Usually a project of this size wouldn't warrant a thread of it's own, but I know some forumers would love a discussion considering what is being replaced. Reading the Design document, this building could be the start of the return of Portland Stone in City Developments.
54 Fenchurch Street | City of London | 43m | 10 fl | Pro
54 Fenchurch Street
Aviva Life and Pension UK Ltd
dRMM Architects
This has been submitted for approval.
Immediately opposite 120 Fenchurch Street
The current building:
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
The Proposal:
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
Aviva Life and Pension UK Ltd
dRMM Architects
This has been submitted for approval.
Immediately opposite 120 Fenchurch Street
The current building:
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on FlickrThe Proposal:
54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr54 Fenchurch Street by corerising, on Flickr
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Glass printed with an opaque design is almost indistinguishable from plastic.
The only half decent example I have ever seen is the Wiel Arets building in Zürich:
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But I can't imagine this much cheaper office block in Fenchurch Street will have the material quality to look as good, and I think the marble print is far superior to the recon-stone-studded-with-shells print.
The only half decent example I have ever seen is the Wiel Arets building in Zürich:
But I can't imagine this much cheaper office block in Fenchurch Street will have the material quality to look as good, and I think the marble print is far superior to the recon-stone-studded-with-shells print.
My god that is spectacularly ugly - Stone effect printed onto glass?
The existing building isn't anything special, especially in it's current rather drab state but at least it doesn't look like a monolithic slab that almost has a military bunker quality to it.
Actually made me laugh out loud that they referenced glass reflections in the More London development. It's sort of like one of those projects from my Uni design days where you just retrospectively pulled random references from thin air to support your knocked out night-before designs
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The existing building isn't anything special, especially in it's current rather drab state but at least it doesn't look like a monolithic slab that almost has a military bunker quality to it.
Actually made me laugh out loud that they referenced glass reflections in the More London development. It's sort of like one of those projects from my Uni design days where you just retrospectively pulled random references from thin air to support your knocked out night-before designs
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This is now approved..
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