New Plymouth Redevelopment

[Zenith]

u kidding ?

[Christopher]

Guys...I hope to provide you with more information in about 4 weeks.

[Robert Stark]

any plymouth or SW updates? I rember Exeters centre was going to be redeveloped as well.

[Robert Stark]

any updates?

[gothicform]

dude, there was a story on skyscrapernews about this last week. more info when it comes in ...

[Robert Stark]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/a..._feature.shtml

[Robert Stark]

This article is about a year old, any new updates for Plymouth, Exeter, and the SW?

[Zenith]

Before:








The new Mall, from P&O developments









http://www.drakecircus.com/

[Zenith]

New Arts building, under construction, 2007 finish





Arts students will enjoy a prestigious new arts complex at Rowe Street on the main Plymouth campus. In addition to total refurbishment and modernisation of the existing Scott Building currently occupied by the Faculty’s School of Media & Photography, there will be a new state-of-the art building designed by internationally acclaimed architects: Henning Larsen. Well known for their work on the Royal Danish Opera House, they are also credited with the Olympic Village in New York.
The building of this site will be the first major project of the distinctive and vibrant ‘cultural quarter’ planned by the University, Plymouth City Council and Plymouth arts Centre for the North Hill area of the city.

To add to this creative arena, the Faculty’s Architecture students will also take residence at the new complex moving from their current home on the Hoe.

“It will not be a site constrained by the academic teaching timetable: Rowe Street will instead become a lively, buzzing public venue, operating 24/7 and hosting public events organised by the Arts Centre and by our neighbours at Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery as well as by the team behind the Faculty's impressive new public art and music programme, Peninsula Arts. The result, we hope, is a vibrant, innovative programme of Arts events which can help to consolidate the university's position as a major artistic force in the region and establish the Cultural Quarter as more than just a concept.”
Professor Steven Parissien, Dean of Arts

The spectacular brand new two and three bedroom apartments
and penthouses at Azure are set to become a modern landmark
- the symbol of the regeneration of this historical landscape.

this building will overlook the hoe and is undergoing construction

[Bluegate74]

Plymouth, like Portsmouth are hovells and no matter what you knock down and replace they'll always look like hovells. The people are inbred yokells and walking round these places is like walking round some stalinsit gulag. Not even the sea breeze changes the deadening monotony of a day out in either of these places.

[Christopher]

^ That's a petty dumb statement if I may say so. Urban re-generation and development is a little more complex than that. The same could be said of Manchester and Leeds a few years ago. Plymouth has one of the finest natural settings in the world and together with an outstanding surrounding environment (Dartmoor, National Trust Coastline etc) is well placed to attract new business and investment. It’s about creating the right environment for it. If you know the city take a walk around Sutton Harbour...that's all new money that has been bet on a future and not the views you portray.

[Zenith]

Plymouth, like Portsmouth are hovells and no matter what you knock down and replace they'll always look like hovells. The people are inbred yokells and walking round these places is like walking round some stalinsit gulag. Not even the sea breeze changes the deadening monotony of a day out in either of these places.

you idiot, yes Plymouth city centre isnt very pretty.it used to be far more beautiful, but its natural setting its beautiful beyond belief....and its trying to rise above !

prick

[delores]

well atleast plymouth is trying and I think in the right direction. But yet again its the 60's like birmingham which is to blame for the mess some of our cities are in at the moment.

[Christopher]

^ Glad that you guys share my views. Personally I think that Plymouth is now getting the wave of investment that it previously missed.

We do need to get better though. Drake's Circus shopping mall, whilst clean and crisp is a very outdated concept. Notice the walls and barriers from a lot of the outside. Hardly a model for drawing in pedestrians and humanising the city centre environment. A step forward yes but not a good one. I'd expect this design out of town in a retail park not within spitting distance of Sutton Harbour.

I'll return with news on quite a big city centre scheme soon...awaiting news from the planners ;-)

[Zenith]

Please do Christopher ! I just got a brochure through for the Azure elevated apartments building on the Hoe, very interesting !

