Beetham Developments

[Paul D]

Bloody hell snappel they're spectacular.

[snappel]

Love the one looking straight down, you see

how tall the building really is, and consequently how high up you must have been??

I think the top of the 'crow's nest' bit is around 400ft! I have

to admit the first two times I went up there I was pretty nervous - the second time you could see the jib gently moving in the wind! Third and final time I

managed to keep my cool and the get the photos I posted above.

It's quite unreal up there - the sound of the breeze and the distant sounds of the

city. You feel in the middle of this huge expanse of city and lights but at the same time so alone. It's hard to explain, but it's quite an amazing

experience.

No worries about posting them on the SSC forum - if people there will enjoy them then it doesn't bother me!

[Max]

Those pics are SO COOL!

Might go and take

some night shots tonight. My cameras charged up and ready.

Security around there must be crap!

Whos the

other fella up there?

[Kev]

Those pics are SO COOL!

Might go and take some night shots tonight. My cameras

charged up and ready.

Security around there must be crap!

Whos the other fella up there?

Whatever u do

maxy, ninja or not, remember the risks involved!!

[Max]

Whatever u do maxy, ninja or not, remember the

risks involved!!

Yeah, I know how risky it can be.

I wouldn't go crane climbing though because of security(not

risking getting caught ) and because of safety.

Max is smarter than most think though.

[Kev]

The second Beetham Tower in Liverpool, Beetham West, has become the tallest tower block in the main cluster.

Designed by Aedas Architects, the

service core has reached the 31st floor inside the DOKA whilst the main structure is up to floor 23, 3 of the lower floors are now clad, and the project is

due to be finished in the autumn of 2007.

The scheme at 31 floors now exceeds the height of the original Beetham Tower that catapulted the developer to

fame and fortune with its success in 2001, spawning Beetham Towers in Manchester and Birmingham plus proposals in London and Brighton and transforming the

company into a label ubiquitous with high-rise living in the U.K.

Although it doesn't share the same architect as most of the Beetham towers, Ian Simpson

Architects, the sameness of the Beetham brand is maintained in the glass that covering the West Tower is strikingly similar to the cladding of Beetham

Manchester.

When completed the Beetham West Tower will have 40 floors above ground and reach 134 metres in height, almost an extra 50% taller than it's

90 metre tall neighbour.

As well as trumping this it also makes it the tallest building for the foreseeable future in Liverpool, but then we also thought

that when Beetham one went up only a few years ago in a city that is advancing so fast there are now multiple towers of around the same height under

construction and many more planned all in the same strip of land.

source...

[Max]

Who was your mate with you Snappel, as theres a person in the pic?

[Max]

Check this crappy looking Beetham

out.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images...> 2&x=65&y=59

It is a Manc one after all.

[Kev]

Beetham West - 13th Nov 2006

[The Teardrop Explodes]

..I often prefer the look of these buildings whilst they're being built rather than the finished version and this one looks good with that structure with the yellow box on top.

[scouserdave]

Dusk shot of both Beethams and a birrov St Paul's.

[scouserdave]

East view of the Beethams.

[Max]

The Echo building needs to be demolished and replaced with a bigger Beetham.

The towers looking bigger last time I was in town.

[Kev]

25th November 2006

[Paul D]

I can't believe how quick this one has gone up.