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New Tower For Portsmouth?

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010. Published in Architecture & The City by

The ongoing student population boom looks set to continue in Portsmouth with proposals for a new tower of 33 floors that will stand 100.8 metres tall if built, called The Blade. The development is being done for the University of Portsmouth who aim to replace the old Victoria Swimming Baths on Angelsea Road with accommodation for 600 students.

As well as the residential space, there will be an attached building that will offer six floors for educational use that directly bounds the southern part of Victoria Park, complete with a glazed façade that will provide a light man-made backdrop amongst the trees.

Aluminium cladding with a mixture of different finishes from reflective to matte feature on the sculpted angular tower helping make it look like a metallic prism rather than the usual poor quality post-modern designs that have come to be associated with much of the high-rise student housing built throughout the UK with their cheap panels and tiny windows.

The building also stands only a stones throw away from other high-rises, both existing and proposed – the completed Zurich House (due for redevelopment) and planned Number One Portsmouth are both set on the eastern side of Victoria Park.

6 Comments to New Tower For Portsmouth?

  1. Hopefully some new spots too.

    Tristan on March 3rd, 2010

  2. Ha!

    I was wondering if you could ask your Council mole if there was any way to get in to the old swimming pool to take photos?

    Paul on March 3rd, 2010

  3. For Paul:

    http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/275.html has links to who runs the leisure facilities. That link also has PCC helpdesk phone number for general enquiries. Try the general enquiries number and ask for facilities and/or recreation.

    Give this a go, if it doesn’t work, I’ll try something else…

    Martin

    Tristan on March 3rd, 2010

  4. Paul:
    If the diplomatic approach doesn’t work; A simple drainpipe shimmy leads to the roof where access to the rest of the building is granted.

    http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4447/6mnq622g.jpg

    James on March 3rd, 2010

  5. Sad, the architecture is already buggered in that part of Pompey – a real hotchpotch of different styles.

    Still we require the income the students generate to regenerate other areas too.

    Elio on March 3rd, 2010

  6. When its full of its inhabitants, perhaps some rocket engines can be attached to the base, which will enable it to be launched into the deepest depths of space?

    Jay Raynor on March 3rd, 2010

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PRIMARY – Extended & Improved

Friday, January 27th, 2012. Published in Art, Craft & Design, Features, Photography by

We have some great news about our PRIMARY phonography exhibition (find out all the details here) that we can now announce:

- The deadline for submissions has now been extended to Sunday 4th March. We have had some incredible submissions but want to set aside more time to make the exhibition something really special.

- The competition is now open to up to 10 submissions from each individual. With the ability to capture many photos on your phone over the next two months we we want you to not feel restricted to just three. The same rules apply about the photos conforming to compositions using the primary colours though. If you have already submitted feel free to send more photos over as and when you please.

- The exhibition will be hosted by Albert Road’s own Bonzo Studio who are also partnering up with us in the creation of the exhibition space. More news on this soon!

- Finally, we will be running a competition as part of the exhibition where the best three photos submitted will win some incredible prizes. We will be announcing the prizes available very soon but got to say, these will be the best prize haul we have ever offered.

- We will be putting together a poster for the exhibition that will be on sale on the opening night. The poster will feature some of the best submissions and all profits from the sales will go to a local charity (details to follow soon). Due to this we need to say that any photos submitted to PRIMARY will involve you giving us permission to use them for commercial purposes, if you do not want your photo used in this way simply let us know via email.

Well, that is it for now! We really hope to drum up as much coverage locally for PRIMARY in the next couple of months so if you could Facebook/Tweet/+1 about the exhibition we would really appreciate it. We would love this exhibition to be a real reflection of the whole population of Portsmouth with everyone taking part and feeling involved.

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It’s going to be a Strong Movember – Closed at £725

Friday, October 28th, 2011. Published in Community, Features, Local Events by

Righto chaps, it’s time to clean shave your boat race and get that mighty moustache on the grow in support of Movember for The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. For 30 days of November you can help support and raise awareness through selflessly parading your top lip for charity.

You can sign up yourself, as I’m sure many of you already have, or you can join the Strong Island team and seek out sponsorship as a team. Through the Strong Island Movember page you can ask people to join the group, make donations, upload photos and post updates via the MoSpace page, Facebook and Twitter.

Head over to www.mobro.co/StrongIsland if you would like to get involved and grow a Strong Moustache to help raise awareness, or simply head over to www.uk.movember.com and sign up to personally raise money.

The funds raised in the UK support the number one and two male specific cancers – prostate and testicular cancer. The funds raised are directed to programmes run directly by Movember and our men’s health partners, The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. Together, these channels work together to ensure that Movember funds are supporting a broad range of innovative, world-class programmes in line with our strategic goals in the areas of awareness and education, survivorship and research.

Poster: Tristan Savage

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