We are now well into the new year and hopefully 2016 will be another exciting year for Birmingham with plenty of new developments for the city centre in the pipeline. Here is a quick look back at the major architectural and city centre developments which took place over the […]
A photographic blog post of John Madin’s Central Library prior to it’s demolition. John Madins Central Library is now in the progress of being demolished as it makes way for the redevelopment of the Paradise Circus area. I was saddened when I first heard the news and when the demolition […]
The Paradise Circus redevelopment has the potential to change the face of Birmingham and create new and exciting links through the city as well as forming new public spaces. Birmingham does appear to be in the architectural press a lot more recently and one development which has huge […]
Birmingham Timelaspe Video Link: http://vimeo.com/7329952 I tweeted about this video a couple of months ago but thought I would share the link on my blog as it’s so good. It was posted by 7inchcinema ( http://vimeo.com/user2349025) and shows the demolition of various buildings around the Chamberlain Square area ending […]
If you visit the John Madin website at http:www.john-madin.info they have a fantastic e-book available for download. It details his background & influence on Birmingham as well as a chronological list of all his works accompanied by photographs & sketches. There are some photos of his major works […]