Orion Tower, Birmingham - 2

SimonTheSoundMan · July 5th, 2006, 01:00 AM

Covers are off, please vote.

The Orion Building
Height: 90m+
Floors: 28
Architect: BBLB Architects
Developer: Crosby Homes
Links: http://www.theorionbuilding.co.uk/
Notes: approximately 312 top end of range apartments plus 12,000 sqft of commercial space. To include Birmingham’s first £1.5m penthouse
Current Status: Under construction. Due for completion early 2006

Bachy Soletanche · July 5th, 2006, 10:48 AM

SimonTheSoundMan · July 5th, 2006, 12:50 PM

Umm, poll is broken.. "You have already voted on this poll. Please press back to see the results."

Mods!

Bachy Soletanche · July 5th, 2006, 01:04 PM

Bits of it are terrible, mostly the ones shown in my picts, but oh the whole I still quite like it, although the 7 I gave it was to high thinking about, it's still only half finished you know? The 4 phase is starting now.

And given that it was just a world war II bomb site/car park before...

WeasteDevil · July 6th, 2006, 12:30 AM

Why start a new thread on it?

Are you a bit of an idiot?

SimonTheSoundMan · July 6th, 2006, 01:26 AM

Because most of the votes on the last thread were on the tower renders, the final tower has now been uncovered and, it is not the same.

delores · July 6th, 2006, 07:32 AM

Its appauling, badly detailed, cheaply built rubbish, whats good about it???? The render will no doubt stain and then what? I can't believe how this can be built in the city centre, It evokes no sense of pride atall. I hope its surrounded by better buildings to hide this eyesaw. Another comment the windows seem very mean to me, for a supposidly high class residential project , then again whats there to look at in Birmingham? apart from the countryside beyond.

Bachy Soletanche · July 6th, 2006, 09:41 AM

C'mon, it's not that bad!

Biosonic · July 6th, 2006, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by delores

Its appauling, badly detailed, cheaply built rubbish, whats good about it???? The render will no doubt stain and then what? I can't believe how this can be built in the city centre, It evokes no sense of pride atall. I hope its surrounded by better buildings to hide this eyesaw. Another comment the windows seem very mean to me, for a supposidly high class residential project , then again whats there to look at in Birmingham? apart from the countryside beyond.

Go back from whence you came.

Bachy Soletanche · July 6th, 2006, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biosonic

Go back from whence you came.

Biosonic · July 6th, 2006, 03:29 PM

Why am I a llllllllllllama Stephen?

delores · July 7th, 2006, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biosonic

Go back from whence you came.

Oh please.....

This building is BAD can't you see that?? or are you blinded by your ignorance?

Biosonic · July 7th, 2006, 09:38 AM

I am quite in agreement that the architecture is poor, the execution of it is bad, I just didn't like the snotty remark at the end of your post.

brumthom · July 7th, 2006, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by delores

whats there to look at in Birmingham? apart from the countryside beyond.

calm down tiger, you'll drop your dummy

July 7th, 2006, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by delores

then again whats there to look at in Birmingham? apart from the countryside beyond.

Concrete, trees, buildings, benches, water, humans, insects, birds, paint ... pretty obvious really. If you go into the countryside you might find horse shit, but im sure it'll be nothing special to you considering it flows from your mouth like beer does from a pump.

El_Greco · July 8th, 2006, 03:19 AM

7/10

rottersclub · July 8th, 2006, 12:34 PM

It looks like a prison. The glass bit on top is OK, but the rest of the complex is not much better than the god-awful 1960s concrete blocks. I certainly wouldn't want to live in it. It'd be depressing to have to come home to it. That blue one is much nicer.

Erebus555 · July 8th, 2006, 12:54 PM

Thats the Holloway Circus Tower. Over 120 metres tall and a lot curvier on the front and with that fantastic design, it makes a fantastic impact on the skyline. A real credit to the Birmingham skyline and list of buildings but if you want an even better apartment, wait til the circular, iconic Rotunda has been finished and lavish in the pride of being based in one of the greatest buildings the 1960's has produced.

JOliver · July 8th, 2006, 02:29 PM

Sorry guys I had to put "2". Can not believe such building was designed/approved/built. Think Birmingham deserves better quality buildings - like this one on a foreground for example. Hope they don't damage it.

van heckler · July 8th, 2006, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SimLim

Concrete, trees, buildings, benches, water, humans, insects, birds, paint ... pretty obvious really. If you go into the countryside you might find horse shit, but im sure it'll be nothing special to you considering it flows from your mouth like beer does from a pump.

That's hilarious, the simile at the end was just exquisite!

