Leeds Building List

[Smoggie_Si]

Originally Posted by jimbo

cheers for that Talisker. The Marshall Street development is the one behind Temple Mill is it not? Quite an epic in size with 13 individual buildings in addition to the current vast Temple Mill. Suppose once the modern ancillary industrial buildings are demolished it provides a huge site to be worked upon. Presume this was the outline planning permission application?

Hey Jimbo! I think the Marshall St development is the derelict land between Marshall St and Sweet St opposite the side of the Energis and Yorkshire Forward buildings and Leodis Court. As far as I'm aware the site behind Temple Mill is a separate development IIRC.

Edit: Just realised I confused Manor Rd and Marshall St, in that case I dunno!

[Triglad]

Hi all. This is my first post - not sure where this will appear in the thread as I've clicked on quick reply. Just wondering where the Parkinson Building would be in the impressive Building List above. I presume it would merit inclusion somwhere but can't find it here or on Scyscrapernews. Perhaps it just looks big!

[Rob]

Hi Triglad. Welcome on the forum.
I used to visit Lincoln quite a bit in my younger days, coming from Lincolnshire myself.

The Parkinson Building should be on Skyscrapernews.com, we are just trying to find more information about it first. It does have a really interesting story behind it's creation in the early 20th century.

[aviator]

The latest pictures of the two apartment blocks being developed by Urban Edge on New York Street.

[Triglad]

Originally Posted by Rob

Hi Triglad. Welcome on the forum.
I used to visit Lincoln quite a bit in my younger days, coming from Lincolnshire myself.

The Parkinson Building should be on Skyscrapernews.com, we are just trying to find more information about it first. It does have a really interesting story behind it's creation in the early 20th century.

Thanks for replying Rob. Not so much of a rat race out here, although when I go back to Bramley I can usually avoid most of the traffic. I notice that Louth church spire beats West Riding building by a couple of metres.....good job Bridgewater Place is going up! Can't be beaten by a small Wolds town.

I've looked for info on the Parkinson Building myself but came up empty handed. Might have to go and measure it myself next time I'm up! I'ts a wonderful building, my eye is always drawn to it when I look at the Leeds skyline.

[SmartCity]

Originally Posted by aviator

The latest pictures of the two apartment blocks being developed by Urban Edge on New York Street.

I see the developers are trying to get more pensioners to move into town. There's a MECCA for the old dears with a bus station nearby

[Leeds No.1]

Well thats true, I think developers want to expand the target audience for apartments in the city centre, maybe because they realise that older people are more likely to have more money, and that there this is quite a large audience that hasn't been targeted, so its about getting more money really. The Venture Tower scheme has lots of apartments tailored for the over 50's I heard- not all of them though, about 60% or something...

[aviator]

With the demise of the old Brewery Wharf thread, I suppose this is as good a place as any!

From last night's YEP:

"Revealed...the final £30m phase of landmark Brewery Wharf scheme

Developers have revealed images of the final phase of the landmark Brewery Wharf development in the centre of Leeds. The development will be completed by this £30m office and apartments building. The 12-storey building – 1 Brewery Wharf – will border the development's Western Courtyard and will incorporate 151 apartments, 10,000 sq ft of ground-floor offices and 85 car parking spaces.

Brewery Wharf, a Rushbond development, has helped to regenerate previously private industrial land into a new quarter for Leeds city centre. It already comprises 70,000 sq ft of offices, the Oracle bar, a women's-only Waterfall spa, the Yum Yum delicatessen, and a 248-bed Jurys Doyle Hotel. Indian restaurant, Café Guru, is due to open next month. The landscaped environment includes formal planting and public art.

Rushbond's development director, Mike Hartley, said: "Brewery Wharf has been well received and praised from many different quarters. As an exercise in empathetic urban regeneration, the development is already a great success, but 1 Brewery Wharf will become its biggest building, its crowning achievement and one of the most valuable properties in Yorkshire. We are extremely proud of what we have achieved at Brewery Wharf in terms of the design of the buildings and the extensive landscaped public areas which together create such a vibrant community on the south bank of the River Aire."

l Brewery Wharf has been designed by DLA Architecture, which has been behind the entire Brewery Wharf development. All landscaping work has been carried out by DLA landscape and Urban design. DLA project architect, Sue Sparling, said: "Our design for 1 Brewery Wharf reflects our desire to create an architecturally-significant building for the city while completing Brewery Wharf in an appropriate and complementary way."

Can't remember where I saw it but I seem to recall some discussion on here which suggested that this new building might be slightly less bland than the rest of the development. However, I couldn't find anything about in on DLA's website.

