In Residence: Ian Simpson

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  • Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
  • Inside Ian Simpson’s staggering home at the top of a 160-meter Manchester skyscraper, complete with swimming pool and olive grove.
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Комментарии • 166

  • @Johnnythakyd
    @Johnnythakyd 6 лет назад +73

    I was never into excess but the way he valued and took advantage of every inch of the space with calculated thought made it ok for a minute.

    • @wayzUX
      @wayzUX 4 года назад +9

      Yeah, it's not like some LA people that make huge spaces look like absolute kitchy trash. I love this.

    • @Biozene
      @Biozene 2 года назад +2

      Why is it excess? Because you can't possibly imagine living in similar conditions doesn't make it "excess".

  • @CindymeCindy
    @CindymeCindy 5 лет назад +33

    Those curtains with the cutouts and the light coming through were amazing. Almost futuristic. I had to rewind just to see them again.

  • @raulegido
    @raulegido 6 лет назад +66

    that´s the most beautiful home i´ve ever seen. That will be mine one day. I just let this message here in order to look back on it when that happens

    • @tamaravashakidze1574
      @tamaravashakidze1574 5 лет назад +5

      Egido Val That will be mine one day :D we have to negotiation about it :D

  • @martinXY
    @martinXY 4 года назад +33

    I'm guessing that Ian doesn't do the dusting there.

  • @katiekrackers4210
    @katiekrackers4210 Год назад +2

    I have watched approx 1038 homes on you tube, and I have finally found my favourite.

  • @GG-yn6jw
    @GG-yn6jw 4 года назад +8

    I have no words to describe this home, besides stunning, absolutely stunning! The vast space and openness so high up,, like your in the clouds. The furniture, the decor, a work of art.

  • @mequable
    @mequable 4 года назад +8

    Oh good God, finally I click on a video on the list that isn't directed by Matthew Donaldson and there are shots that ACTUALLY SHOW THE HOUSE. It was obvious from the first seconds.

    • @TraceUK
      @TraceUK 5 месяцев назад

      Who???

  • @stephanieb1969
    @stephanieb1969 3 года назад +10

    The most beautiful home I‘ve seen in my whole life! The tree inside is just incredible.

  • @benjireid798
    @benjireid798 5 лет назад +6

    I have had the pleasure of delivering a school careers talk with Ian he is such a lovely down to earth man.it mad to see this video knowing he lives in such opulence the suff of dreams.

  • @treffle17
    @treffle17 4 года назад +11

    "Although I was told by my carrees teacher not to set my sights too high,
    I now live in a skyscraper and have a 7 meters high indoor garden."

  • @jis9027
    @jis9027 4 года назад +23

    the moment i saw the trees inside the house i almost died

  • @Momo74153
    @Momo74153 7 лет назад +26

    This is by far my top 2 in the Architecture series!

    • @SubodhKhanal
      @SubodhKhanal 6 лет назад +8

      which one is the first?

    • @sejutichakma6065
      @sejutichakma6065 6 лет назад +3

      MoMo K this one is my fav too!! I just love this one! I wonder how amazing it would be to witness sunset through those big giant windows! 😍😍

  • @AntPDC
    @AntPDC 4 года назад +11

    "The (IRA) bomb allowed us to break that, and create visual and physical permeability to the north". Architects are a strange breed.

    • @bobbyhorsman9963
      @bobbyhorsman9963 8 месяцев назад +2

      yeah, thought that was a load of tosh.

  • @meremeth
    @meremeth 8 лет назад +313

    how do i become this rich

    • @keswickcaravan
      @keswickcaravan 7 лет назад +37

      You join the Freemasons and bleed everyone else dry

    • @drzavahercegbosnaponosna5974
      @drzavahercegbosnaponosna5974 7 лет назад +9

      you sell your soul . try with soros ?

    • @alexj3185
      @alexj3185 6 лет назад +43

      Work hard but most importantly work smart. The world is full of opportunity you just have to find yours.

