New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

Why contribute to the spread of ugliness? – an exhibition on John Madin at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham

Posted April 14th, 2012 by Emma Neil with No Comments

One of the boxes from the John Madin Design Group. Image copyright Stuart Whipps. Click to visit his website.
Last month I decided to take a look around the Ikon Gallery where I was just in time to see the exhibition ‘Why Contribute ...

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Shakespeare Memorial Room

Posted August 5th, 2011 by BCT with No Comments

Whether you love or hate Birmingham’s most talked about 20th Century building –the Central Library, is home to the Shakespeare Memorial Room. The room, created in 1882 to house the Shakespeare Library, was designed by John Henry Chamberlain who was responsible for ...

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Project Brutal: Update

Posted May 4th, 2010 by BCT with No Comments

Following on from a previous post about Project Brutal: the project now has a discussion forum, where the people interested in documenting the Central Library can chat.
The forum can be found here.
Photo credit: Martin Hartland

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Project Brutal

Posted March 25th, 2010 by BCT with 1 Comment

Birmingham Central Library could be considered the Marmite of libraries: you either love it, or you hate it.
Well, here is a project for those who wish to profess their love for that Brutalist structure: Project Brutal. (via Created in Birmingham)
“Project Brutal: Initial ...

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Photos of Birmingham Central Library

Posted December 6th, 2009 by BCT with No Comments

As you may know the 1974 Central Library in Birmingham won’t be listed, which means it is very likely to be demolished. Pete Ashton has created a flickr group to collect photographs of the library before it goes.
Whatever your opinion of the ...

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