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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Library of Birmingham</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Library of Birmingham</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_for_Library_of_Birmingham.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/Logo_for_Library_of_Birmingham.png/250px-Logo_for_Library_of_Birmingham.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Logo_for_Library_of_Birmingham.png 1.5x" data-file-width="268" data-file-height="48" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Library_of_Birmingham_(32958941706).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Library_of_Birmingham_%2832958941706%29.jpg/250px-Library_of_Birmingham_%2832958941706%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Library_of_Birmingham_%2832958941706%29.jpg/375px-Library_of_Birmingham_%2832958941706%29.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/High-tech_architecture" title="High-tech architecture">High-Tech</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Centenary_Square" title="Centenary Square">Centenary Square</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Address</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Broad_Street,_Birmingham" title="Broad Street, Birmingham">Broad Street</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Town or city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Library_of_Birmingham&params=52_28_47_N_1_54_30_W_type:landmark_region:GB-BIR"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°28′47″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°54′30″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.47972°N 1.90833°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.47972; -1.90833</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">144 m (472 ft) <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Datum" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordnance Datum">AOD</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction started</th><td class="infobox-data">7 January 2010</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data">April 2013</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">3 September 2013<span class="noprint">; 11 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2013-09-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cost</th><td class="infobox-data">£188.8 million<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Client</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_Council" title="Birmingham City Council">Birmingham City Council</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_Council" title="Birmingham City Council">Birmingham City Council</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">60 metres (200 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-a_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Technical details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Floor count</th><td class="infobox-data">10 (OG) 1 (UG)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Floor area</th><td class="infobox-data">20,798m<sup>2</sup> (plus 6,804m<sup>2</sup> shared with the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Repertory_Theatre" title="Birmingham Repertory Theatre">REP</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Design and construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Francine_Houben" title="Francine Houben">Francine Houben</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architecture firm</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mecanoo" title="Mecanoo">Mecanoo architecten</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Structural engineer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Buro_Happold" title="Buro Happold">Buro Happold</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Services engineer</th><td class="infobox-data">Buro Happold/<a href="/wiki/Capita_Property_and_Infrastructure" title="Capita Property and Infrastructure">Capita</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Civil engineer</th><td class="infobox-data">Buro Happold</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Main contractor</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carillion" title="Carillion">Carillion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capita_Symonds" class="mw-redirect" title="Capita Symonds">Capita Symonds</a> (<i>Project Managers</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards and prizes</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architects%27_Journal" title="Architects' Journal">Architects' Journal Building of the Year 2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RIBA" class="mw-redirect" title="RIBA">RIBA West Midlands Regional Awards Building of the Year 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stirling_Prize" title="Stirling Prize">2014 Stirling Prize (nominee)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="14" data-overlays="["_1973da6dc86accd248821fcb4e27904d40d32581"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Library_of_Birmingham&revid=1248800955&groups=_1973da6dc86accd248821fcb4e27904d40d32581" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Library_of_Birmingham&revid=1248800955&groups=_1973da6dc86accd248821fcb4e27904d40d32581 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Collection</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Items collected</th><td class="infobox-data">Books, journals, newspapers, magazines, official publications, photographs, <a href="/wiki/British_Film_Institute" title="British Film Institute">BFI</a> <a href="/wiki/Mediatheque" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediatheque">Mediatheque</a>, sound and music recordings, maps, postage stamps, prints, drawings, manuscripts and media.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">800,000 (Books)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Access and use</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Circulation</th><td class="infobox-data">316,000 (2014)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Other information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">£8.5 million (2015-16)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Director</th><td class="infobox-data">Brian Gambles</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">100 (2015)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/libraryofbirmingham">www<wbr />.birmingham<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk<wbr />/libraryofbirmingham</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6542576#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Library of Birmingham</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Public_library" title="Public library">public library</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, England. It is situated on the west side of <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham