Broadcasting House, Salford Quays & TVC

MW

Mike W 18 April 2011 1:05pm

trivialmatters posted:

DarkestDreams posted:

Some more photographs from various Flickr sources; http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5170/5365111426_c86d69384c_z.jpg

Am I the only person who thinks the blue LED uplighting makes it look incredibly tacky and chavvy? It's SO 2001.

haha, it's ok, but I imagine it would start grating on overnight staff if it bled through to the newsroom.

NG

noggin Founding member 18 April 2011 9:36pm

Mike W posted:

trivialmatters posted:

DarkestDreams posted:

Some more photographs from various Flickr sources; http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5170/5365111426_c86d69384c_z.jpg

Am I the only person who thinks the blue LED uplighting makes it look incredibly tacky and chavvy? It's SO 2001.

haha, it's ok, but I imagine it would start grating on overnight staff if it bled through to the newsroom.

Think the long-exposure nature of that photo may make the lighting look brighter than it is in reality. Suspect it would be no major problem at all in a newsroom lit to normal office lighting levels.

Also suspect that they've put in RGB LED lighting - meaning you can chose what colour it is and aren't stuck with blue?

LO

looknorth 18 April 2011 9:39pm

Moz posted:

thegeek posted:

I was lucky enough to have a little wander around BH last week:

The main newsroom is in the basement; you can just about see the revolving doors of the 'journalism' reception above the glass studio space .

The rest of the main TV studios are below here.

Do we yet know if the glass studio space is for the News Channel?

I doubt any studio allocations have been given yet. I would hope it's for the news channel however.

MO

Moz 15 May 2011 3:18pm

Confirmed: this is to be the studio for the BBC News Channel when they move to Broadcasting House next year:

@wxmmoz posted:

@kevinbakhurst is this the studio where the BBC News Channel will come from when you move to Broadcasting House http://fro.gy/13fzn

@kevinbakhurst posted:

@wxmmoz looks like the back of it yes

CH

Chie 15 May 2011 4:10pm

I wish they'd paint those concrete pillars.

MO

Moz 15 May 2011 6:40pm

Chie posted:

I wish they'd paint those concrete pillars.

Why? Just why? They'd look so cheap if they were painted. Leave them as they are, showing the guts of the building. Concrete is such an underused finish - I love it.

IS

Inspector Sands 15 May 2011 6:45pm

They'll probably have monitors attached to the pillars when they do the fit out. Even if they do leave the concrete finish (which I quite like) you won't see much of them

CH

Chie 15 May 2011 6:52pm

Moz posted:

Chie posted:

I wish they'd paint those concrete pillars.

Why? Just why? They'd look so cheap if they were painted. Leave them as they are, showing the guts of the building. Concrete is such an underused finish - I love it.

The pillars already look cheap by virtue of being concrete.

It wouldn't be so bad if you couldn't see the joins, but you can - both on the pillars and around the top of the wall.

They'd look great painted cappuccino.

MW

Mike W 15 May 2011 8:53pm

Chie posted:

Moz posted:

Chie posted:

I wish they'd paint those concrete pillars.

Why? Just why? They'd look so cheap if they were painted. Leave them as they are, showing the guts of the building. Concrete is such an underused finish - I love it.

The pillars already look cheap by virtue of being concrete.

It wouldn't be so bad if you couldn't see the joins, but you can - both on the pillars and around the top of the wall.

They'd look great painted cappuccino.

Painting them looks worse, cappuccino? They are near on cappuccino as they are!

CH

Chie 15 May 2011 9:41pm

Yeah, but you can see the joins!

Weren't they supposed to be clad in plastic until the BBC ran out of money?

MW

Mike W 15 May 2011 10:02pm

Chie posted:

Yeah, but you can see the joins!

Weren't they supposed to be clad in plastic until the BBC ran out of money?

It's not 100% ready yet, who knows what will happen!

JO

Joe 15 May 2011 10:11pm

Chie posted:

Yeah, but you can see the joins!

What's wrong with letting a building be itself, instead of trying to hide how it actually is. Don't say 'because it's ugly' - if you look at the posts above yours, you'll see that that's definitely up for debate, and thus isn't a reason for your opinion to be heard above others'.

(September 2010)