Central Square

St Davids house to be demolished as soon as this year!

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... t-12721359

Plot F looks a bit awkward because of the media building, our last chance of a tall building here i think, which would look good on the public square.

St Davids house to be demolished as soon as this year!

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... t-12721359

If HMRC do sign as expected of course the project has to start this year, what do walesonline expect?

It looks to me like one of those plots is for HMRC and maybe the other for the government hub.

Whether we'll get a tower of any significance now is debatable, maybe two offices between 12-20 floors, depending
on the size of each plot. Square foot wise plot E is around the size of the Admiral tower isn't it?

"E: The new public square and offices could be set in motion next week. The building is being designed by leading architects Gensler and will provide 3,000 jobs"

That caught my eye. Gensler have done some interesting projects over the years:
https://www.gensler.com/projects

Then again, I shouldn't get too exciting. After all, look what Foster + Partners came up with for the bus station. Utter shite!

Well according to walesonline, plot f is for a 300,000 sqft office, that's gonna be a really tall tower to fit 300,000 sqft on a plot that small

What is the footprint for block F - 10-15000 sqft?

"E: The new public square and offices could be set in motion next week. The building is being designed by leading architects Gensler and will provide 3,000 jobs"

That caught my eye. Gensler have done some interesting projects over the years:
https://www.gensler.com/projects

Then again, I shouldn't get too exciting. After all, look what Foster + Partners came up with for the bus station. Utter shite!

Looking at their website they tend to build where the city has pots of cash lying around because all their bank accounts are full

"E: The new public square and offices could be set in motion next week. The building is being designed by leading architects Gensler and will provide 3,000 jobs"

That caught my eye. Gensler have done some interesting projects over the years:
https://www.gensler.com/projects

Then again, I shouldn't get too exciting. After all, look what Foster + Partners came up with for the bus station. Utter shite!

Looking at their website they tend to build where the city has pots of cash lying around because all their bank accounts are full

They'll be disappointed in Cardiff then. I hope they realise how poor Wales really is.

I've been visiting this forum for a while and never had any urge to post anything, but thought you guys might be interested in this.

I sent quite a negative email to Rightacres about the design for the bus station – mostly about the look of the office and residential blocks, but also mentioning my concern about the number of bays for buses. I got the following response (edited for typos – he sent it from his phone):

Dear Mr ####

Thank you for your email.

I hear exactly what you say and indeed I personally share some of your concerns re the look of the building. Forgive me for not going into detail but some of your architectural concerns (and mine) are currently being addressed.

As far as the number of bays is concerned we had a footprint in which we could design the building. We have technical evidence that demonstrates the performance of the new station will be significantly better than the previous station.

Thank your for your kind remarks regarding our latest [projects] - I certainly hope that once the Interchange is complete you will feel the same about that.

I very much appreciate you making the effort to write to me - if as we move forward you'd like to come in and [have] a look at progress on site you are very welcome.

Regards

Paul McCarthy
Chief Executive
Rightacres Property Co.

Hi Andrew

I'm not sure what to make of that. PM could be on a PR offensive or he may realise that buggering this up will blight rightacres showcase development, which if they get right might be a springboard to more non welsh projects of note given the exposure they have received as a result of this development overall.

PS welcome to the forum. Ignore Mr Blue Sky, he's a curmudgeonly old goat, harmless enough but always negative