[L8Hatter]

Warning: contains flashy colours

A landmark building for Derby in many respects. The Quad aside, it's the first vaguely bit of exciting architecture for um, 40 years? More prosaically perhaps, it's the first new office office building in the centre for nearly 25 years. And according to the Derby marketing bumph the first speculative office build in 'The Midlands' for 20 years :shocked:

It's at the junction of Agard and Ford Street, a stones throw from the City Centre. A bit of a marmite I expect, but I'm beginning to love it

 

[sunbeams]

Kind of a mix of a few buildings from Jubilee Campus in Nottingham. A little bit too much metal and not enough glass.

I'm not sure that colour will work well in our climate. A bit dull and might age badly.

And of course it's 20 metres too small.

 

[finnarch]

Kind of a mix of a few buildings from Jubilee Campus in Nottingham. A little bit too much metal and not enough glass.

I'm not sure that colour will work well in our climate. A bit dull and might age badly.

And of course it's 20 metres too small.

Copper is coated so it doesn't change colour.

 

[this_city]

Copper is coated so it doesn't change colour.

are you sure? think that would look even better with an aged green finish. either way i'd quite like to steal it and plonk it down in Leeds somewhere

 

[Skipping_Pig]

Those windows are going to date faster than Russell Brand.

 

[sunbeams]

It's not the greatest design but it's still got the potential to be a fine striking building. All on the finish.

 

[finnarch]

are you sure? think that would look even better with an aged green finish. either way i'd quite like to steal it and plonk it down in Leeds somewhere

Yep, I'm sure.
I've designed the curtain walls for this one. ♥

 

[DeFiBkIlLeR]

Strange place Derby, been there a few times, it's too big to be a town, but too small to really be a city.

Being caught in this no man's land means it never really attracts the critical mass from developers and so only really seems to get serious developments a couple of times a decade or so.

 

[Markie1976]

Friargate Square marketing site

http://www.friargatesquare.co.uk/about-friar-gate-square-derby.html

 

[bantam]

Top quality building for Derby. Bravo. Wish we could get something with as innovative a design as this in Nottingham city centre...