[Zenith]

bumped, in the hope that someone has something on Plymouth. Ill get some photos at some point.

[jimbogreen]

Hi all!

brand new here (found after a while of googling for various things!) and just thought say hi.

If anyone wants/needs to know about developments in Plymouth and to a lesser extent Exeter and the general Westcountry, please feel free to let me know. I generally keep up to date with new developments in plymouth.

Here is what i currently know:

Trathen Tower - a 22 storey tower, in the area around Derrys Cross. One of the first buildings in the 'Mackey Plan'. See http://www.architects-adg.co.uk/fas.html for more details. Note that that images in colour in the pop up box and at the bottom of the screen are the OLD designs, thankfully the planning dept. had a word with the architects and they redesigned and the current plan is the picture in black and white (scroll right). Much more attractive.

Drake Circus - New covered shopping Mall. see www.drakecircus.com. Not amazing architecturally, but it is needed, and has, seemingly, spurred development city wide.

Drake Circus Phase2 (well, what i've called it) - A residential tower next to the new mall, somehow connected to the mall for 2 levels of shopping plus residential development above. Uni aren't apparently happy as they think it will draw attention away from their new Arts building.

Drake Circus Phase1.5 (again, my name for it) - renovation of the former boots building for retail.

University of Plymouth Arts Building - Very interesting new 8 storey building, designed by henning larsens tegnestue. see http://www.hlt.dk/index2.html then 2003 projects, and also http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=10583.

Colin Campbell Court - 17 storey retail/residential redevelopment at the west end of the city centre. see http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=4190 for more details. (good work there whoever does that site!)

Sutton Harbour - 10 storey residential/office development. Rumored to be the new location of the BBC in the South West.

Exeter Street - 9 storey 'Jurys Inn' Hotel. Under construction

Exeter Street - Residential development. 9/10 storey building. http://www.form-design.co.uk/html/lunarrise.html - under construction

Exeter Street - Office Development. see above link. under construction

Coburg St/Armada Way - Horizon Development. 24 storeys. See http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=4688 (again good people at skyscrapernews!). Current occupants vaccating, so expect development soon.

azure - 8 storey residential building. see http://www.azure-plymouth.co.uk/. £1.5 million apartment sold apparently. nice!

General interesting reading for those interested in Plymouth's future - http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/plymouthvision.pdf

Thats about it for the moment, but as i said if anyone wants any info, i'll try and find out. Also, Christopher, i'm very, very interested in your plans. If you need any local info from a resident, let me know.

James

[JamesC]

Interesting news, any info as to when the Civic Centre is getting demolished?

[DMT20]

Hi guys, not ventured to the Plymouth forum very much but its good to see things progressing in the city of my birth!

Theres a render of this in todays AJ:

A Plymouth architect has made the outrageous claim that a 24-storey tower proposed for the city will soon be compared to the Petronas Tower in Kuala Lumpur and the Sears Tower in Chicago.

There can be little doubt that the Architects Design Group (ADG) believes that its 24-storey proposal (above left) has significant design merit.

‘The… project could become a landmark for the city, taking its place globally alongside other instantly recognisable markers such as Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers and the Sears Tower in Chicago,’ the practice said.

The world-famous Petronas (above right) comes in at 88 storeys high, while the Sears (above middle) has 110.

The practice also claimed that the wedge-shaped tower ‘harks back’ to New York’s Flatiron building, built in 1902, which is one of the earliest and most distinctive skyscrapers.

ADG Director Marc Nash said: “We hope that our visionary work will be welcomed by Plymouth City Council planners, having always believed that it fits in superbly with the ambitious Mackay vision for the city.

‘This is an exciting time for Plymouth – a time to be bold, forward thinking and to make a statement.

‘There is an architectural design movement towards skyscrapers that we are seeing around the world, being led by Asian countries and the Middle East. Plymouth has the potential to become an iconic skyline for the UK,’ he added.

(AJ)

[Zenith]

Oh dear.....oh dear...what idiotic claims..

any renders ? scans ? etc