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***wjfox*** · September 20th, 2008, 10:36 AM

Do we know the AGL height?

AXISPAW · September 20th, 2008, 11:28 AM

Looks like the number 1 to me lol

delores · September 20th, 2008, 12:13 PM

http://www.jacobswebber.com/pages/projects.htm here's the architects website...a mixture of SOM work mainly...

Tazac · September 20th, 2008, 02:42 PM

Is it me....or does this tower design looks 1960's?!

jimbo · September 20th, 2008, 07:36 PM

oh good lord - that's not pretty is it really. The top reminds me of those daft attach droids in the latest Star Wars trilogy. 'Roger roger'!?!?!?

golddex · September 20th, 2008, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Tazac

Is it me....or does this tower design looks 1960's?!

yes it does...like from those 1970's futuristic novels. Maybe if it was part of a boring cluster, that's fine, but on it's own, a bit of a freak.

***gothicform*** · September 21st, 2008, 01:35 AM

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Do we know the AGL height?

the tower is 131.69 metres tall.

chrissyb · September 21st, 2008, 11:57 AM

...if it had been straight up and down though it really would have been dull - in this case the over-hang creates a talking point. It's purpose can't just be aesthetic though...?

Madman · September 21st, 2008, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by chrissyb

...if it had been straight up and down though it really would have been dull - in this case the over-hang creates a talking point. It's purpose can't just be aesthetic though...?

The cantilever may/probably provides a larger floorplate more desirable in attracting a lucrative restaurant tenant?

london lad · September 21st, 2008, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Madman

The cantilever may/probably provides a larger floorplate more desirable in attracting a lucrative restaurant tenant?

Bizarrely I think the top part is going to be a gym.

TomD'07 · September 21st, 2008, 09:48 PM

Thats one way to get people to exercise i guess!

DarJoLe · September 22nd, 2008, 05:54 PM

Naff.

potto · September 22nd, 2008, 06:20 PM

I dont think it is that bad. It seems to have character while remaining concise and modernist a bit like the old fire station at the Barbican. The trouble is with this area of London is that it is such a fractured urban environment that any large development will seem a bit out of place with little in the way of cues for design, a bit like Dubai I suppose.

Bob · September 22nd, 2008, 06:27 PM

If the white bits were conrete then I'd be worried, but it's metal cladding, which, together with the coloured glass make this a neat, stylish tower.

london lad · September 22nd, 2008, 06:27 PM

Im in two minds over this- It could either be a high quality tower such as Pan P or be downright awful like the Discovery dock that thankfully is still stuck in planning.Really depends on the execution & materials. Planning docs say this could start in 2009 but I doubt it

From Greenwich it would sit in front of Barclays.
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potto · September 22nd, 2008, 06:37 PM

actually, sod it, it looks good, better than Pan

Bottlefall · September 22nd, 2008, 06:57 PM

Can't say i dont like it,but am a bit concerned about those colours.How would that look at night with lights on?

ferge · September 22nd, 2008, 07:24 PM

Its a weird one when it comes to colour, either its completely disregarded or they go the whole hog and completely OD..

tigerman · September 22nd, 2008, 08:31 PM

I really like this - isnt it exactly what we have been looking for around this area - ie something different?

Loyalist. · September 22nd, 2008, 09:35 PM

It's in the shape of a 1, its good!

Let's lock up Simon Jenkins on the top floor so he has to look at the Canary Wharf skyscrapers all day lol.

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September 20th, 2008, 11:28 AM	#22
AXISPAW Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 835 Likes (Received): 5	Looks like the number 1 to me lol

September 20th, 2008, 12:13 PM	#23
delores Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,607 Likes (Received): 36	http://www.jacobswebber.com/pages/projects.htm here's the architects website...a mixture of SOM work mainly...

September 20th, 2008, 07:36 PM	#25
jimbo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Leeds/London Posts: 4,677 Likes (Received): 3	oh good lord - that's not pretty is it really. The top reminds me of those daft attach droids in the latest Star Wars trilogy. 'Roger roger'!?!?!?

September 21st, 2008, 11:57 AM	#28
chrissyb Lincoln - London - Greece Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Greece Posts: 599 Likes (Received): 1	...if it had been straight up and down though it really would have been dull - in this case the over-hang creates a talking point. It's purpose can't just be aesthetic though...?

September 22nd, 2008, 06:20 PM	#33
potto Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Posts: 13,606 Likes (Received): 424	I dont think it is that bad. It seems to have character while remaining concise and modernist a bit like the old fire station at the Barbican. The trouble is with this area of London is that it is such a fractured urban environment that any large development will seem a bit out of place with little in the way of cues for design, a bit like Dubai I suppose.

September 22nd, 2008, 06:27 PM	#34
Bob Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Posts: 2,321 Likes (Received): 3	If the white bits were conrete then I'd be worried, but it's metal cladding, which, together with the coloured glass make this a neat, stylish tower.

September 22nd, 2008, 06:27 PM	#35
london lad Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: London Posts: 8,186 Likes (Received): 79	Im in two minds over this- It could either be a high quality tower such as Pan P or be downright awful like the Discovery dock that thankfully is still stuck in planning.Really depends on the execution & materials. Planning docs say this could start in 2009 but I doubt it From Greenwich it would sit in front of Barclays. [IMG]http://i37.**********/98y32r.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.********/5xid1v.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.********/34is0b4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i38.********/fazcxd.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i38.**********/2mq2ecn.jpg[/IMG]

September 22nd, 2008, 06:37 PM	#36
potto Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Posts: 13,606 Likes (Received): 424	actually, sod it, it looks good, better than Pan

September 22nd, 2008, 06:57 PM	#37
Bottlefall Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 253 Likes (Received): 19	Can't say i dont like it,but am a bit concerned about those colours.How would that look at night with lights on?

September 22nd, 2008, 07:24 PM	#38
ferge Like 'Berg' Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Wigan Posts: 5,355 Likes (Received): 102	Its a weird one when it comes to colour, either its completely disregarded or they go the whole hog and completely OD..

September 22nd, 2008, 08:31 PM	#39
tigerman Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,097 Likes (Received): 50	I really like this - isnt it exactly what we have been looking for around this area - ie something different?

September 22nd, 2008, 09:35 PM	#40
Loyalist. Let's modernise Britain Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London Posts: 388 Likes (Received): 0	It's in the shape of a 1, its good! Let's lock up Simon Jenkins on the top floor so he has to look at the Canary Wharf skyscrapers all day lol.