Three60
As the first cylindrical residential skyscraper in Manchester, Three60 stands out from the crowd—even alongside its eye-catching counterparts within New Jackson, the skyscraper district at the southern gateway to the city center.
With its curved form, spiral cladding arrangement, and panoramic glass façade, this 51-story tower required precision structural engineering to ensure stability, efficiency, and seamless construction. Our team designed a hybrid steel-framed structure with a concrete core and floors.
| Client | Renaker |
|---|---|
| Architect: | SimpsonHaugh |
| Size | 51 Stories | 475,000 SF (44,000 SM) | 441 Residential Units, 14 Commercial Units |
| Office: | Hebden Bridge |
| Completion: | 2024 |
One of the biggest structural challenges we encounter in designing high-rises involves accounting for and counteracting the impact of wind dynamics in the context of wind strength and a building’s specific aerodynamic properties.
For Three60, our structural engineering team devised a solution to mitigate the intensity of potential vortex shedding oscillations through aerodynamic shaping, which ultimately minimized building sway caused by wind.
Three60s rectangular, reinforced concrete core serves as the main structural backbone, transferring vertical and horizontal loads to the 2.5-meter-thick, ground-bearing raft even as it works in tandem with perimeter columns to maximize the usable floor space.
Three60 forms part of the second phase of Crown Street, developed by Renaker, which also includes an adjacent residential tower, The Blade, with which it shares a two-story, podium, as well as the Crown Street Primary School and a public car park.
Part of the extensive Great Jackson Street Masterplan, Three60 stands at the heart of one of the most exciting placemaking developments in the UK.
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