    • @immunerock9154
      @immunerock9154 6 лет назад +1

      i like your question. inquiring other places too

    • @crazyng2977
      @crazyng2977 5 лет назад +34

      Keep watching youtube videos

  • @MichaelNelson42
    @MichaelNelson42 8 лет назад +80

    "I just see myself of the equivalent of an artist or musician." If you've ever heard the tower in the wind you'll know he is a musician, just not a very good one.

    • @Philosophical_Floss
      @Philosophical_Floss 7 лет назад +16

      Yes I found this comment of his quite intriguing.. "contributing to the regeneration of place." Well that's funny seeing as your artistic product is a massive iconic structure which contributes to regeneration/gentrification and making Manchester an iconic, business "place," and you, the artist, sit on top of it!!

  • @scuttlingknuckle8510
    @scuttlingknuckle8510 6 лет назад +59

    This isn't Kevin abstract

  • @lilkimboxx
    @lilkimboxx 4 года назад +30

    Beetham Tower marks the beginning of the end for Manchester and it's absurd amount of luxury (unaffordable) apartments/hotels (and architecturally unpleasant cityscape)

    • @jonathanmcgrath1712
      @jonathanmcgrath1712 4 года назад +4

      Couldn't agree more. The Beetham Tower needs a giant eye that is on fire on top of it looking down over the city...

    • @finnersmcspeed5646
      @finnersmcspeed5646 3 года назад +2

      From what I hear the regeneration has done more kill the place than help it.

    • @willowwale2000
      @willowwale2000 2 года назад +2

      @@finnersmcspeed5646 You wont' be saying that if you had the money to afford to live there...lol

    • @rufdymond
      @rufdymond 2 года назад +6

      Total rubbish about the regeneration killing the place - Manchester still has many problems, but it’s far better now than it was. The Manchester of the 70s, and 80s that I grew up in was a dump. Dirty, loads of derelict buildings, no jobs (I had to leave the city to find work). Today there are thousands of highly skilled well paid jobs in the city, and I’m once again working back in Manchester, despite its problems, I’m proud of what’s been achieved so far with the regeneration.

  • @Mloofylicious
    @Mloofylicious 4 года назад +5

    It's breathtaking, like living in a luxury hotel. But there's only one dilemma- if you live alone, who needs so much space? Unless you're entertaining on a frequent basis.

    • @dingopuppytoo
      @dingopuppytoo 3 года назад +1

      I know he has at least one daughter... 😝

  • @kvrondi
    @kvrondi 5 лет назад +12

    I’d never live in a place like this, as much luxurious as it looks. I want to keep my feet on the ground, on earth and not in a glass box.

  • @ester8183
    @ester8183 8 лет назад +13

    Looks so amazing! Would be a dream come true to see it in real life

    • @chloebates9112
      @chloebates9112 5 лет назад +3

      I was lucky enough to it is incredible just fabulous

    • @GN10Gaming
      @GN10Gaming 5 лет назад +2

      I saw it up close yesterday, it's amazing

    • @dingopuppytoo
      @dingopuppytoo 3 года назад +1

      It’s incredible- the collection of art, glass, furniture- its mind blowing my beautiful in reality.

  • @goodboybuddy1
    @goodboybuddy1 5 лет назад +8

    What a great use of money. I love everything about this place. Amazing!!!

  • @deembolt
    @deembolt 6 лет назад +15

    wow ian aka kevin abstract earned a whole lotta throughout that new RCA deal lol

  • @svskdhisdhajbz3944
    @svskdhisdhajbz3944 4 года назад +2

    I have the best view on Manchester from my room. And Beetham tower just looks absolutely amazing.

  • @narasimha7187
    @narasimha7187 Год назад +1

    Just thinking of all the homeless and the people who can't afford to heat their tiny flats and houses this winter makes this so obscene.

  • @jasontran2615
    @jasontran2615 8 лет назад +13

    Amazing. Beautiful edit.

  • @alexchancock
    @alexchancock 5 лет назад +3

    Fair play that is an amazing space. Fun and inventive.

