Gateway House | Piccadilly Station Approach | App

[jrb]

Let the imagination juices flow baby.

However, he(Mr Tishbi) added that a planning application to redevelop the Gateway House scheme at Piccadilly Approach was "more or less sorted out" and is likely to be submitted imminently.

The rest of the article has been posted in the Oxford Road Corridor.

[nq]

2011 MSA Award Winners
Posted: 13/05/11

Our proposals for Gateway House, Manchester won the ‘Un-built’ category in the Manchester Society of Architects’ Awards 2011 announced last night.

Gateway House, adjacent Piccadilly Station, is often a visitor’s first impression of Manchester and now looking a little tired with a public realm unfitting to an international city. The project was won in competition in 2009 and will shortly be submitted for planning.

The mixed use project comprises the refurbishment of the iconic Gateway House into a 270 bedroom hotel above the existing ground level of retail, together with a new 40,000 sq ft office block over 8,000 sq ft of retail space facing Ducie Street. A new 3 storey gym is also proposed to the rear of Gateway House.

http://www.hodderandpartners.com/new...-award-winners

[nq]

http://msa-design-awards.blogspot.com

Originally Posted by nq

The mixed use project comprises the refurbishment of the iconic Gateway House into a 270 bedroom hotel above the existing ground level of retail, together with a new 40,000 sq ft office block over 8,000 sq ft of retail space facing Ducie Street. A new 3 storey gym is also proposed to the rear of Gateway House.

http://www.hodderandpartners.com/new...-award-winners

[Seasonedbest]

Sounds like another McDonald Hotel job. The only thing that will improve the public realm however is pedestrianise the approach and redesign the back.

[chase_me]

question, are those renders correct for the shops? ie is it confirmed that m&s are going to be in the section where the avis building is and it looks like cafe nero are expanding into that empty unit next door?

if that makes any sense?

[madferret]

Caffe Nero occupy all that area now. The counter is on the Station Approach side and seating on Ducie Street, with extra seating on the first floor (as shown).

[chase_me]

cheers madferret! never noticed the change, was it relatively recent? i must not have been paying attention i guess

[madferret]

No, they have had all that corner since opening - must be 4-5 years now.

[chase_me]

I meant if they had taken that empty u it next to them - sorry if it wasn't clear! Was just saying from the renders it looked like it had

[nq]

A few more renders on here...

http://arcmediauk.wordpress.com/2011...use-proposals/

[Nathan Dawz]

Hardly the kind of stuff that will set the world alight is it? I was hoping for something much better here.

[Seasonedbest]

I like how that additional building sits with the Mint Hotel across the way, but Gateway House looks a bit lacklustre. Looks the same but with the white cladding lit up + Cafe Nero is the same + where's the rotund building? Look at the previous proposals and this looks like it won't really deliver.

edit: I've realised that the additional building probably replaces the rotund building.

[VoldemortBlack]

I think Gateway House will look stunning once this is complete. I'm sure many of you remember what City Tower used to look like before it was refurbished:



to this:




Surprising what a reclad can do

[skit_uk]

Your before image is actually the after image pretty much, apart from the white walls. :-)


Very hard to find the old photos of it. Even Wikipedia has it wrong

[andysimo123]

Originally Posted by skit_uk

Your before image is actually the after image pretty much, apart from the white walls. :-)


Very hard to find the old photos of it. Even Wikipedia has it wrong

That looks more like Chernobyl than Manchester.

[iheartthenew]

Skit, I think you've made Volde's point even stronger. A mere lick of ''Bruntwood White'' is a vast improvement alone...

A good clean, a lick of paint - a re-clad even - will make Gateway house beautiful again.

[jrb]

Thanks NQ.

I think that's bloody decent. Less is more. If it doesn't need fixing, leave it alone. OK, do it up a bit.

That's a great first building into the City Centre from Piccadilly Station. Add it to all the surrounding buildings and that's what first impressions are all about.

[monkey_rat]

so has the public realm element been done away with entirely?

[Slow Burn]

It looks ok, although I'd like to see the new office block on the end be a bit taller. At least twice the height anyway

[SmalltownUrbanist]

Originally Posted by Slow Burn

It looks ok, although I'd like to see the new office block on the end be a bit taller. At least twice the height anyway

I agree, would accentuate the corner a lot more.

I also really think they should pedestrianise the elevated path up to the entrance. Some outdoor serving and some trees there would make the whole space look a lot nicer, and it's a very cheap option. Although you'd have to find another route for the free buses.