Charles Street Mixed Use Development with Tower

Making good, if slow progress.
The core is at Floor 14, rest of the structure at about Floor 8
From the new Eastern Bay Link its almost as heigh as Admiral

Great update, really excited about this one. Materials that are being used sound great too so the build quality is exciting!

At the base the cladding is starting to appear - early days but looks very nice!

Looks cheap and nasty imo.

Other than the height I've never really understood the universal love in for this building. A glance at the Watkin Jones website will confirm that their buildings run the gamut from mediocre to shit.

I was hoping for something restrained and a bit of damage limitation but if the cladding is of similar hue to the ones in your photo Paul then I fear that this could be a Carbuncle Cup contender.

Can someone please reassure me that I'm jumping the gun and we will not have a primary coloured brute hulking over Charles Street in 12 months time.

Looks cheap and nasty imo.

Other than the height I've never really understood the universal love in for this building. A glance at the Watkin Jones website will confirm that their buildings run the gamut from mediocre to shit.

I was hoping for something restrained and a bit of damage limitation but if the cladding is of similar hue to the ones in your photo Paul then I fear that this could be a Carbuncle Cup contender.

Can someone please reassure me that I'm jumping the gun and we will not have a primary coloured brute hulking over Charles Street in 12 months time.

Not a big fan then!

I don't think we'll know if this works for a while - but in your eyes maybe it will be that carbuncle? I'm a little more optimistic - we'll see

The issue for me is the the GCI looks like it has gold/bronze cladding which looks very modern and shiny. The reality seems that it's dark orange and I'm really not sure that it will look like anything but a 60's building which has been re cladded.

We'll see.

The issue for me is the the GCI looks like it has gold/bronze cladding which looks very modern and shiny. The reality seems that it's dark orange and I'm really not sure that it will look like anything but a 60's building which has been re cladded.

We'll see.

using real metal bronze cladding like that would turn the tower into a giant reflector and would blind everyone in South Wales

With the weather being so drab and grey for most of the year, maybe what we need is a colourful building to brighten up our city. Anyway, you can’t really judge how it will turn out based on a few of the first cladding squares going up.

With the weather being so drab and grey for most of the year, maybe what we need is a colourful building to brighten up our city. Anyway, you can’t really judge how it will turn out based on a few of the first cladding squares going up.

Yes indeed! and I think it'll look great - but of course these things are a matter of opinion, I'm really enjoying the construction of this building and still a very long way to go.

Great. From a glossy coppery sheen in the renders to a dull matt red in reality. How are developers allowed to get away with this shit time and time again?

We have a regular contributor on here that might be able to shed some light on it I guess?

It certainly looks like a different colour doesn't it?!