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The city is located in the West Midlands, central England. It is the UK’s second largest conurbation and with its industrial past is known for a large network of canals and factory buildings. There are some notable arts buildings – such as galleries and concert halls – and civic buildings.
Major structures to visit include The Rotunda Conversion, Brindleyplace Buildings, New Street Gateway Project, Selfridges and the Beetham Tower – 10 Holloway Circus. The Cube designed by make architects is also worth a visit.
Famous architects with buildings in the city include Mecanoo (The Netherlands), Future Systems Architects, Foreign Office Architects, Ian Simpson Architects, BDP, and Stanton Williams.
The masterplan outlines the redevelopment of a central area opposite Coventry’s train station, envisaging improvements to the local infrastructure and public realm, including a new pedestrian route into the city centre.
Working closely with Barton Willmore, the masterplanning and landscape architects for Longbridge, Holder Mathias Architects will ensure the detailed designs for Longbridge town centre fit within the parameters of the planning application for Longbridge North
Birmingham Concert Hall, Arts Building Project, News, Design, Photo, Property New Concert Hall Birmingham : Architecture Development by Glen Howells Architects in Birmingham, England 12 Aug 2009 Birmingham Concert Hall Building New Concert Hall for Birmingham to Open in 2012 on University Campus ‘When these buildings are complete, they will be the best of their … Read more
With materials drawn from the library’s world-class collections, the exhibition is one of the events marking the bicentenary of the death of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), the pioneering Birmingham manufacturer and industrialist.
Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College, Birmingham education building design by Nicholas Hare Architects: West Midlands educational architecture news: beautiful, protected and calm environment belies its tough inner-city environment.
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry building design by Pringle Richards Sharratt in central England: Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award Finalist 2009 – Midlands architecture news, UK
The original Queen Elizabeth Hospital (NHS) from 1938 was named after the Queen Mother, and designed by Thomas Arthur Lodge. tWest Midlands healthcare building renewal design by BDP Architects.
Library of Birmingham Building, Architect, Design, Picture, Shortlist, Winner, Info Library of Birmingham : Architecture News Key Cultural Development, Midlands, England, UK – design by Mecanoo architecten 2 Apr 2009 New Birmingham Library – Planning Submission Design: Mecanoo A detailed planning application for the new £193m Library of Birmingham has been submitted to the local … Read more
The Jerde Partnership announced that it has completed a master plan that will guide the next 15-20 years of development intended to transform the Coventry city center in the United Kingdom.
The competition, run with RIBA, called for architects to deliver an innovative new concept which would stand on a 2.1 acre site within the Walsall Waterfront scheme.
Arup Associates has won a competition to design the new Coventry University Engineering and Computing Building. The practice triumphed over a shortlist that included big names such as Foster & Partners, Fielden Clegg Bradley and Wilkinson Eyre
Following a successful planning application in September 2007, work has recently started on site for a new office/ and research and development centre for leading telecoms company Ericsson on a prominent site at the international Ansty Business Park in the West Midlands, designed by architects Allies and Morrison
The first phase of the competition attracted 72 Expressions of Interest from architectural practices in the UK, Europe, Sri Lanka and the United States of America
In the middle of the town of Dudley, in the West Midlands, is a world-class nature reserve called the Wren’s Nest. The Wren’s Nest is internationally famous for the number of perfectly preserved fossils that can be seen there
