Quote Originally Posted by Waterways View Post
That is absolute nonsense!!! ... The site was ideal, ... The building would not be fat as the site is not that big...The building was to look like a sail ...which reflected the maritime heritage.

...Simpson. He got to the semi-finals of the World Trade Centre replacement. He is a world-renowned architect. And he was educated in Liverpool, so local connections....

you do not reject...especially a poor city like Liverpool.

Can you get any 'facts' right...?



If you think the city is allowing tall buildings in the south you should read their DRAFT SPD or this from a report on their FINAL guidelines:

Originally it suggested allowing high-rise buildings in two clusters: the commercial district around Old Hall Street and the ?southern gateway? around Parliament Street.

Following consultation the city says high-rise buildings will also be allowed in Central Docks, and mid-rise buildings of between seven and 15 storeys will be allowed in the quayside area north of Salisbury Dock,

If you think a building can't be fat because the site 'is not that big', you're talking out of your...but just in case you are in any doubt as to how fat it is see this : http://www.flickr.com/photos/40936407@N07/4097660247/

Since when did the government have a 'chief architect' and why would you need to take his opinion if it did (rather than think for yourself)?

If you think the site is ideal, have you looked at how other world-renowned skylines have a degree of modelling and progression, emphasis and focus (not desperately trying-too-hard lumps stuck in the middle of nowhere)?

and if you think coming nowhere behind a very ordinary design in build-anything-as-long-as-it-makes-money New York is an achievement rather than a misplaced attempt to raise your design profile then good luck to you (and no, Libeskind is not getting built)

If you'd read his comments on the city, you wouldn't give Simpson house room let alone have him as son of the city, as empoverished as we aaaaaaaaaah.