  • @briana14333
    @briana14333 4 года назад +1

    beautiful! looks like a sanctuary

  • @FashAveGirl
    @FashAveGirl 5 лет назад +4

    F***! This home is amazing! Wow one of the top homes in this series so far for me. 🥰

  • @MsAshleighJadee
    @MsAshleighJadee 7 лет назад +2

    Wow what a home!

  • @kaylen741
    @kaylen741 5 лет назад +2

    Spectacular place. ..

  • @freetreebees
    @freetreebees 4 года назад +8

    What happens when those trees grow ? And what about the roots ? How can one have a forste in a building ??

    • @namebrandmason
      @namebrandmason 4 года назад +5

      Olive trees tend to be short and slow growing.

    • @GG-yn6jw
      @GG-yn6jw 4 года назад +2

      I was thinking about that too, roots can break through structure,,ever notice what it does to a sidewalk?!

    • @angelinimartini
      @angelinimartini 4 года назад +1

      mason s. You can have trees. It depends on the building and the type of tree.

  • @danm21healy3
    @danm21healy3 5 лет назад +3

    This building is now literally falling to bits.

    • @chloebates9112
      @chloebates9112 5 лет назад +1

      is it wow...

    • @danm21healy3
      @danm21healy3 5 лет назад +2

      @@chloebates9112 Yes, the window panels from the curtain wall are falling out/in danger of falling out.
      The lobby roof leaks when it's raining and the lobby is full of horrid looking plastic buckets to catch the rain water.

  • @novifilms
    @novifilms 8 лет назад +6

    Amazing.

  • @lindatengan4173
    @lindatengan4173 5 лет назад +3

    My-dream-home-really!

  • @ayase.4487
    @ayase.4487 3 года назад +1

    Love it

  • @Skims24
    @Skims24 7 лет назад +4

    what a house.

  • @angelaberni8873
    @angelaberni8873 4 года назад +2

    Lovely,but I always ask myself....how do they clean the windows outside?

  • @mist8k
    @mist8k 8 лет назад +5

    Nice!

  • @mleolahi80
    @mleolahi80 7 лет назад +1

    Just wow.

  • @NialasDubh
    @NialasDubh 8 лет назад +3

    Should have filmed this on a windy day, when Angry Beetham is howling. I wonder what it sounds like in there then?

    • @monikastetkova3966
      @monikastetkova3966 8 лет назад

      Oh wow, is it really that bad?? What exactly is the problem with the building?

    • @LeWiS2K9SMUDGEMOONED
      @LeWiS2K9SMUDGEMOONED 7 лет назад +5

      The blade on the top of the tower makes a humming noise in certain windy conditions. It doesn't happen often and I've never heard it but I know a few people who say they have but they live closer than me.

  • @Biozene
    @Biozene 2 года назад

    There's a triplex apartment below this and the ceiling heights are a damn disgrace. Some architect we have here.

  • @alirioabreu8571
    @alirioabreu8571 6 лет назад +1

    Espectacular, como todos sus videos!!!

  • @gerdafundneider2642
    @gerdafundneider2642 6 лет назад

    Its unbeliebable 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @lucasezequielacosta6330
    @lucasezequielacosta6330 4 года назад

    omg I love kevin abstract!!!

  • @natedornbirer
    @natedornbirer 5 лет назад +1

    I love this series, but I see these massive windows and all I can think about is, "the price of those custom curtains are probably a year worth of my car payments."

  • @JANGSTAISM
    @JANGSTAISM 5 лет назад +2

    THAT GARDEN THO

  • @azurieone3002
    @azurieone3002 6 лет назад +1

    Absolutely Beautiful!!

  •  4 года назад

    Gesamtheitlich schön , allerdings bin ich nicht mehr der Freund von den kalten Glas- Stahlfassade der Hochhäuser. . Innenräume und Innendekor TOP!

  • @Lego9267
    @Lego9267 7 лет назад +1

    I live on this tower, 26th floor, not as nice as this ofc but the view!

    • @OfficialCANVAS
      @OfficialCANVAS 6 лет назад +3

      And i live in the white house. it is excually not that white as people say

  • @iamtheeggman1986
    @iamtheeggman1986 8 лет назад +1

    beautiful apartment

  • @haret0n
    @haret0n 7 лет назад +1

    glamorous

  • @notyourfriend-li7rq
    @notyourfriend-li7rq 3 года назад

    Love the dining area but, it has a slight industrial feel to it. Not a big fan.

