Archinect - News 2024-11-21T16:40:49-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149961542/a-great-throbbing-shaft-oliver-wainwright-on-brighton-s-british-airways-i360-tower A "great throbbing shaft": Oliver Wainwright on Brighton's British Airways i360 tower Nicholas Korody 2016-08-04T14:23:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/43/435vu71owhinyvhg.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>To some it&rsquo;s the Brighton Pole, to others it is Sussex&rsquo;s supersized lollipop. Naughtier minds have dubbed it &ldquo;the cock and ring&rdquo;. Before it has even opened, the south coast&rsquo;s new observation tower has gathered a gaggle of nicknames &ndash; and you can see why, when its creators insist on calling it the British Airways i360. To opponents, it may still be the iSore, a Chernobyl chimney despoiling the beach. It could have been designed to feel less like a corporate entertainment lounge on a stick.</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>But by night, when it glows like a sword plunging down from the heavens, it is hard to resist. Come the Pride festival this weekend, when the i360&rsquo;s programmable LED lights will form a dazzling rainbow, there might prove to be no better symbol for the city than this great throbbing shaft.</em></p><p>For more news from Brighton, check out these links:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149957127/designers-of-the-london-eye-create-new-landmark-for-brighton" target="_blank">Designers of the London Eye create new landmark for Brighton</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149943855/brighton-s-embassy-court-by-wells-coates-featured-in-new-film" target="_blank">Brighton's Embassy Court by Wells Coates featured in new film</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/58632366/plan-to-build-uk-s-first-building-entirely-out-of-waste" target="_blank">Plan to build UK's first building entirely out of waste</a></li></ul> https://archinect.com/news/article/149957127/designers-of-the-london-eye-create-new-landmark-for-brighton Designers of the London Eye create new landmark for Brighton Eleanor Marshall 2016-07-11T14:22:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4u/4u4wtb0vekv65oin.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Marks Barfield Architects have, quite literally, reinvented the wheel and have created the i360, a vertical cable car with a sculpted viewing pod, perching lightly upon Brighton&rsquo;s seafront... It takes the form of a slender mast that will be 568ft high (when the spire is added), which supports a sculpted, doughnut-shaped pod, with glass windows and a reflective mirrored underside. The pod takes up to 200 people at a time skyward over a flight time of 20 (daytime) or 30 minutes (evening).</p></em><br /><br /><p>Due to open this summer, the British Airways i360 is a new futuristic landmark for Brighton&rsquo;s seafront designed by architects <a href="http://uk.archinect.com/firms/cover/1923/marks-barfield-architects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Marks and Julia Barfield</a>. It is hoped that the BA i360 will herald a new touristic golden age for Brighton, replicating the success of the London eye on&nbsp;Brighton&rsquo;s seafront. The i360 will be possibly be advertised on British Airways flights to the UK, in an international revival of Brighton's ambitions. Inclusive of the immediate community, there will be <a href="http://britishairwaysi360.com/about-us/our-story-4/community-engagement/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">half price tickets</a> for Brighton residents and free entry for state school children in Brighton and Hove once in their school career. There is also to be a restaurant at the base of the tower, and the restoration of a pair of original building on the West Pier.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/ai/aiocqstci79oroi3.jpg"></p><p><em>The BA i360 June 2016 - Image courtesy of British Airways i360/Kevin Meredith</em></p><p>In juxtaposition to the i360 tower, the Grade I listed West Pier is situated adjacent. The condemned structure is a skeleton from the golden age of domestic holidaying. Th...</p>