Status Proposed Floor count 27, 27 and 15 Cost 400 million GBP Developer Castle Securities | Type Residential/office Floor area 17 ha Estimated completion 2010 | |
Location Exchange Riverside, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England Roof 89.50 metres (293.6 ft),
83.50 metres (274.0 ft) and
62.50 metres (205.1 ft) (three towers) Architect several partners, including Glenn Howells Architects,
Jestico + Whiles,
Allies and Morrison,
Aedas | ||
The West Bar scheme is a £400 million development scheme in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England on the edge of the City centre planned by Castlemore Securities.
The scheme will include:
Adjacent to a new section of the northern relief road currently being built, the site is triangular in shape and bounded by West Bar, Corporation Street and Bridge Street on the northern edge of the city centre, the site is 7.51 acres (3.04 hectares) in size and currently comprises a number of vacant and derelict employment sites and surface level car parking. The idea is that each corner of the triangle will have a landmark tower, with a 27 storey, 89.50 metres (293.6 ft) oval glass tower (block 10) on the south western corner (West bar and Corporation Street), a 27 storey 83.5 metres (274 ft) triangular glass and steel-framed tower (block 9) on the south-eastern corner (West Bar and Bridge Street), and a 14 storey 62.5 metres (205 ft) triangular block (block 1) on the northern corner (Corporation Street and Bridge Street).
Castlemore has subsequently worked with a number of architectural practices, including Glenn Howells Architects who have designed Timber Wharf in Manchester and the new public square fronting Lime Street Station, Liverpool, to provide detailed proposals for three of these blocks. Aedas are providing proposals for blocks 2 and 4 and 5 and 11.
Appointments for the remaining sites will be made in due course, possibly through future competitions.
Within the proposals, significant emphasis has been placed on the quality of design and the materials to be used.
The development, compared to a Citadel and inspired by the Walled City in Kowloon will incorporate a variety of public realm improvements which have been drafted by Landscape Projects, including a new square, which will be 70 metres (230 ft) by 22 metres (72 ft), and be lined up north-south so the midday sun can penetrate it, and will also include street art, seating, quality lighting and signage.