  • @drzavahercegbosnaponosna5974
    @drzavahercegbosnaponosna5974 7 лет назад +5

    with its polished floors and iconic furniture, to me it looks like an expensive saloon selling furniture.
    there is not any sign that it is a cozy home.

    • @Progettogigi
      @Progettogigi 5 лет назад +1

      WELL SAID BUUUT A WEIRD USERNAME YOU OWN

  • @maddscientist3170
    @maddscientist3170 5 лет назад

    fabulous

  • @K-Kratos
    @K-Kratos Год назад

    مريح للأعصاب

  • @christanya
    @christanya 5 лет назад

    INCREDIBLE❣😍😍😍

  • @ShanonField
    @ShanonField 5 лет назад +2

    take my money i want this is stunning

  • @juliepownall2000
    @juliepownall2000 6 лет назад

    Awesome

  • @ETIENNE8100
    @ETIENNE8100 4 года назад

    Stunning beautiful

  • @SusannahBreslin
    @SusannahBreslin 4 месяца назад

    insanely beautiful!

  • @KxKWarriorV
    @KxKWarriorV 7 лет назад +3

    The real life High-Rise

  • @HeliogabalusMishima
    @HeliogabalusMishima 7 лет назад +2

    Does anyone know the name of the tune used as soundscape?

    • @eddie-vm7cj
      @eddie-vm7cj 7 лет назад +1

      Another Version of you Chris Zabriskie - Its used in a movie and I can't figure out which

    • @Progettogigi
      @Progettogigi 5 лет назад

      wrong, it's Soundscraper hehehe@@eddie-vm7cj

  • @Clausmiran1837
    @Clausmiran1837 4 года назад

    Damn!

  • @drzavahercegbosnaponosna5974
    @drzavahercegbosnaponosna5974 7 лет назад +1

    haha, I like those trees within skyscraper ,... what about grass ?!?

  • @__blatatat
    @__blatatat 4 года назад

    Music?

  • @sanjayasenaratne7147
    @sanjayasenaratne7147 6 лет назад +3

    If earthquake comes!

    • @josephcarr2192
      @josephcarr2192 5 лет назад +2

      Britain is not in a seismic activity zone

  • @danieltjoe5502
    @danieltjoe5502 4 года назад

    How do you put trees up there?

    • @extrude22
      @extrude22 4 года назад +2

      The tress were craned in before the roof was built.

  • @sondralloyd4527
    @sondralloyd4527 6 лет назад

    wow

  • @fairoadiary
    @fairoadiary 7 лет назад

    I'm in love 🙌😩❤

  • @laylaglantz8876
    @laylaglantz8876 2 года назад

    I was waiting for his anderiod servant to bring him a cup of tea...

  • @000tin9
    @000tin9 6 лет назад +1

    kevin??

  • @MissPerriwinkle
    @MissPerriwinkle 3 года назад +1

    some have so much,,,,,others have so very little.....life is weird.

  • @Kouroupettos243
    @Kouroupettos243 3 года назад

    What am i doing in this planet?

  • @ujdurma7
    @ujdurma7 5 лет назад +1

    He really is into furniture...

  • @elgabe8444
    @elgabe8444 6 лет назад +4

    anyone else thought this was a brockhampton vid or sum shit or am i high

  • @gottheflowyo
    @gottheflowyo 8 лет назад +10

    He maybe a 'renowned architect' but Beetham tower is easily one of Manchester's greatest eye-sores.
    Nice to see he's got something out of it though.,

    • @hubert303
      @hubert303 8 лет назад +15

      +Chris Jones People hated the Eiffel tower. It's already an icon of the Manchester skyline and will remain one

    • @iamtheeggman1986
      @iamtheeggman1986 8 лет назад +1

      +Hubert well said

    • @gottheflowyo
      @gottheflowyo 8 лет назад +2

      Did I actually just read, you comparing that thing, to the 'Eiffel Tower'? Lol....

