COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
Birmingham Central Library
title
Birmingham Central Library
Title
false
Creation Date:
1974
creation_date
1974
Creation Date
false
Image Date:
2007
image_date
2007
Image Date
false
Period:
20th century
period
20th century
Period
false
Location:
Birmingham
location
Birmingham
Location
false
Country:
ENGLAND, UK
country
ENGLAND, UK
Country
false
Display Creator:
MADIN, John
display_creator
MADIN, John
Display Creator
false
Image ID:
10-1373
image_id
10-1373
Image ID
false
Description:
Exterior view: Hall of Memory (left) and Central Library (centre background). The Hall of Memory (COOKE & TWIST, 1925) was erected to commemorate 12,320 Birmingham citizens who died in the Great War. The Central Library is is a mixed use building: the Central Library is on the upper floors with shops and a pedestrian through-route (Paradise Forum) at 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).
description
Exterior view: Hall of Memory (left) and Central Library (centre background). The Hall of Memory (COOKE & TWIST, 1925) was erected to commemorate 12,320 Birmingham citizens who died in the Great War. The Central Library is is a mixed use building: the Central Library is on the upper floors with shops and a pedestrian through-route (Paradise Forum) at 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).
Description
false
Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
MADIN, John
creator
MADIN, John
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Architect.
creator_role
Architect.
Creator Role
false
Culture Gender:
Male.
culture_gender
Male.
Culture Gender
false
Nationality:
British.
nationality
British.
Nationality
false
Creator:
JOHN MADIN DESIGN GROUP
creator
JOHN MADIN DESIGN GROUP
Creator
false
Creator Dates - Born:
1968
creator_dates_born
1968
Creator Dates - Born
false
Creator Role:
Architectural firm.
creator_role
Architectural firm.
Creator Role
false
Subject Heading:
Neoclassicism (Architecture)
subject_heading
Neoclassicism (Architecture)
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Architecture -- 1900-2000
subject_heading
Architecture -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Concrete construction
subject_heading
Concrete construction
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Libraries -- England -- Birmingham
subject_heading
Libraries -- England -- Birmingham
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Shopping malls -- England -- Birmingham
subject_heading
Shopping malls -- England -- Birmingham
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Brutalism (Architecture)
subject_heading
Brutalism (Architecture)
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Architecture -- England -- Birmingham
subject_heading
Architecture -- England -- Birmingham
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
War memorials -- England -- Birmingham
subject_heading
War memorials -- England -- Birmingham
Subject Heading
false