giving a floor count of 39. This gives an overall height of around 43 floors to the roof, which at 10ft per floor (some of the lower ones appear to be more than this) we are looking at at least 430ft (131m) to the top of the building with an official height of 400ft+ (122m+) :)


BG