City Centre">the city centre</a> at <a href="/wiki/Centenary_Square" title="Centenary Square">Centenary Square</a>, beside the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Rep" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Rep">Birmingham Rep</a> (to which it connects, and with which it shares some facilities) and <a href="/wiki/Baskerville_House" title="Baskerville House">Baskerville House</a>. Upon opening on 3 September 2013, it replaced <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Central_Library" title="Birmingham Central Library">Birmingham Central Library</a>. The library, which is estimated to have cost £188.8 million,<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is viewed by the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_Council" title="Birmingham City Council">Birmingham City Council</a> as a flagship project for the <a href="/wiki/Big_City_Plan" title="Big City Plan">city's redevelopment</a>. It has been described as the largest public library in the United Kingdom,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the largest <a href="/wiki/Public_space" title="Public space">public cultural space</a> in Europe,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the largest regional library in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC-MoreThan_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-MoreThan-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2,414,860 visitors came to the library in 2014 making it the 10th most popular visitor attraction in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Birmingham&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Birmingham&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Birmingham City Council looked into relocating the library for many years. The original plan was to build a new library in the emerging <a href="/wiki/Eastside,_Birmingham" title="Eastside, Birmingham">Eastside</a> district,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which had been opened up to the city centre following the demolition of <a href="/wiki/Masshouse" title="Masshouse">Masshouse Circus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A library was designed by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rogers" title="Richard Rogers">Richard Rogers</a> on a site in the area. However, for financial reasons and reservations about the location this plan was shelved. The Council suggested that the Library be split between a new building built between <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Rep" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Rep">the Rep Theatre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baskerville_House" title="Baskerville House">Baskerville House</a> at <a href="/wiki/Centenary_Square" title="Centenary Square">Centenary Square</a>, which until 2009 was a public car park (to house the main lending library) and a building at <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Point_(Birmingham)" class="mw-redirect" title="Millennium Point (Birmingham)">Millennium Point</a> in "Eastside" (to house the archives and special collections). </p><p>In August 2006, the Council confirmed the area between the Rep Theatre and Baskerville House as the future site for the library. <a href="/wiki/Capita_Symonds" class="mw-redirect" title="Capita Symonds">Capita Symonds</a> had been appointed as Project Managers for the Library of Birmingham. The council's intention was to create a "world class" landmark civic building in Centenary Square.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Not long after this, the two-sites idea was scrapped and the archives and special collections will move to the site at Centenary Square.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After an international design competition, run by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects" title="Royal Institute of British Architects">Royal Institute of British Architects</a>, a shortlist of seven architects was announced on 27 March 2008. They were chosen from a list of over 100 architects. The architects chosen were: <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Office_Architects" title="Foreign Office Architects">Foreign Office Architects</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foster_and_Partners" title="Foster and Partners">Foster and Partners</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hopkins_Architects" title="Hopkins Architects">Hopkins Architects</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mecanoo" title="Mecanoo">Mecanoo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Office_for_Metropolitan_Architecture" title="Office for Metropolitan Architecture">OMA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schmidt_hammer_lassen" class="mw-redirect" title="Schmidt hammer lassen">Schmidt hammer lassen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilkinson_Eyre" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilkinson Eyre">Wilkinson Eyre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early August 2008, Mecanoo and multi-discipline engineers, <a href="/wiki/Buro_Happold" title="Buro Happold">Buro Happold</a>, were announced as the winner of the design competition.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More detailed plans for the library were revealed by the council in conjunction with the architects at a launch event held on 2 April 2009. </p><p>The previous Central Library failed for the second time to gain status as a listed building. Work was scheduled to begin on demolishing the old library early in 2015 to make way for the redevelopment of <a href="/wiki/Big_City_Plan#Paradise_Circus" title="Big City Plan">Paradise Circus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reception">Reception</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Birmingham&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reaction to the planned library was generally positive. Then-<a href="/wiki/Poet_Laureate_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom">Poet Laureate</a> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Motion" title="Andrew Motion">Andrew Motion</a> said that "These plans are properly ambitious to preserve the best traditional practice, while also opening the building to new ideas about what a library should be — the heart of the community, fulfilling all manner of social needs as well as scholarly, research-based and pleasurable ones." <a href="/wiki/Philip_Pullman" title="Philip Pullman">Philip Pullman</a> said "The new Library of Birmingham sounds as if it will be lovely and should attract even more users than the present one with its impressive visitor total of 5,000 a day." <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ayckbourn" title="Alan Ayckbourn">Sir Alan Ayckbourn</a> said "I wholeheartedly support the proposed exciting new plans to develop the new Birmingham library" and <a href="/wiki/Irvine_Welsh" title="Irvine Welsh">Irvine Welsh</a> said "[It's] an audacious and compelling initiative which promises to redefine and modernise the entire notion of public library services, and in the process create the greatest public information resource in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> ... Writers will love it, and so will readers."