UK - The Midlands - Birmingham - The Cube 02 sq
The Cube in Birmingham, by MAKE Architects, is the closest I've seen to a built version of Tetris with it's striking, but seemingly very extravagant facade. You do wonder if this building would be designed differently if it were to be on the drawing boards (computer monitors) now and not three years ago before the current financial situation became apparent.
PS : Having realised that MAKE Architects didn't have a Flickr Group I thought I'd start one. Find out more here : www.flickr.com/groups/1439695@N24/
From Wikipedia : "To fund the construction of The Cube, Birmingham Development Company approached Lloyds TSB, who had funded the company's previous, successful development The Mailbox. Lloyds TSB agreed to fund the development as the sole debt collector and provided a £87 million speculative loan that was to be issued in stages in accordance with the various phases of the project.
However, against the backdrop of a challenging property market, on 26 March 2010 the Lloyds Banking Group called in PricewaterhouseCoopers as administrators to BDC and BuildAbility, after a failure to agree further funding for the project. It was rumoured that the additional funding was requested by BDC due to a budget over-run as a result of the complex design and construction methods.
PricewaterhouseCoopers began by gathering together the main sub-contractors on site and agreeing to complete the project, which was already 80% complete, with new funding being secured from Lloyds TSB."
UK - The Midlands - Birmingham - The Cube 02 sq
The Cube in Birmingham, by MAKE Architects, is the closest I've seen to a built version of Tetris with it's striking, but seemingly very extravagant facade. You do wonder if this building would be designed differently if it were to be on the drawing boards (computer monitors) now and not three years ago before the current financial situation became apparent.
PS : Having realised that MAKE Architects didn't have a Flickr Group I thought I'd start one. Find out more here : www.flickr.com/groups/1439695@N24/
From Wikipedia : "To fund the construction of The Cube, Birmingham Development Company approached Lloyds TSB, who had funded the company's previous, successful development The Mailbox. Lloyds TSB agreed to fund the development as the sole debt collector and provided a £87 million speculative loan that was to be issued in stages in accordance with the various phases of the project.
However, against the backdrop of a challenging property market, on 26 March 2010 the Lloyds Banking Group called in PricewaterhouseCoopers as administrators to BDC and BuildAbility, after a failure to agree further funding for the project. It was rumoured that the additional funding was requested by BDC due to a budget over-run as a result of the complex design and construction methods.
PricewaterhouseCoopers began by gathering together the main sub-contractors on site and agreeing to complete the project, which was already 80% complete, with new funding being secured from Lloyds TSB."