Great West Quarter | Brentford | 75m | 25 fl | T/O

jorgen · March 13th, 2007, 01:06 PM

Not the most interesting London development for you guys, but it's where I live and someone asked me to start an official thread. Here it is!

Official websites:
http://www.gwq.uk.com
http://www.gwq-london.com

Location: (I live on the yellow dot..)

Renders:

Highlights of this development:
• Wallis House, a restored art deco icon (see Image in post below)
• The Skylon, 32 storey hotel glass tower with public observation deck on top

General Description:
• 755 Residential units
• 180 bed hotel
• 80 suite apart-hotel
• Serviced office/business centre
• Health club
• Bar/pub
• Restaurant
• Supermarket
• 1040 car parking spaces (all uses)

jorgen · March 13th, 2007, 01:07 PM

Images from February 4th.

Wallis House getting freshed up:

Demolition of Westgate House. When I passed this weekend only 2-3 storeys were left.

I promise to get some updated photos soon.

embe · March 13th, 2007, 01:18 PM

Thanks. As I've said before, I always enjoy driving into London along the M4, you really get the impression that you are heading into a big city, with some impressive buildings adjacent to the flyover. I especially like the Glaxosmithkline building, here:

Turbosnail · March 13th, 2007, 01:20 PM

I used to live up that way too. This part of the M4 corridor is very interesting especially from the elevated M4 with the Glaxo building and various other mid rises - it is the main road route into London from Heathrow so I think it deserves spicing up a bit more.

Cabman · March 13th, 2007, 02:49 PM

It looks fine from the m4 but at street level it is a hideous place. Mixed use developments like GWQ and the recent built university campus could help things out.

mulattokid · March 13th, 2007, 03:57 PM

Thanks Jorgen. It was me I think ...this is part of my old stomping ground...I still go that way regularly...cant wait!

nukey · March 14th, 2007, 11:51 PM

Ech, looks anything but vibrant!

mulattokid · March 15th, 2007, 02:00 PM

That poster suggesting D'Art Deco is back...thats not a 1930's hairstyle!!

jorgen · March 15th, 2007, 02:47 PM

Hehe good point

The Art Deco period was from 1920 till 1939 (acc. to Wikipedia).
It looks like a 1960's hairstyle, except it had a more extreme 'flip'.

I'll go and get some new pics this weekend. I want to take some pics of the whole Brentford "scraper" area, but it's hard to find a good spot, much thanks to the damn M4 flyover... Maybe I'll fake a breakdown on my motorbike. I would love to show you that Canary Wharf can be seen from there.

embe · March 15th, 2007, 03:40 PM

There are great views of Wembley from the flyover too.

Ciudad Bristol · March 15th, 2007, 04:00 PM

Take a Mega bus double decker east bound, on top deck at front, on the M4 elevated highway you can see CW, The City, Wembley, etc, etc.. amazing at sunset with the sun bouncing back off 1CS. Did it once but didn't have my cam.

Where exactly is the Audi showroom going? The plot at the Junction of Ealing Rd and A4 just up from Griffin Park?

What about the top of the new Premier Travel Inn (old Vencourt Hotel) in Chiswick/Hammersmith? I know its a bit far out but should be a good vista from 13th floor.

jorgen · March 15th, 2007, 04:18 PM

I took a pic of the Audi site too (well, that's what i think it is anyway...). This is north of A4/M4 and right opposite of GWQ. It'll only be 5 storeys or so though.

mulattokid · March 15th, 2007, 07:28 PM

I think I gave you that info, so if its wrong its my fault

Ive never been on a motorbike

I would get frightnened.

Another possible option si to get into one of the Green Dragon Estate Towers (6 x 22 stories...2 seen in the first render). Thats not difficult, but getting shots from the stairwell is not so easy.

jorgen · April 7th, 2007, 08:07 PM

Wallis House:

Westgate House almost gone:

mulattokid · April 7th, 2007, 08:11 PM

Thanks Jorgen....I was draggin mi Julie there tomorrow...wont bother now!

jorgen · May 26th, 2007, 01:02 PM

They've launched another website, with more images and a promo video of the whole development, inside and outside: http://www.gwq.uk.com/

mulattokid · June 7th, 2007, 05:57 PM

Well I Thought I should actually add something of worth rather than rude comments now that my Digicam uploads again (I wondered what that wire was for)

I minced on my bike over the this area and amongst other things got molested by a young Asian security guard whilst taking pictures..I said 'thats too big to be a mobile phone'!!

This is the Eastern end of the 'so called' Golden Mile of the London Borough of Hounslow.

The building in the background is derelict, but in the 70's used to be a bedding and fabric store 'Brentfords" Those were my nylon days

The pile driver is for the new 25 storey hbotle featured by Jorgen above.
The whole site is enormous!

I dont know what the plans are for this derelict 12 storey tower.
That earthquake was strong!!

The new University tower in the middle, accomodation on the right and others including GlaxoSmithKlyne Beecham

Becoming a mini cluster

Looking WEst further along the corridor of development

One of the newer buildings

More to come, as tinypic told me to f....off!

