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Monday, 18 April 2016

British Airways i360 to get a spire.


An earlier post "What no Spire" commented on the disappointingly 'sawn-off' appearance of the 162 metre tower. This is now to be rectified. The Argus reports that the tallest building in Sussex is now to get a 11.45 metre spire making it the tallest of its kind outside of London.

If the planning application is approved, the i360 with spire  will out-top the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth which is 170 metres tall and pull further away from the 158 metre Blackpool Tower.

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4 comments:

  1. Brighton Toy and Model Museum19 April 2016 at 13:03

    That's a really good idea – when you see the top above the rooftops, at the moment it looks a little too much like an industrial chimney.

    What sort of spire? Straight? Curved? Glass? Gold? Mirrored? Plain? Patterned? Competition time?

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  2. Marginalia26 April 2016 at 18:27

    Makes one proud to be brought up in...well Hove,actually.

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  3. Unknown21 August 2016 at 12:13

    Oh yeah? How are they going to get it up there?

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  4. Unknown21 August 2016 at 12:14

    Oh yeah? And how are they going to get it up there? Wouldn't have been better to fit a spire before they started jacking it up?

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