Birmingham Conservatoire (left) and Central Library (right).
Birmingham Conservatoire (left) and Central Library (right).
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon. Redeveloped in 2010 at a cost of £112m. The redevelopment team, led by RSC Chief Executive Peter Wilson, included architects Bennetts Associates. New sections of building include a 36m tower with views across Stratford town centre and the River Avon.
Printing Works, Printing House Street, Birmingham. This is the only surviving part of John H.D. Madin & Partner’s Post & Mail development completed in 1966.
Birmingham Conservatoire, Paradise Place, Birmingham. Built as part of Central Library civic centre complex by John Madin Design Group and completed in 1974. Formerly known as Birmingham School of Music. Forms part of Birmingham City University. Main concert hall (Adrian Boult Hall) seats 518 people. Various refurbishment work took place throughout the 1980s, and recent refurbishment work has taken place in the faculty library.
The Conservatoire forms part of the larger Central Library civic centre and is scheduled to be demolished as part of redevelopment work in the area.
Galbraith House, Great Charles Street, Birmingham. 8 storey office block built in 1960 by Surman, Kelly & Surman.
43 Temple Row, St Philip’s Square, Birmingham. Lloyds TSB Bank, built in 1980 by James A. Roberts Associates.
87 Cornwall Street, Birmingham. Built 1899 by Henman & Cooper for Dr. Parrott. Note subtle asymmetry of windows.
17 Ludgate Hill, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham - built 1912 by De Lacy Aherne. Converted to flats (‘Ludgate Lofts’) and extended in 1997 by Mark Humphries Architects
91 Cornwall Street, Birmingham - built 1905 by C.E. Bateman for J. Mountford ‘surgeon-dentist’.
Moseley School, Wake Green Road, Birmingham - formerly known as Spring Hill College and thought to be completed in 1857 for a budget of £10,000.00 by Architect Joseph James.
Photo Credit: Anthony Ruck
