Regeneration fund created to bring jobs to Derby receives £7.5m boost from council

“ou should view it under the street lights before trying to convince people that it looks anything like copper cladding

I don't need to convince anyone it IS copper
I very much doubt also with that amount of copper and glass the office block came in 'cheap'
I disagree it clashes I think the copper compliments the brick of surrounding buildings and brings out the colour in the trees around the building”

“I remember when they painted the Derby College of Art and Technology during the 1970s, (now the University of Derby) in the same way this building has been decorated, the common belief was that Joseph Mason Paints had given the college a load of end of line paints to decorate the building with. A true flashback to the 1960s and 70s tat!”

“Http404, under the street lights it looks like wrinkled polythene sheeting, something that became a bit of a topic in the pub we visited, everyone who mentioned the building thought it was wrapped in plastic. It is an ugly edifice that does not fit into the Friar Gate Conservation Area, looks like any other 1960s styled eyesore that still dominate our city. Just what is this fascination with metalic cladding on these cheap tacky office blocks? You should view it under the street lights before trying to convince people that it looks anything like copper cladding.”

“@ Pine_Martin

Would you prefer to see derelict buildings and waste areas dotted around the city? Is that likely to encourage new business to the area, or retain those we currently have? It's a lovely, simplistic approach to insist this money should go to more 'worthy' causes, but as an 'expert' and 'professional' how bad should the city become before it is considered worth spending on? You only have to look at the state of our schools - regular maintenance would have prevented the need to throw such huge sums at the problem now.”

“Derby_Born
When you drove past the building you should have kept right on St Akmunds Way through the roadworks to drive over the river, at Cockpit, park your car, walk into Westfield

Spec-Savers is next to Boots

That's not 'wrinkled plastic sheeting', its copper and its the finished cladding”

“An extra £7.5 million - yet vital services fo the most in need are being cut to save a few thousands. Derby Cit Councils priorities are all wrong.”

“We drove past the offices in the photo last night and they appear to be wrapped in some form of wrinkled plastic sheeting, when will they f****ly expose the structure so that it can be seen?”