Hypothetically speaking, if there was one skyline for Britain which 5 buildings(any from around the UK) that are already in existance would you include? Please list by rank.

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2)?
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4)?
5)?

Ill add mine later.

1) Edinburgh Castle
2) Swiss Re
3) Beetham Manchester
4) Canada Square
5) Spinnaker

I feel obliged to take out one of the last two to include the Rotunda to give it a more rounded shape.

Is Spinnaker a building? hmm Yes that should be fine(cos it would look good on any skyline;))

I don't really like it in Portsmouth. Just seems a bit too big.

1)Swiss Re
2)Tower 42
3)Manchester Central Library
4)The Rotunda
5)Birmingham Methodist Central Hall

1. Stonehenge
2. Edinburgh Castle
3. Forth Bridge
4. London Eye
5. Swiss RE

Bollocks! Tower Bridge, shit this is too difficult!

1. Guys Hospital
2. Emley Moor Tower
3. The BT Tower (london)
4. Millennium Dome
5. Trellick Tower

:cheer:

^^Trellick Tower was going to be my 6th choice. I didn't want an overly London list.

how about only one building per city?

d say one building from the 6 regions of the UK, London, south of England, north of England, Wales, Scotland and N,. Ireland.

So...

1)Swiss RE
2)Spinaker tower
3)Manchester Beetham
4)Edinbrough castle
5)Millenium stadium
6)... am a bit ignorant when it comes to N. Ireland architecture.... is that tall needle thing in N.
Ireland?

( i updated it Boards :) )

What no building from Wales Cardiff? You surprise me, I would have bet money on you sticking in Cardiff's civic centre or the Millenium Stadium.

Wanc Beetham over the Royal Liver building? :?

d say one building from the 6 regions of the UK, London, south of England, north of England, Wales, Scotland and N,. Ireland.


So where do the Midlands fit into this?

For England -

1)St. Pauls Cathedral (London's Ever Present Landmark)
2)Liver Building (Liverpool's most famous building)
3)Beetham Manc (Manchester's most prominent and talked about ediface)
4)Holloway Circus Tower (Brum's little beauty)
5)Bridgewater Place (The Dalek - now that's british!)




I'll have to think for the whole of britain

^^ Good list

St Pauls
Forth Rail Bridge
Liver Building
Manchester Town Hall
Rotunda (new skin)

Arse, forgot about St Pauls. London eh jammy sods.

Incidentally you can buy these for Glasgow ( get them in loads of shops ),

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/TheeBoards/image_resizer.jpg

Lovely picture although I wouldn't say Glasgow has a single well known building outside of the city really.

The armadillo definately!!

Anyway, on that subject, here's the Manchester Mural in the Trafford Centre (bear in mind the TC opened in 1998, so no Beetham, Lowry, IWMN, COMS etc.. on this baby!) :)

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4204/traffordkb9.png

Hmm possibly.

Thats very grand. Befitting of Manchester's industrial past, lol I dont know if I'd like Beetham on there would seem slightly out of place. I occasionally pop into the Trafford Centre, the only interesting mall I've ever been in.

Actually, once you had four or five of the planned scrapers built if you spread them even in the space above the current picture that would be outstanding.

So where do the Midlands fit into this?

Tut tut. When will you ever learn that everyone overlooks the Midlands? I mean, it's not like they're more populous than Wales and Scotland put together or anything! :bash:

Quality not quantity;) But yes shame on the person that didn't include them!

1. Beetham 1, Liverpool
2. Blackpool Tower, Blackpool
3. Sunley Tower, Manchester
4. BWP, Leeds
5. Capital Tower, Cardiff

Lol slight northen bias there Accura. Is Blackpool tower actually painted a rust colour or is it actual rust! Jeez it could do with a lick of paint.

its red lead boards.. the same stuff they used to paint ships with on the clyde..as well as the big yins bollocks according to one of his early tales!

Lol. Thanks. Cant help thinking it would look better in a dark blue or black, probably just all the utter shite surrounding it detracts from it in reality.

1. Big Ben
2. Liver Building
3. Tyne Bridge
4. Severn Bridges
5. Stone Henge

Lol. Thanks. Cant help thinking it would look better in a dark blue or black, probably just all the utter shite surrounding it detracts from it in reality.

Paint it Gold for true Tackability (i'm sure they did it for it's 100th birthday though?)

edit: yep i was right!

The tower is used as a transmission location by a local FM station (RadioWave 96.5) and a variety of non-broadcast services. National and regional FM services do not use the tower, because inland locations provide sufficient coverage of Blackpool. The tower is normally painted dark red, but for its centenary in 1994 was painted gold.