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Architect of the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Central_Library" title="Birmingham Central Library">Birmingham Central Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Madin" title="John Madin">John Madin</a>, criticised the building as not fit for purpose in 2011. Madin said "They are spending all this money on a new library which is no better than the existing one. Eighty per cent of it will not have <a href="/wiki/Daylighting_(architecture)" title="Daylighting (architecture)">natural light</a> and does not meet the standards of the existing building."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first year of opening 2.7 million visitors passed through the doors of the library.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015 visitor numbers dropped to 1.8 million visits; this still made the library the 11th most popular visitor attraction in the UK and the most popular outside of London.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Construction">Construction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Birmingham&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Construction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LiibraryofBirminghamBookRotunda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/LiibraryofBirminghamBookRotunda.jpg/220px-LiibraryofBirminghamBookRotunda.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/LiibraryofBirminghamBookRotunda.jpg/330px-LiibraryofBirminghamBookRotunda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/LiibraryofBirminghamBookRotunda.jpg/440px-LiibraryofBirminghamBookRotunda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6927" data-file-height="4643" /></a><figcaption>The book rotunda from Level 3</figcaption></figure> <p>Preparation of the ground for building, and <a href="/wiki/Archaeology" title="Archaeology">archaeological</a> work between <a href="/wiki/Baskerville_House" title="Baskerville House">Baskerville House</a> and <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Repertory_Theatre" title="Birmingham Repertory Theatre">The Rep</a> had begun before planning permission had been granted.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Planning permission was finally granted and approved by <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_Council" title="Birmingham City Council">Birmingham City Council</a> in December 2009. Building work, which was undertaken by <a href="/wiki/Carillion" title="Carillion">Carillion</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> commenced in January 2010, with a completion schedule for 3 September 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A topping out ceremony to mark the completion of the highest part of the building took place on 14 September 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opening">Opening</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Birmingham&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Opening"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The formal opening on 3 September 2013 was conducted by <a href="/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai" title="Malala Yousafzai">Malala Yousafzai</a>, the Pakistani schoolgirl who survived a <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> assassination attempt, and who now lives in Birmingham.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCOpening_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCOpening-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before unveiling a plaque, she said "Let us not forget that even one book, one pen, one teacher can change the world".<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Birmingham&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the 2014 <a href="/wiki/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects" title="Royal Institute of British Architects">RIBA West Midlands</a> Awards, the Library of Birmingham was named overall West Midlands building of the year Mecanoo architect Patrick Arends won emerging architect of the year and Birmingham City Council won client of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2014_Birthday_Honours" title="2014 Birthday Honours">June 2014 birthday honours</a>, the library's director, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Gambles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brian Gambles (page does not exist)">Brian Gambles</a>, was made <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of the British Empire">MBE</a> "for services to libraries".<sup id="cite_ref-Lillington_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lillington-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 July 2014 the Library of Birmingham was nominated as one of the six short-listed buildings for the <a href="/wiki/Stirling_Prize" title="Stirling Prize">2014 Stirling Prize</a>, awarded for excellence in architecture. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operations">Operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Birmingham&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2014 Birmingham City Council proposed reducing the opening hours of the library because of a council funding shortfall,<sup id="cite_ref-guardian-20141210_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-20141210-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in February 2015 confirmed opening hours will be reduced from 73 hours per week to 40 hours per week, saving £1.3 million per year on running costs and involving making redundant about half of the 188 library staff.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20150210_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20150210-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 20 April 2015 the library will open from 11<span class="nowrap"> </span>am to 7<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm Monday and Tuesday, from 11<span class="nowrap"> </span>am to 5<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm Wednesday to Saturday and close on Sundays. