Riverside shopping centre on hold?

[John Marwood]

How a shopping centre is designed

Materials

What materials will have the lowest cost at time of construction

Design

What design will be the lowest cost to construct with these materials

Other

Err..That's it


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36123444

 

[United57]

But the Trafford center is the most glorious naff building of all time - it has a sodding cruise ship back end in it!!

The noise in there is irritating children's screams seem to echo.

 

[Gramaisc]

What was proposed.

What has actually happened.

..although, there's still a bit of finishing off to do..

 

[Glam]

Without my glasses on, the bit on the left, looks like it's storing hay bales.

 

[Gramaisc]

Without my glasses on, the bit on the left, looks like it's storing hay bales.

I'm not 100% sure if that is plywood shuttering, insulation panels or limestone cladding, to be honest. Maybe the windows are behind it for now?

 

[ChrisLewis]

Hope the river banks will be part of the scheme and become an asset to the area

 

[Gramaisc]

I'm not 100% sure if that is plywood shuttering, insulation panels or limestone cladding, to be honest. Maybe the windows are behind it for now?

Having just driven past, it does look like temporary plywood shuttering, protecting the windows behind - I do hope it is, anyway.

Hope the river banks will be part of the scheme and become an asset to the area

Possibly, with rowing boats for hire - again...?

 

[Mikinton]

They've done a good job with the clouds.

 

[Trumpet]

Something's gone terribly wrong, there's a TREE left.
Aaaaaargh.

 

[Gramaisc]

Something's gone terribly wrong, there's a TREE left.
Aaaaaargh.

Mmmm, nothing visible in the artist's impression of the final arrangement....

 

[Katniss]

What was proposed.

What has actually happened.

..although, there's still a bit of finishing off to do..

 

[Katniss]

It looks ermmmm ... modern,,,

 

[proactive]

Something's gone terribly wrong, there's a TREE left.
Aaaaaargh.

Not for long...

 

[Malcolm]

It looks ermmmm ... modern,,,

It looks tatty

 

[stoofer34]

20 years from now the Guild Hall?

S

 

[Malcolm]

What were the wires for (holding up the white posts?). Was that for the original bridge design - ie suspension?

 

[Len's Lens]

The inside looks a bit bland if I am honest...and driving past it, it doesn't seem to blend in with the architecture and landscape of Stafford town centre. It just looks a bit out of place for some reason?? I can't put my finger on it...

 

[proactive]

The inside looks a bit bland if I am honest...and driving past it, it doesn't seem to blend in with the architecture and landscape of Stafford town centre. It just looks a bit out of place for some reason?? I can't put my finger on it...

To be fair it would be difficult to blend in with the two principal buildings in that part of town. The Borough Council building and RBS both being hideous pieces of excrement.

We should be grateful the new building doesn't blend in.

 

[Laurie61]

It would have been nice to have a suspension bridge, as originally shown, but what's happened to the glass atrium ? It has changed from a nice wide feature to something resembling a carport roof.

 

[Len's Lens]

I reckon it'll be quite stuffy in there and airless. I thought it was going to be open topped? That roof will get dirty quite quickly, the new shopping streets in Liverpool look modern and fresh, as does the Bullring and Grand Central in Birmingham. This looks disappointing to me tbh in Stafford. I think where the library is now in those glass buildings looks fairly modern but it looks a bit dull this new shopping centre.