steveb2007 Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 Do you think the new buildings being erected in Sheffield have,or have not,improved the look of our city? I bet you looked on this thread expecting something entirely different,didn't you!!
steveb2007 Posted March 14, 2008 Author Posted March 14, 2008 lol thought that was you being dirty.:hihi: I'm not like that,i'm a good boy!
swordfish1 Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 Your thread title has been changed now!! As to the new buildings, I do think some areas are looking better. I just get a feeling it's too much, too soon, with too little thought. We seem to be demolishing everything and putting up nondescript glass buildings everywhere.The winter gardens being surrounded is just one example of the too little thought. The demolishing of the Yorkshire Grey being another. I sometimes look around and feel they're ripping the heart out of the city. It reminds me of how, in the 80's, every bar was modernised and improved into a lovely shiny bright wine bar. And how now they look so dated and cheap.
Munch Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 Its a shame that they seem to want to cut out all the light to the winter gardens, which is getting more and more hidden.
nick2 Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 Some of the buildings I like, the office buildings mainly, some of them I don't, the boring aparment blocks mainly. I like the offices next tot he river across from the Bristol Hotel, the ones on kind of stilts.
spooferman Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 Do you think the new buildings being erected in Sheffield have,or have not,improved the look of our city? I bet you looked on this thread expecting something entirely different,didn't you!! Endless ****ty living flats, and more office blocks, gr8 plans from the sheffield council:loopy:
Taffi Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 The problem is we're going through a construction boom, just like Leeds did 10 years ago. The thing is the majority of buildings being built are done on the cheap and are just copies of the one next to it. Why does every duilding have to have a blue panel on it? anyone else noticed that? St Pauls Tower (32 floors) will shadow the winter gardens at certain times of the day, ( I did a model in an environmental design software program which is used by some of the major architects to get this result) It is a poor design for surrounding public spaces. In addition to all these apartments going up, whos idea is it to make them so cramped it's like living in a coffin? So far in sheffield I've only been impressed by a small handful of buildings. ie. Winter gardens, the lime green facade building on Spital Hill. Everything else is just a repeat, a repeat, a repeat.
Weathergirl Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 Lyceum, winter garden, millenium galleries etc are nice buildings.
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