    • @Yung_Mango
      @Yung_Mango 6 лет назад +3

      Chris Jones He has a very good point, you hate it now but generations to come it will be what people think of when they think of Manchester

    • @Mr.Grimsdale
      @Mr.Grimsdale 5 лет назад

      @@Yung_Mango When they want to mock it !

  • @karinevahofbauer5960
    @karinevahofbauer5960 4 года назад

    Beautiful but how i can cleaning this all...💖

  • @sutats
    @sutats 4 года назад

    The rich really are different.

  • @basementboutiques8617
    @basementboutiques8617 6 лет назад

    Defo Council Flat “that”

  • @fjkbrunella
    @fjkbrunella 4 года назад

    Beautiful, but unnecessary big.

  • @mikemorris3421
    @mikemorris3421 5 лет назад +1

    A trip to a boot sale would improve things, a few less nick-nacks cluttering the place please.

    • @dorisgage9726
      @dorisgage9726 5 лет назад +1

      I wouldn't exactly call them knick-knacks,some of that glassware is priceless....and then there's always the question of personal taste .....as the old proverb says,"What's one man's meat ,is another man's poison" .

    • @mikemorris3421
      @mikemorris3421 5 лет назад

      @@dorisgage9726 The price is not always a good indicator, it was (a) the quanitity and (b) the lack of relationship of the items to each other and the space they were in. Perhaps editing and consideration was what I found lacking.

  • @rezakhazaei2940
    @rezakhazaei2940 Год назад

    I'm working next to it , it just awful and boring buildings with big glasses and nothing really special!

  • @filoflin5345
    @filoflin5345 4 года назад

    $ow muc$ ??$$

  • @gman1010
    @gman1010 2 года назад +1

    Badly designed building with major faults with the glass etc and ongoing legal disputes. This chump is responsible for the Majority of the badly designed sky Kennels in Manchester. Bland and an eyesore on the built environment.

  • @katsarola100
    @katsarola100 5 лет назад +2

    one of the ugliest buildings ever. no emotion and a very arrogant vibe

    • @girlwhoseeks
      @girlwhoseeks 3 года назад

      Totally agree. Let’s just put trees inside in it to make it more lively lol

  • @backintimealwyn5736
    @backintimealwyn5736 4 года назад +1

    the buillding is ugly as f. But he managed to build himself a nice nest , yet the uglyness is for the people to admire everyday, he gets the view. I don't like this in modern architecture. Beauty should be for everyone.

  • @cl24591
    @cl24591 8 лет назад

    🤑🤑

  • @Progettogigi
    @Progettogigi 5 лет назад

    high enough to avoid CARING ABOUT THE REST OF SOCIETY. PEOPLE THAT CANT EVEN AFFORD A NEW CARDBOARD SHEET TO SLEEP ON THE STREET AND IT IS NOT ALWAYS CAUSED BY THEIR LAZINESS OR STUBBORNESS. CONSIDER THIS MR. SIMPSON .. FUNNY NAME THO!

  • @mi......
    @mi...... Год назад

    Simpson sees himself as 'an artist' but then he comes up with some awful projects that lack any architectural value, one port street, swan house, first street south, transition, three 60... the list goes on and on. Sadly his unimaginative and dull architecture is now dominant in Manchester - a place with an incredible architectural heritage that is not being respected. Of course this isn't London where budgets are higher but this mediocrity needs to be stopped. I think it's really time to give some younger minds a chance since Simpson is really failing to deliver anything other than a square block with windows on it.

  • @TheDilomo
    @TheDilomo 4 года назад

    This guy is not an architect .. his ego is bigger than mars and he is quite selfish talking about architecture.

  • @101curlywurly
    @101curlywurly 2 года назад

    Hideous, horrendous eyesore with no "design" at all, no imagination or creativity. Horrible.

  • @girlwhoseeks
    @girlwhoseeks 3 года назад

    Poor trees trapped in that ugly building.

  • @girlwhoseeks
    @girlwhoseeks 3 года назад

    Ugly house