Premier Inn | Dale Street / Lena Street | 11 fl

[Treguard]

The side street that runs adjacent to dale st now looks dark like a rapists paradise. The sun is now blocked if you sit on the benches on the canal opposite the car park. Very ugly and oppressive building considering its floor count.

[AC1]

It looks terrible! I do not understand how these budget hotel companies are given permission to build so many awful, ugly buildings!

Travelodge have managed to build an even uglier one next to Strangeways, why was that allowed? And Holiday Inn on oxford road is equally as bad.....

It is ruining our city !

[GShutty]

Not a universal favourite, but I do like the grey brick as a building medium:

[neil081273]

Signage going up today...

[davepike]

Agree it looks terrible, and completely out of place. One (small) point though - the piccadilly facing side would presumably be facing straight onto the building site next door. Assuming that gets going again at some point, it might explain the lack of any redeeming features / styling on that side of the building.

[tomegranate]

It looks like it's got terrible acne.

[NQ Lee]

This location must be regarded as good seeing that it is just around the corner from the 5th busiest railway station in the UK. Is this really the best we could get in this location? I am amazed this got permission.

[Seasonedbest]

I thought the speckled effect was a case of the bricks drying out. I guess not.

[jrb]

Bump.

[Marksy_1]

http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/news_...ymonds+News%29

Manchester's latest hotel development - the 193-bedroom Dale Street Premier Inn - has been officially ‘topped out’.

Capita Symonds’ Cheadle Hulme office is providing structural engineering services on the £10m scheme which will open in this summer.

With the roof now on, the internal fit out continues and the 12-storey hotel is set to be handed over in the summer. The hotel also includes a Thyme Restaurant and five meeting rooms, and will create approximately 50 new jobs on opening.

Representatives from Premier Inn, the British Steel Pension Fund (which forward funded the scheme), developer Property Alliance Group, Capita Symonds’ Structures team, Architect Roger Stephenson Architects and other consultants were given a tour of the construction site and a sneak preview of a sample room by the contractor, Russells Construction.

An innovative sandwich panel construction technique was used to build the shell of the hotel and has all 11 upper floors to be constructed at a rate of one every ten days. The system, which sees structural concrete panels installed complete with insulation, windows and the brickwork skin, has been hailed for its speed, improved safety and aesthetic finish.

Located at the corner of Dale Street and Lena Street, the striking tower is finished in a blue / black engineering-style brick, emulating the appearance of the nearby railway arches on the approach to Piccadilly Station. The Dale Street hotel will be Premier Inn's fourth in Manchester city centre, and is within easy walking distance of central shops, restaurants and Manchester Piccadilly Station.

Gareth Russell, managing director of Russells Construction, said: "This is an 18-month project but, unlike with a traditional build, we are able to celebrate the completion of the entire external structure after just a year thanks to the use of this innovative panel construction system. The traditional 'topping out' ceremony is usually held once the roof is on and gives us the opportunity to thank the whole team for their work so far and demonstrate to our clients - Premier Inn, the British Steel Pension Fund and Property Alliance Group - how the project is progressing. We're pleased with the rate of construction and the internal fit out is on track for handover of the building later this year."

Richard Aldread, senior project and programme manager for Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants, said: "Premier Inn is expanding across the UK on the back of strong demand and our customer's desire to see more Premier Inn hotels around the country. We currently have more than 47,000 bedrooms in the UK and our target is to achieve 65,000 bedrooms by 2016. That is an ambitious goal, but it is one we are confident we can hit as we take advantage of the strong Whitbread balance sheet and our experience in delivering the best locations for our customers.

"The new Dale Street Premier Inn is a great example as it is right in the heart of Manchester city centre, with excellent access to Piccadilly train station, and is exactly where our customers want us to be. It is a stunning looking hotel in a prime location and we look forward to finishing the build, creating jobs, and helping to support the local Manchester economy when we open our doors later this year."

[Lookin Up]

<<developer Property Alliance Group, Capita Symonds’ Structures team, Architect Roger Stephenson Architects>>>

The guilty ones have been named and shamed.


<<the striking tower is finished in a blue / black engineering-style brick, emulating the appearance of the nearby railway arches on the approach to Piccadilly Station. >>>

What a load of architect fueled B/S

[andysimo123]

With 18,000 more rooms, I guess that means another awful looking hotel or hotel somewhere around the City Centre over the next few years. Wouldn't be surprised if another popped up around the airport.

[Farsight]

Ferkinell. What a difference between the promise and the outcome. This is Grim with a capital G. It's like something from Brazil. And by that I mean the movie.

[martinbuddy]

Originally Posted by CDX

This?

http://www.stephenson-bell.com/portf...-inn.html#main



A premier inn.

I pass it every day to work...I feel for the people in the Victorian conversion next door....suprised it got planning permission really. Looks like the 60's & 70's buildings weve been pulling down for the last 20 years! Up close it looks cheap....very cheap!

[Seasonedbest]

The black PVC window frames really add to the quality element of the brick facade. Maybe it will look better with developments on Piccadilly Basin carpark?

Its easily the poorest development on the whole stretch of Dale Street, and its a long street.

[Tony_H1]

Its won a couple of awards apparently, I had read last night though conveniently the news item appears to be lost in the sands of time! Will it age well? Probably not but it looks a hell of alot better than that white carbuncle Travel Lodge down on the Old Boddies site, Urgh.

[pixel2006]

walked around it the other day, hoping to find something of merit, as I like the one on Oxford Road.

It was hard work but the slopey bit on the Dale Street side and the way it joins the elevation pointing at Back Piccadilly is nice. You have to be looking up to see it though! The signage also distracts from the acres of bricks, thus reducing some of the monotony. Might look better when the blank slots are filled or at least it won't draw attention to itself.

[Lookin Up]

Originally Posted by pixel2006

The signage also distracts from the acres of bricks, thus reducing some of the monotony.

Nice try at finding something of merit BUT seriously if the best that can be said about this building is that it is improved by having a Premier Inn sign stuck on the side, I think enough said.

[LongRipple]

Originally Posted by Tony_H1

Its won a couple of awards apparently

If it has won any awards, it will one of those meaningless ones from fellow architects who value the dreadful bombast of juxtaposing this rubbish amid some of the finest buildings in the city; removing any notion that subsequent designs should retain a respectful deference or create unity with the better, Grade II Listed buildings around Dale St.

NB. Similar strategy employed on the Smithfield Quarter by MUSE, starting with the quality Smithfield Market Building, gradually adding weaker and weaker architecture to the point where one ends up with the pile of landfill-reclaim they are now proposing that destroys the character that made it an interesting area in the first place.

[marni1971]

Originally Posted by Tony_H1

Its won a couple of awards apparently

So did Beetham Tower...