[aviator]

Originally Posted by aviator

...... However, I couldn't find anything about in on DLA's website.

I did, however, find this on their website:

"Work on a major new privately-funded piece of public art, which will be among the biggest in Leeds, is progressing well and on target for installation in the city centre this spring. Finishing touches are being put to the six-metre high bronze and stainless steel sculpture, which has been funded by Leeds-based property company Rushbond Plc and will be integrated into the £100m Brewery Wharf development by DLA Landscape & Urban Design.

The thematic sculpture, entitled ‘Steeped Vessels’, is by Yorkshire-based artist Ian Randall and will be four-metres wide and cost in the region of £150,000. Ian was chosen following an open competition in which the judging panel included Leeds Civic Trust, Rushbond Plc, Public Arts, Wakefield; and DLA, the architects, landscape and urban designers behind the entire Brewery Wharf scheme.

Mark Bust, Director at DLA Landscape & Urban Design commented: “Steeped Vessels is one of the final pieces in the Brewery Wharf jigsaw. It provides a major focus for the whole development and represents a significant investment into the cultural landscape of Leeds.” The sculpture, has been designed to reflect the recent history of the site, a former Carlsberg Tetley brewery, as well as its regeneration as a `live, work and play’ destination on the revitalised south bank of the River Aire.

The public art will comprise three large, vertical boat shapes resting against each other with their prows facing skywards to create a tripod - and give the impression of straining tie ropes - and their sterns evolving into tapering legs to represent feathers of barleycorn. Barley pearls from the corn will tumble around the sculpture to form seating below. Rushbond managing director, Jonathan Maud, says: “We are committed to continuing to invest heavily in this region, acknowledging the great value that art in the public realm offers to everyone. We are thrilled to see art of this kind being so widely appreciated.

“Ian’s work will not only complement Brewery Wharf but greatly enhance its environment. The site’s history and the context of the development have been carefully considered and I believe that the end result will be a sympathetic and thought-provoking piece to be enjoyed by local people and visitors to Leeds.”

[daveylad2]

I stumbled upon the website for 1 Brewery Wharf. There is nothing on it at the moment apart from a facility to show/feign interest in an apartment.

[di Livio]

Bit of a fluke, wasn't even searching for it...

UNVEILED: LEEDS NEW LANDMARK BUILDING

THIS IS how the crowning achievement of Leeds’ acclaimed Brewery Wharf scheme – and one of the most valuable buildings in Yorkshire – will look when complete.

These images officially unveil the striking £30m office and apartments building - 1 Brewery Wharf - which is set to become a major new landmark in the city, says developer Rushbond Plc

The 12-storey building, bordering the mixed-use development’s Western Courtyard, will incorporate 151 apartments, 10,000 sq ft of ground-floor offices and 85 car parking spaces.

1 Brewery Wharf will be the final phase of the 500,000 sq ft Brewery Wharf development, which features apartments, an hotel, offices, a late night bar, delicatessen and women’s spa.

When complete 1 Brewery Wharf will bring the entire scheme, which has regenerated previously private industrial land into a new quarter for Leeds city centre, up to 600,000 sq ft.

Rushbond Plc development director, Mike Hartley, says: “Brewery Wharf has been well received and praised from many different quarters. As an exercise in empathetic urban regeneration, the development is already a great success but 1 Brewery Wharf will become its biggest building, its crowning achievement and one of the most valuable properties in Yorkshire.

“We are extremely proud of what we have achieved at Brewery Wharf in terms of the design of the buildings and the extensive landscaped public areas which together create such a vibrant community on the south bank of the River Aire.”

1 Brewery Wharf has been designed by DLA Architecture, which has been behind the entire Brewery Wharf development. All landscaping work has been carried out by DLA landscape and Urban design.

DLA project architect, Sue Sparling, says: “Our design for 1 Brewery Wharf reflects our desire to create an architecturally-significant building for the city while completing Brewery Wharf in an appropriate and complementary way.

“Our design culminates in a dramatic glazed `shard’ rising vertically and creating a visually-dynamic shape and identity. The high point of the building is juxtaposed to the adjacent Jury’s Hotel and will provide a positive contribution to the city skyline.”


Brewery Wharf already comprises 70,000 sq ft of high-quality offices, Oracle bar, women’s-only Waterfall spa, Yum Yum delicatessen, a 248-bed Jurys Doyle Hotel and Indian restaurant Café Guru, due to open next month (February), all in an extensive landscaped environment including formal planting and public art.

[Smoggie_Si]

Ah, grey brick. Lovely. Looks like a battleship.

