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Shakespeare Memorial Room

Posted August 5th, 2011 by Emma Neill with No Comments

Whether you love or hate Birmingham’s most talked about 20th Century building –the Central Library, is home to the Shakespeare Memorial Room. The room, created in 1882 to house the Shakespeare Library, was designed by John Henry Chamberlain who was responsible for ...

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Project Brutal: Update

Posted May 4th, 2010 by Rosie Walker with No Comments

Following on from a previous post about Project Brutal: the project now has a discussion forum, where the people interested in documenting the Central Library can chat.
The forum can be found here.
Photo credit: Martin Hartland

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Project Brutal

Posted March 25th, 2010 by Rosie Walker with 1 Comment

Birmingham Central Library could be considered the Marmite of libraries: you either love it, or you hate it.
Well, here is a project for those who wish to profess their love for that Brutalist structure: Project Brutal. (via Created in Birmingham)
“Project Brutal: Initial ...

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Photos of Birmingham Central Library

Posted December 6th, 2009 by Nick Booth with No Comments

As you may know the 1974 Central Library in Birmingham won’t be listed, which means it is very likely to be demolished. Pete Ashton has created a flickr group to collect photographs of the library before it goes.
Whatever your opinion of the ...

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Birmingham Central Library "granted immunity from listing"

Posted November 23rd, 2009 by Nick Booth with 6 Comments

Central Library in Birmingham by Rory Munro - click for original.
The government has announced that the John Madin designed Birmingham Central Library will not be listed – which means that the building can now be demolished as part of Birmingham’s Big City ...

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Government to announce decision on Listing for Birmingham Central Library

Posted November 22nd, 2009 by hrwaldram with 1 Comment

Birmingham Central Library. Photo: Matthew Black
Tomorrow we are all expecting to find out the fate of Birmingham’s famous  Central  library.  Will it be listed, and so protected from demolition, or not?  Culture minister Margaret Hodge has the final say and  it is ...

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