El_Greco · June 7th, 2007, 06:02 PM

Depressing place....Thanks for the pics.

jorgen · June 7th, 2007, 07:07 PM

Good stuff mulattokid

Yeah, it's not a very nice area on ground level...
A local informed me there will be a champagne bar on top of the Skylon tower.

Ultim8 · August 20th, 2007, 02:24 AM

Hey everyone,
I work at GWQ and will gladly answer any questions you may have about the site.
You may want to know that the "tower" as we call it, will now be 32 stories.
Wallis House will contain 111 luxury appartments. I have some great pictures taken from the top of Wallis House looking across london and over the site. I will post them next time I'm on.

March 13th, 2007, 01:06 PM	#1
jorgen Viking Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norway (ex London) Posts: 1,073 Likes (Received): 0	Great West Quarter \| Brentford \| 75m \| 25 fl \| T/O Not the most interesting London development for you guys, but it's where I live and someone asked me to start an official thread. Here it is! Official websites: http://www.gwq.uk.com http://www.gwq-london.com Location: (I live on the yellow dot..) Renders: Highlights of this development: • Wallis House, a restored art deco icon (see Image in post below) • The Skylon, 32 storey hotel glass tower with public observation deck on top General Description: • 755 Residential units • 180 bed hotel • 80 suite apart-hotel • Serviced office/business centre • Health club • Bar/pub • Restaurant • Supermarket • 1040 car parking spaces (all uses) Last edited by jorgen; August 20th, 2007 at 10:45 AM.

March 13th, 2007, 02:49 PM	#5
Cabman Do A Little Dance Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,506 Likes (Received): 3	It looks fine from the m4 but at street level it is a hideous place. Mixed use developments like GWQ and the recent built university campus could help things out. __________________ http://www.fctorrevieja.com/TORRY ARMY

March 13th, 2007, 03:57 PM	#6
mulattokid BLAND Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 8,420 Likes (Received): 100	Thanks Jorgen. It was me I think ...this is part of my old stomping ground...I still go that way regularly...cant wait! __________________ Quote: "Everything in life is our fault...but that's not our fault" (By a friend of Quentin Crisp) www.jclodge.com (my singer sisters site) The headlines read: 'another footballer is charged with sexual miscontuct'! Is it pure coincidence that a mans Scrotum resembles a brain - requisite with both hemispheres, and its truncated spinal cord - always in search of sensation? (Mark Joseph 2008)

March 14th, 2007, 11:51 PM	#7
nukey Somnium Quinti Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 677 Likes (Received): 0	Ech, looks anything but vibrant! __________________ esaelp ecuas dna liatkcoc nwarp

March 15th, 2007, 02:00 PM	#8
mulattokid BLAND Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 8,420 Likes (Received): 100	That poster suggesting D'Art Deco is back...thats not a 1930's hairstyle!! __________________ Quote: "Everything in life is our fault...but that's not our fault" (By a friend of Quentin Crisp) www.jclodge.com (my singer sisters site) The headlines read: 'another footballer is charged with sexual miscontuct'! Is it pure coincidence that a mans Scrotum resembles a brain - requisite with both hemispheres, and its truncated spinal cord - always in search of sensation? (Mark Joseph 2008) Last edited by mulattokid; March 15th, 2007 at 07:24 PM.

March 13th, 2007, 01:07 PM	#2
jorgen Viking Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norway (ex London) Posts: 1,073 Likes (Received): 0	Images from February 4th. Wallis House getting freshed up: Demolition of Westgate House. When I passed this weekend only 2-3 storeys were left. I promise to get some updated photos soon.

March 13th, 2007, 01:18 PM	#3
embe FuturePlanningConsultant Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oxford Posts: 182 Likes (Received): 0	Thanks. As I've said before, I always enjoy driving into London along the M4, you really get the impression that you are heading into a big city, with some impressive buildings adjacent to the flyover. I especially like the Glaxosmithkline building, here:

March 13th, 2007, 01:20 PM	#4
Turbosnail Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,704 Likes (Received): 17	I used to live up that way too. This part of the M4 corridor is very interesting especially from the elevated M4 with the Glaxo building and various other mid rises - it is the main road route into London from Heathrow so I think it deserves spicing up a bit more.

March 15th, 2007, 02:47 PM	#9
jorgen Viking Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norway (ex London) Posts: 1,073 Likes (Received): 0	Hehe good point The Art Deco period was from 1920 till 1939 (acc. to Wikipedia). It looks like a 1960's hairstyle, except it had a more extreme 'flip'. I'll go and get some new pics this weekend. I want to take some pics of the whole Brentford "scraper" area, but it's hard to find a good spot, much thanks to the damn M4 flyover... Maybe I'll fake a breakdown on my motorbike. I would love to show you that Canary Wharf can be seen from there. Last edited by jorgen; March 15th, 2007 at 04:18 PM.

March 15th, 2007, 03:40 PM	#10
embe FuturePlanningConsultant Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oxford Posts: 182 Likes (Received): 0	There are great views of Wembley from the flyover too.

