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rolybling · September 28th, 2012, 09:18 AM

Yeah, and beasts are usually ugly as sin just like this building.

js1000 · October 19th, 2012, 01:12 AM

Coming into Manchester this evening - it is a really peculiar tower in the evening/night. It has a mysterious presence.

You can just about see the outline of the clusters which make up the tower and then the lights (from the rooms) on the east facade.

Twizzer88 · December 19th, 2012, 10:11 AM

Not sure if this is actually a compliment, but I really like this tower at night. I think it fits in really well with the street below, anyway.

hifive605 · December 19th, 2012, 04:45 PM

exactly, the less you see of it - the better it looks

Farsight · December 19th, 2012, 05:35 PM

Another good picture Twizzer, thanks.

Sir Miles Platting · December 19th, 2012, 11:46 PM

Is this building actually fronting on to a back street?

neil081273 · December 20th, 2012, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Sir Miles Platting

Is this building actually fronting on to a back street?

Fronts onto Great Marlborough Street. Can this be moved to completed section now?

Twizzer88 · December 20th, 2012, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Farsight

Another good picture Twizzer, thanks.

Thanks

Lookin Up · December 21st, 2012, 03:21 PM

So now it's finished.
I always thought the key to this was the way it integrated into the street itself and IMO it does that well.
I love the concept of the tower, a bit of a triumph on such a tiny plot.

IMO though, the cladding lets it down badly. It's telling that so many people think it looks better in the dark and I agree with that.
Hopefully it will mellow with time.

Sir Miles Platting · December 22nd, 2012, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by neil081273

Fronts onto Great Marlborough Street. Can this be moved to completed section now?

I would if I could neil, but I'm not a mod.

begsy · December 22nd, 2012, 04:44 AM

As student towers go, I reckon it looks good.

jamie199208 · January 11th, 2013, 03:21 PM

Yeah the cladding does look pretty poor, but compared with alot of student towers, I think it isn't all that bad.

Its not like this :\

oscar9 · January 11th, 2013, 06:35 PM

I see the top of 17NWS is floodlit at night, why cant they do this with the beetham blade,it would look spectacular

Caiman · January 13th, 2013, 05:16 PM

image hosted on flickr

Cornerhouse Lighthouse by J_Q_H, on Flickr

Lookin Up · January 14th, 2013, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Caiman

image hosted on flickr

Cornerhouse Lighthouse by J_Q_H, on Flickr

Woof woof.
Love that

purple_cat · February 13th, 2013, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Caiman

image hosted on flickr

Cornerhouse Lighthouse by J_Q_H, on Flickr

Brilliant photo!

LongRipple · February 14th, 2013, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by purple_cat

Brilliant photo!

Indeed it is. Just need to photo shop the cinema listings for:

"Stephen Hodder's- Attack of the Mutant Skyscraper"
.

js1000 · February 14th, 2013, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by oscar9

I see the top of 17NWS is floodlit at night, why cant they do this with the beetham blade,it would look spectacular

The Beetham would look so much better with the 'blade' lit up at night. The pinnacle of the Shard is lit up at night too.

AboutToday · February 17th, 2013, 11:11 PM

Taken today:

tomegranate · February 20th, 2013, 08:19 PM

Tonight.

September 28th, 2012, 09:18 AM	#1581
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October 19th, 2012, 01:12 AM	#1582
js1000 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,336 Likes (Received): 120	Coming into Manchester this evening - it is a really peculiar tower in the evening/night. It has a mysterious presence. You can just about see the outline of the clusters which make up the tower and then the lights (from the rooms) on the east facade.

December 19th, 2012, 10:11 AM	#1583
Twizzer88 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Wigan Posts: 123 Likes (Received): 21	Not sure if this is actually a compliment, but I really like this tower at night. I think it fits in really well with the street below, anyway.

December 19th, 2012, 04:45 PM	#1584
hifive605 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 367 Likes (Received): 15	exactly, the less you see of it - the better it looks

December 19th, 2012, 05:35 PM	#1585
Farsight Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,997 Likes (Received): 24	Another good picture Twizzer, thanks.

December 19th, 2012, 11:46 PM	#1586
Sir Miles Platting Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,909 Likes (Received): 4	Is this building actually fronting on to a back street?

December 21st, 2012, 03:21 PM	#1589
Lookin Up Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 561 Likes (Received): 43	So now it's finished. I always thought the key to this was the way it integrated into the street itself and IMO it does that well. I love the concept of the tower, a bit of a triumph on such a tiny plot. IMO though, the cladding lets it down badly. It's telling that so many people think it looks better in the dark and I agree with that. Hopefully it will mellow with time.

January 11th, 2013, 06:35 PM	#1593
oscar9 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,250 Likes (Received): 39	I see the top of 17NWS is floodlit at night, why cant they do this with the beetham blade,it would look spectacular

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tomegranate Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 665 Likes (Received): 14	Tonight.