View Poll Results: Rate Orion
10	1	0.91%
9	1	0.91%
8	5	4.55%
7	13	11.82%
6	16	14.55%
5	11	10.00%
4	22	20.00%
3	13	11.82%
2	11	10.00%
1	17	15.45%
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July 5th, 2006, 01:00 AM	#1
SimonTheSoundMan Unregistered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,454 Likes (Received): 129	Orion Tower, Birmingham - 2 Covers are off, please vote. The Orion Building Height: 90m+ Floors: 28 Architect: BBLB Architects Developer: Crosby Homes Links: http://www.theorionbuilding.co.uk/ Notes: approximately 312 top end of range apartments plus 12,000 sqft of commercial space. To include Birmingham’s first £1.5m penthouse Current Status: Under construction. Due for completion early 2006

July 5th, 2006, 10:48 AM	#2
Bachy Soletanche Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 14,592 Likes (Received): 173	__________________ We do not need to return anywhere, we are already in all the places we have ever been

July 5th, 2006, 01:04 PM	#4
Bachy Soletanche Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 14,592 Likes (Received): 173	Bits of it are terrible, mostly the ones shown in my picts, but oh the whole I still quite like it, although the 7 I gave it was to high thinking about, it's still only half finished you know? The 4 phase is starting now. And given that it was just a world war II bomb site/car park before... __________________ We do not need to return anywhere, we are already in all the places we have ever been

July 6th, 2006, 12:30 AM	#5
WeasteDevil Salford Red Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Salford in Castellon Posts: 1,549 Likes (Received): 0	Why start a new thread on it? Are you a bit of an idiot? __________________ "Manchester is the only English city which can look London in the face, not merely as a regional capital but as a rival version of how men should live in a community." - AJP Taylor

July 5th, 2006, 12:50 PM	#3
SimonTheSoundMan Unregistered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,454 Likes (Received): 129	Umm, poll is broken.. "You have already voted on this poll. Please press back to see the results." Mods!

July 6th, 2006, 01:26 AM	#6
SimonTheSoundMan Unregistered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,454 Likes (Received): 129	Because most of the votes on the last thread were on the tower renders, the final tower has now been uncovered and, it is not the same.

July 6th, 2006, 07:32 AM	#7
delores Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,570 Likes (Received): 25	Its appauling, badly detailed, cheaply built rubbish, whats good about it???? The render will no doubt stain and then what? I can't believe how this can be built in the city centre, It evokes no sense of pride atall. I hope its surrounded by better buildings to hide this eyesaw. Another comment the windows seem very mean to me, for a supposidly high class residential project , then again whats there to look at in Birmingham? apart from the countryside beyond.

July 6th, 2006, 09:41 AM	#8
Bachy Soletanche Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 14,592 Likes (Received): 173	C'mon, it's not that bad! __________________ We do not need to return anywhere, we are already in all the places we have ever been

July 6th, 2006, 03:29 PM	#11
Biosonic Second Citizen Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 14,320 Likes (Received): 2	Why am I a llllllllllllama Stephen? __________________ Birmingham.Brilliance

July 7th, 2006, 09:38 AM	#13
Biosonic Second Citizen Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 14,320 Likes (Received): 2	I am quite in agreement that the architecture is poor, the execution of it is bad, I just didn't like the snotty remark at the end of your post. __________________ Birmingham.Brilliance

July 8th, 2006, 03:19 AM	#16
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July 8th, 2006, 12:34 PM	#17
rottersclub Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Coventry, Warwickshire Posts: 3,688 Likes (Received): 0	It looks like a prison. The glass bit on top is OK, but the rest of the complex is not much better than the god-awful 1960s concrete blocks. I certainly wouldn't want to live in it. It'd be depressing to have to come home to it. That blue one is much nicer.

July 8th, 2006, 12:54 PM	#18
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 31,246 Likes (Received): 4	Thats the Holloway Circus Tower. Over 120 metres tall and a lot curvier on the front and with that fantastic design, it makes a fantastic impact on the skyline. A real credit to the Birmingham skyline and list of buildings but if you want an even better apartment, wait til the circular, iconic Rotunda has been finished and lavish in the pride of being based in one of the greatest buildings the 1960's has produced. __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

July 8th, 2006, 02:29 PM	#19
JOliver Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: W. Yorkshire Posts: 673 Likes (Received): 0	Sorry guys I had to put "2". Can not believe such building was designed/approved/built. Think Birmingham deserves better quality buildings - like this one on a foreground for example. Hope they don't damage it. Last edited by JOliver; July 8th, 2006 at 05:56 PM.

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