Point Village
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I passed the Point earlier today. The tower looks to be up about 5 or 6 storeys, but I couldn’t get a good shot. The front is starting to look even less ‘classy’ than the renders suggested, which is saying something.
I took a quick snap of the main block where it extends out past the front facade. The render hinted at some arty vertical slit window thing, on a random pattern, but what is emerging looks like the back of a standard toilet block, fronting the river!
Maybe somebody has more up-to-date information.
I couldn’t really concentrate after seeing this mega poster on the corner facing the toll bridge.
ROCK GOD!
It seems that the Point are signing up acts already.
I don’t know if they’re goin’ to get away with God Rock though, I thought Papa Ratty was just the leader of one of the ‘God Rock’ tribute bands.
My god that grey cladding looks horrific,lets hope the overall development will be to a higher standard.
That silver grey cladding is the pits alright – it’s not even zinc or steel, it looks like cheapest of the cheap kingspan aluminium….
It’s not looking good, is it? When the SECC (Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre) was built here in the late 70s, it was clad in some pedestrian metal cladding and painted salmon pink! It is now battleship grey and doesn’t look any better.
Has anyone seen any illustrations of what the interior will look like? Presumably they’re spending their money there.only 3 weeks ago people were saying that they were still working on the tower’s foundation. how can it have shot up to 5/6 storeys already? is the tower really under construction or is it some other part of the point project we’re seeing above? if it is the tower, cool.:)
Its always like that Pepsi, the big hole takes for ever and then next thing you know its built and the fit out takes ages.
that can’t be the final facade surely ??????????? !
how come we’re not seeing a concrete pile above? shouldn’t that be the first step to building such a tall tower block? alto vetro had one and that’s about half the height of the watchtower. it seems a bit odd.:confused:
@Pepsi wrote:
only 3 weeks ago people were saying that they were still working on the tower’s foundation. how can it have shot up to 5/6 storeys already? is the tower really under construction or is it some other part of the point project we’re seeing above? if it is the tower, cool.:)
Sorry about this, I thought this was the tower. I forgot that there was another lower building in front of the tower. Like I said, I was distracted by the pope.
They’re sticking the drum rings on the conference centre, if that’s any compensation.
seems to be decent progress with the ncc alright, looks to be ahead of schedule given the 2010 completion date ? (not that we haven’t waited an age to get to this point).
gunter wrote:I passed the Point earlier today. The tower looks to be up about 5 or 6 storeys, but I couldn’t get a good shot. The front is starting to look even less ‘classy’ than the renders suggested, which is saying something.I took a quick snap of the main block where it extends out past the front facade. The render hinted at some arty vertical slit window thing, on a random pattern, but what is emerging looks like the back of a standard toilet block, fronting the river!
Gunter,
That 1st picture is of the Dressing Room Block beside the Stage, and i dont think that the final finish has been applied to the cladding
@Blisterman wrote:
What’s the deal with the picture of the pope?
well we’re all talking about it, so i guess thats the deal/purpose.
the luas works are going well. the bulk of the track work is set to commence at the end of this month on upper mayor street. The luas will most likely be up and running before the tower’s finished
The luas will most likely be up and running before the tower’s finished
Dont they have to build the bridge through Spencer dock first though, and that probably wont start for a while until most of the spencer dock development is nearly finished.
From the rpa website
Spencer Dock Bridge
Works on Spencer Dock Bridge are progressing well. All of the permanent piling for both abutments and centre pier has been completed as well as the sheet piling for the centre cofferdam. Excavation works within the cofferdam are underway and construction of the pile cap will follow. Construction of both the east and west bridge abutments has commenced also.I’m surprised that that much work has been done on the bridge already. I was down there last week and had a look from the docklands station into spencer dock and didnt see much (admittedly its not that close to the bridge site and I just assumed that whatever was going on there was normal work on the SD development).
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