1. Big Ben
2. Liver Building
3. Tyne Bridge
4. Severn Bridges
5. Stone Henge

1.Big Ben

I assume you mean St.Stephen's Tower? Big Ben is a bell, its not visible from the outside of St.Stephen's Tower.

Shame on you Chogmook! Gold!

erm.. as far as I have ever known the tall clock tower in London it has been called Big Ben, if you know it as something else... that's fine but I only know it as Big Ben.

Its actually called St.Stephen's Tower, Big Ben is one of the bells housed within the tower. Its a common misconception. Looking back my remark was on the smug side so I apologise for that.

well ill add my list finally

1) Swiss Re
2) London Eye
3) Houses of Parliament
4) Spinnaker Tower
5) One Canada Square

I tried not to be too London-centric (wanted to put Manchester's Beetham Tower as No.5 but had to change my mind), oh well...

1) Gherkin
2) London Eye
3) One Canada Square
4) Dome
5) Angel of the North

I don't think there are that many buildings outside London I would want. Like Manchester Beetham; its a nice building but its no Gherkin. It looks "regional". I dunno if Id have big ben on. Blackpool Tower maybe...

Its actually called St.Stephen's Tower, Big Ben is one of the bells housed within the tower. Its a common misconception. Looking back my remark was on the smug side so I apologise for that.

:)

In a similar... if a bit tenuous... vein... check number 7 lol

the tallest buildings of 1896 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Tall_buildings_1896.jpg)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Tall_buildings_1896.jpg/424px-Tall_buildings_1896.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Tall_buildings_1896.jpg)

1) Eden Project
2) London Eye
3) Gherkin
4) One Canada Square
5) Humber Bridge

Purely modern stuff:

1: 30 St Mary Axe, London
2: Eden Project, St Austell
3: Selfridges, Birmingham
4: Beetham Tower, Manchester
5: Dome, London

(LBT will knock the Dome off when it's built :) )

1. St Paul's cathedral

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/wjfox2005/London_general/StPaulsnightskyline.jpg




2. Salisbury cathedral

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Salisbury_Cathedral.jpg/724px-Salisbury_Cathedral.jpg




3. 30 St Mary Axe

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/wjfox2005/London_general/city_of_london/swissre_silhouette.jpg




4. 1 Canada Square

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/wjfox2005/London_general/canary_wharf/1cs6.jpg




5. 8 Canada Square

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Canary_Wharf_HSBC_1.JPG

Would've chosen the Houses of Parliament, but they're too short to have much impact on the skyline.

1)Houses of Parliament
2)Swiss re
3)Liver building
4)London eye
5)St pauls


Any docklands tower amongest these would be too bland, future towers would include The Pinnacle or L.B.T over swiss re

In a similar... if a bit tenuous... vein... check number 7 lol

the tallest buildings of 1896 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Tall_buildings_1896.jpg)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Tall_buildings_1896.jpg/424px-Tall_buildings_1896.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Tall_buildings_1896.jpg)

unfortunately it was only a chimney at No 7 for Glasgow! Where though?

yeah that's why i laughed, it was the chimney of St Rollox chemical works which formed the largest part of ICI when it was bought over to create the modern company... incidentally the family who owned the chemical works bought Mustique with the proceeds! They built the Sighthill estate on top of its remains... and contamination.

The very year that diagram was produced, 1896, work started on the New Brighton Tower on the River Mersey.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/3823NewBrightonTower_pic1.jpg

At 567' high, it would have been taller than the Washington Monument and therefore the second tallest structure on earth.

The tower was an initial success but fell into disrepair during the first world war and was demolished in 1921. The Tower Ballroom, at the base of the tower survived until 1969.

The very year that diagram was produced, 1896, work started on the New Brighton Tower on the River Mersey.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/3823NewBrightonTower_pic1.jpg

At 567' high, it would have been taller than the Washington Monument and therefore the second tallest structure on earth.

The tower was an initial success but fell into disrepair during the first world war and was demolished in 1921. The Tower Ballroom, at the base of the tower survived until 1969.

Wow! What a crying shame, imagine that being around today? God, I feel really choked about the demise of this building (structure?), I bet it looked amazing.

1 canada square
30 st mary axe
Blackpool tower
Manchester Beetham Tower
Big Ben
St pauls cathedral
Liver Building

BT tower, the London one, and maybe have the Brum one sticking it's little head around the corner, in a cheeky scamp style too.