[local_weasel]

Interesting!

Brick is very much the cladding of the age, is seems, which is a welcome change. There are one or two things that don't feel quite right with this though:

There's almost too much brick here - it kind of has the feel of a prison about it. Could have done with a different style somewhere to break it. Also I'm not crazy about those boxes on top, and the groundfloor units don't look anywhere near as good as the ones at Summer Leys, particularly that totally blank corner.

I'm being picky of course, and it's a substantial proposal for an unloved area of the city - but as much as I'm enjoying this higher quality, brick led revolution I don't get that fuzzy feeling that I did on seeing the new Summer Leys designs. Looks a budget version to me.

 

[local_weasel]

Oh wow. That's an enormous improvement.

 

[local_weasel]

We do love a 40-50m 'tower'

Indeed. They all seem to have plenty of width but are slightly too short in length to be visually appealing, which to be honest with you is something I can relate to

:lol:

 

[local_weasel]

They appear to have trimmed down that blank, corner section. Great little tweak that, looks smarter now rather than blank space.

 

[local_weasel]

I'm not sure if there are more of them, but they seem to have added handrails which smarten things up even further.

 

[local_weasel]

Damn that chimney!

Where's Fred Dibnah when you need him?