Tower of Light | Lower Mosley Street | 40m

How many apartments??

Strange, looks like it should be bigger. It's more a "Medium-sized Chimney Of Light" at the moment.

you got me there, I was excited thinking it was the 80 story rumour that’s being banged on about. It’s nice thou shame a skyscraper in Manchester looking like that would be amazing

Blame PNW for the headline.

Hmm, surely a tower like this has either got to be a similar height to Toronto's CN Tower /Berlin's TV Tower/Tokyo Tower (i.e. taller than residential/domestic towers and an iconic flourish to the skyline) or it shouldn't be built at all. From the blurb above it doesn't sound like it's being framed as a major project for Manchester...

I'm going to get the title changed.

However, from an Ants perspective, this tower would look amazing. :lol:

Put it this way. With this in-front of Axis, 10-12 and Owen Street, it will look striking. A very nice design and addition to the city centre.

The project, which includes a 40m flue, will be a permanent addition to Manchester’s skyline and four of the UK’s most renowned architecture practices were shortlisted to submit designs as part of a competition to ensure the energy centre would be a positive addition to Manchester’s Civic Quarter.

https://www.vitalenergi.co.uk/blog/...ht-to-manchesters-civic-quarter-heat-network/

Hmm it's a bit trypophobic.

The base looks really odd...like the hoardings around planned builds crossed with a radiator cover.

I’m all for a Greener Manchester but that is hideous and look at the base.

I don't get it.

What's coming out of this flue?

light?
heat?
noxious gas?

Isaac Newell said:

What's coming out of this flue?

light?
heat?
noxious gas?

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It burns gas, so all the usual things you'd expect from a boiler.

I'm a big fan of this scheme (not necessarily the design of the flue), as district heating networks (when done right) are a big step forward in terms of efficiency and de-centralisation of power generation.

It may seem a little odd to consider what is essentially a mini gas power plant as low carbon, but the difference with a CHP is it produces electricity at source so it's more efficient than getting it from the grid (lots of inefficiencies involved in travel across the grid). It also generates heat as a by-product (just like a conventional power station with it's big cooling towers) only in this case it will be used to heat water and supply the local area.

Thumbs up from me

^^

Totally agree.

I think of it as an Eco Minaret

The "hoarding" around the base will be hard to maintain and end up graffiti-ed / covered in pollution

What a weird place to put it.

I must admit it does look like VIP crematorium

Presumably its base will be at the lower ground level in that recess next to the Metrolink bridge - will it be behind the current railings or, as the render suggests, flush with the street level then?