March 15th, 2007, 04:00 PM	#11
Ciudad Bristol Virtute et Industria Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: London SE 16 Posts: 1,380 Likes (Received): 1	Take a Mega bus double decker east bound, on top deck at front, on the M4 elevated highway you can see CW, The City, Wembley, etc, etc.. amazing at sunset with the sun bouncing back off 1CS. Did it once but didn't have my cam. Where exactly is the Audi showroom going? The plot at the Junction of Ealing Rd and A4 just up from Griffin Park? What about the top of the new Premier Travel Inn (old Vencourt Hotel) in Chiswick/Hammersmith? I know its a bit far out but should be a good vista from 13th floor. __________________ Kings Cross Southern square (7,000m2) – August 2013

March 15th, 2007, 04:18 PM	#12
jorgen Viking Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norway (ex London) Posts: 1,073 Likes (Received): 0	I took a pic of the Audi site too (well, that's what i think it is anyway...). This is north of A4/M4 and right opposite of GWQ. It'll only be 5 storeys or so though.

March 15th, 2007, 07:28 PM	#13
mulattokid BLAND Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 8,420 Likes (Received): 100	I think I gave you that info, so if its wrong its my fault Ive never been on a motorbike I would get frightnened. Another possible option si to get into one of the Green Dragon Estate Towers (6 x 22 stories...2 seen in the first render). Thats not difficult, but getting shots from the stairwell is not so easy. __________________ Quote: "Everything in life is our fault...but that's not our fault" (By a friend of Quentin Crisp) www.jclodge.com (my singer sisters site) The headlines read: 'another footballer is charged with sexual miscontuct'! Is it pure coincidence that a mans Scrotum resembles a brain - requisite with both hemispheres, and its truncated spinal cord - always in search of sensation? (Mark Joseph 2008)

April 7th, 2007, 08:07 PM	#14
jorgen Viking Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norway (ex London) Posts: 1,073 Likes (Received): 0	Update April 7th 2007 Wallis House: Westgate House almost gone:

April 7th, 2007, 08:11 PM	#15
mulattokid BLAND Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 8,420 Likes (Received): 100	Thanks Jorgen....I was draggin mi Julie there tomorrow...wont bother now! __________________ Quote: "Everything in life is our fault...but that's not our fault" (By a friend of Quentin Crisp) www.jclodge.com (my singer sisters site) The headlines read: 'another footballer is charged with sexual miscontuct'! Is it pure coincidence that a mans Scrotum resembles a brain - requisite with both hemispheres, and its truncated spinal cord - always in search of sensation? (Mark Joseph 2008)

May 26th, 2007, 01:02 PM	#16
jorgen Viking Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norway (ex London) Posts: 1,073 Likes (Received): 0	They've launched another website, with more images and a promo video of the whole development, inside and outside: http://www.gwq.uk.com/

June 7th, 2007, 05:57 PM	#17
mulattokid BLAND Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 8,420 Likes (Received): 100	Well I Thought I should actually add something of worth rather than rude comments now that my Digicam uploads again (I wondered what that wire was for) I minced on my bike over the this area and amongst other things got molested by a young Asian security guard whilst taking pictures..I said 'thats too big to be a mobile phone'!! This is the Eastern end of the 'so called' Golden Mile of the London Borough of Hounslow. The building in the background is derelict, but in the 70's used to be a bedding and fabric store 'Brentfords" Those were my nylon days The pile driver is for the new 25 storey hbotle featured by Jorgen above. The whole site is enormous! I dont know what the plans are for this derelict 12 storey tower. That earthquake was strong!! The new University tower in the middle, accomodation on the right and others including GlaxoSmithKlyne Beecham Becoming a mini cluster Looking WEst further along the corridor of development One of the newer buildings More to come, as tinypic told me to f....off! __________________ Quote: "Everything in life is our fault...but that's not our fault" (By a friend of Quentin Crisp) www.jclodge.com (my singer sisters site) The headlines read: 'another footballer is charged with sexual miscontuct'! Is it pure coincidence that a mans Scrotum resembles a brain - requisite with both hemispheres, and its truncated spinal cord - always in search of sensation? (Mark Joseph 2008) Last edited by mulattokid; June 7th, 2007 at 06:05 PM.

June 7th, 2007, 06:02 PM	#18
El_Greco I Like Palm Trees Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 16,757 Likes (Received): 270	Depressing place....Thanks for the pics. __________________ My Photos : Lisbon\|Madrid\|Rome\|Naples\|London\|Rotterdam\|Fes

June 7th, 2007, 07:07 PM	#19
jorgen Viking Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norway (ex London) Posts: 1,073 Likes (Received): 0	Good stuff mulattokid Yeah, it's not a very nice area on ground level... A local informed me there will be a champagne bar on top of the Skylon tower.

August 20th, 2007, 02:24 AM	#20
Ultim8 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1 Likes (Received): 0	Hey everyone, I work at GWQ and will gladly answer any questions you may have about the site. You may want to know that the "tower" as we call it, will now be 32 stories. Wallis House will contain 111 luxury appartments. I have some great pictures taken from the top of Wallis House looking across london and over the site. I will post them next time I'm on.

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