Detail View: SHIMMER: Birmingham Central Library

Title: 
Birmingham Central Library
Creation Date: 
1974
Image Date: 
2007
Period: 
20th century
Location: 
Birmingham
Country: 
ENGLAND, UK
Display Creator: 
MADIN, John
Terms: 
Mixed-use buildings (see Multipurpose buildings)
Image ID: 
10-1364
Description: 
Exterior view: left and background. A mixed use building. The Central Library is on the upper floors and with shops and a pedestrian through-route (Paradise Forum) a\t ground floor level between Centenary Square and Chamberlain Square. Scheduled for demolition when a new Central Library is completed in adjacent Centenary Square (building work for this began in 2010). The building (right) is Birmingham Town Hall (HANSOM & WELCH, 1832-34) - extensively restored between 1996-2007)
Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Creator: 
MADIN, John
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British.
Creator: 
JOHN MADIN DESIGN GROUP
Creator Dates - Born: 
1968
Creator Role: 
Architectural firm.
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading: 
Concrete construction
Subject Heading: 
Libraries -- England -- Birmingham
Subject Heading: 
Pedestrians
Subject Heading: 
Shopping malls -- England -- Birmingham
Subject Heading: 
Brutalism (Architecture)
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 1800-1900
Subject Heading: 
City halls -- England -- Birmingham
Subject Heading: 
Multipurpose buildings