It’s amazing what a sense of progress is given when the facade goes up on a new building. Case in point – I wandered past the new Library of Birmingham the other day and saw panes of glass going on to what was previously a building site-y concrete shell. Now this from the Birmingham City … [Read more…]
A contemporary creative practice needs to be a problem solver, fund raiser, facilitator and business collaborator. While anyone experienced in cultural and community based areas would be ignorant to ignore the realizations that the current economics demand better value for investments and any funding, do our creative industry graduates know what they need to do … [Read more…]
Happy 20th Birthday to Glen Howells Architects. They’ve sent us this nice little book filled with photographs from their many projects over the years, including a few familiar buildings from Birmingham’s iconic skyline, such as the Rotunda, The Custard Factory, and Eleven Brindley Place.
For your consideration: Project Brutal: Initial Meeting: 20th April 6:30-7:30pm. CiB Shop. Project Brutal is a plan to bring together people and networks interested in creatively celebrating and capturing Birmingham’s Brutal library before it’s too late. We’re looking to formulate a series of events and projects under the Brutal banner over an extended period of … [Read more…]
This week plans for Birmingham’s new ‘super library’ were unveiled at a press conference, making up one of many similar libraries opening throughout the UK. Central library, Birmingham’s public buildings and public money are always big topics for heated debate so I imagine these plans will cause quite a stir in the city. So, before … [Read more…]
MADE* is the is the regional Architecture centre for the West Midlands, based in Fazeley Street Birmingham. Their website is really informative about the types of activities and projects they are involved in, such as architecture events, consultation and generally trying to engage the people of the West Mids with public spaces. On Monday they … [Read more…]
The Visualisation Lab at King’s College London plan to create a “unique, interactive, virtual reality, Cinema History database” The objective of this first phase was to reconstruct the Kingstanding Odeon, Birmingham, whose 1935 opening represents a key moment in the evolution of purpose-built cinemas More info here. Via Tom Lennon
Some nice pics of the New St revamp have been produced. Sure, it won’t look quite so glossy once the pigeons have had a go at it but it’ll be a damn site better than the current eyesore. Hurrah! Foreign Office Architects are responsible and there’s all sorts of info (well, corporate-speak and aspirational waffle) … [Read more…]