[jimbo]

Originally Posted by Smoggie_Si

Ah, grey brick. Lovely. Looks like a battleship.

was going to say the DLA office in Round Foundary has a massing model of the scheme with its stepped appearance in its window overlooking Saw Mill Yard. Tis simply grey blocks et al, but having seem the image, the actual rendering isn't much of an improvement. Strange random box balcony things spaced all over it. The cladding at the top and on the far side might be okay - although since the disappointment of the new Whitehall Riverside scheme and the crap gun metal grey rubbish on the top of West Central, I'm not so sure.

[Skopie]

Wakefield News.

City centre flat Proposals thrown out.
PLANNING officials threw out proposals for a £20m city centre flat development after one councillor called them an "abortion".
Wakefield Council's planning committee had been recommended to approve an application to build 132 flats on the old JCT600 site, opposite Sainsburys on Ings Road.
Developers Mandale Commercial Ltd planned to build two seven-storey buildings with one and two-bedroom flats priced between £130,000 and £200,000.
It was billed as a "significant regeneration project" for a run-down area that had been occupied by travellers in March last year.
Mandale said potential buyers had already shown interest in the plans.
But the planning committee rejected the plans by a small majority at their meeting yesterday after a series of damning comments from members.
Coun David Lund said: "I don't like it. As you come into Wakefield it smacks you straight inbetween the eyes.
"I've been assured that we can come to some better arrangement for that site than this abortion."
Coun Laurie Harrison said the development would do nothing to enhance the city centre environment.
He added: "It's obnoxious. Wakefield is a historic city and this does nothing to recapture what we lost to development in the 1960s.
"We have an opportunity to improve things and this is not the answer. I have done a significant amount of travelling around Europe and this is exactly the sort of architecture they are trying to get rid of."
Coun Harold Mills said: "It's monolithic and fortress-like. If we are approving a brand new development then we should get it right."
Coun David Hopkins said he had concerns the development could obscure the view of Wakefield Cathedral for people entering the city from Denby Dale Road.
He added: "I'm quite happy to see a development on this site but I don't feel terribly comfortable with the modern design in this setting. It should be more traditional."
Representatives for Mandale who were at the meeting declined to comment on the verdict.

Original article

http://www.wakefieldtoday.co.uk/View...icleID=1329184

Was optimistic at the begining of the article that the council had the balls to stand upto a meidocre development, but became much more distressed about the comments about cathedral views and the modern appearence of the development.

Firstly the Cathedral is on top of a hill, and 80m tall, it would have absolutley no imapct on the views. Secondly the area it is proposed in one of car parks, junctions, round abouts and a massive retail park across the road. The suggestion that this was rejected purely on the development being in a modern style is worring .

Looks like the council are looking for the typical disney esque apartment blocks that are springing up all over town to be built here.

Like this monstrosity.

[Even Flow]

At least I'm not the only one completely underwhelmed by the "striking" building set to complete Brewery Wharf. Bulky, grey and not very appealing. What is this fixation with grey finishes? Surely they can experiment with other solutions.

[di Livio]

PLANNING officials threw out proposals for a £20m city centre flat development after one councillor called them an "abortion".

Did he really mean to say that?

[magicrealist]

Originally Posted by jimbo

was going to say the DLA office in Round Foundary has a massing model of the scheme with its stepped appearance in its window overlooking Saw Mill Yard. Tis simply grey blocks et al, but having seem the image, the actual rendering isn't much of an improvement. Strange random box balcony things spaced all over it. The cladding at the top and on the far side might be okay - although since the disappointment of the new Whitehall Riverside scheme and the crap gun metal grey rubbish on the top of West Central, I'm not so sure.

the angles of the balconies are to address the complaints from simpsons residents that they would be 'overlooked' - in the planning docs it states that the angle reduces the amount of overlooking. apparently.

[Leeds No.1]

I don't see what's so bad about it... Its grey brick- well it will break up the other so called 'bland' colours and is also broken up wit the coloured balconies. It doesn't retain a box shape. It's not like everything can be amazing- I don't see what's so bad about the rest of Brewery Wharf either for that matter. Large, modern and striking buildings I think should be confined to the western and eastern riverside corridors rather than the central corridor- it would be better to make the old buildings the attraction here...

[Talisker]

There was a 26 storey tower proposed for armley road a while back that was scrapped - could have been for here:



It's a big site, and provided there wasn't some sinister reason for the withdrawl such as chemical contamination, I wouldn't be supprised to see another application for the area in 2006.


A couple more photos, this time of the existing Bridge House:

[Even Flow]

Any hope for the Bridge House scheme?