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Air-conditioning">Air-conditioning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Birmingham&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Air-conditioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Library_of_Birmingham_Facade_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Library_of_Birmingham_Facade_crop.jpg/220px-Library_of_Birmingham_Facade_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Library_of_Birmingham_Facade_crop.jpg/330px-Library_of_Birmingham_Facade_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Library_of_Birmingham_Facade_crop.jpg/440px-Library_of_Birmingham_Facade_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1077" data-file-height="1030" /></a><figcaption>Decoration on the exterior of the building</figcaption></figure> <p>The library uses an <a href="/wiki/Geothermal_heat_pump" class="mw-redirect" title="Geothermal heat pump">aquifer ground source system</a> to reduce energy consumption. Cold <a href="/wiki/Groundwater" title="Groundwater">groundwater</a> is pumped up from within the earth and used in the air conditioning system. The water flows back into the ground via another <a href="/wiki/Well_drilling" title="Well drilling">drilled well</a>. The use of groundwater as a source of <a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy#Geothermal_energy" title="Renewable energy">renewable energy</a> lowers the library's <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">carbon dioxide</a> emissions.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collections">Collections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Birmingham&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Collections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The library has nationally and internationally significant collections, including the <a href="/wiki/Boulton_and_Watt" title="Boulton and Watt">Boulton and Watt</a> archives, the <a href="/wiki/Bournville_Village_Trust" title="Bournville Village Trust">Bournville Village Trust</a> Archive, the <a href="/wiki/Charles_Parker_(producer)" title="Charles Parker (producer)">Charles Parker</a> Archive,<sup id="cite_ref-CPA_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPA-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Parker collection of children's books,<sup id="cite_ref-Collections_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collections-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Wingate Bett transport ticket collection,<sup id="cite_ref-Collections_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collections-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Railway_and_Canal_Historical_Society" title="Railway and Canal Historical Society">Railway and Canal Historical Society</a> Library; and the photographic archives of the Warwickshire photographic survey,<sup id="cite_ref-Collections_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collections-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Benjamin_Stone" title="John Benjamin Stone">Sir Benjamin Stone</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Blakemore" title="John Blakemore">John Blakemore</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Val_Williams" title="Val Williams">Val Williams</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and starting in 2009, continuing through 2014, acquired that of <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Meadows" title="Daniel Meadows">Daniel Meadows</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Daniel Meadows collection moved to the Bodleian Library in March 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ShakespeareMemorialLibraryBirmingham.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/ShakespeareMemorialLibraryBirmingham.jpg/220px-ShakespeareMemorialLibraryBirmingham.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/ShakespeareMemorialLibraryBirmingham.jpg/330px-ShakespeareMemorialLibraryBirmingham.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/ShakespeareMemorialLibraryBirmingham.jpg/440px-ShakespeareMemorialLibraryBirmingham.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7295" data-file-height="4919" /></a><figcaption>Shakespeare Memorial Room</figcaption></figure> <p>The specialist Shakespeare Memorial Room was designed in 1882 by <a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Chamberlain" title="John Henry Chamberlain">John Henry Chamberlain</a> for the first Central Library.<sup id="cite_ref-SMR_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMR-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the old building was demolished in 1974 Chamberlain's room was dismantled and later fitted into the new concrete shell of the new library complex.<sup id="cite_ref-SMR_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMR-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the Library of Birmingham was built, it was again moved, to the top floor.<sup id="cite_ref-SMR_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMR-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It houses Britain's most important Shakespeare collection, and one of the two most important <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a> collections in the world; the other being held by the <a href="/wiki/Folger_Shakespeare_Library" title="Folger Shakespeare Library">Folger Shakespeare Library</a>. The collection contains 43,000 books<sup id="cite_ref-BBCOpening_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCOpening-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including rare items such as a copy of the <a href="/wiki/First_Folio" title="First Folio">First Folio</a> 1623; copies of the four earliest Folio editions;<sup id="cite_ref-BBCOpening_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCOpening-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> over 70 editions of separate plays printed before 1709 including three <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pavier" title="Thomas Pavier">"Pavier"</a> <a href="/wiki/Quarto" title="Quarto">quartos</a> published in 1619 but falsely dated. There are significant collections from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, a near complete collection of Collected Works, significant numbers of adaptations, anthologies and individual editions. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Boulton_and_Watt" title="Boulton and Watt">Boulton and Watt</a> Collection is the archive of the steam engine partnership of <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Boulton" title="Matthew Boulton">Matthew Boulton</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Watt" title="James Watt">James Watt</a>, dating from its formation in 1774 until the firm's closure in the 1890s. The archive comprises about 550 volumes of letters, books, order books and account books, approximately 29,000 engine drawings and upwards of 20,000 letters received from customers. Boulton and Watt manufactured the screw engines for <a href="/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel" title="Isambard Kingdom Brunel">Brunel's</a> <a href="/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern" title="SS Great Eastern">SS <i>Great Eastern</i></a> and the archive includes a portfolio of 13 albumen prints by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Howlett" title="Robert Howlett">Robert Howlett</a> documenting the construction of the Great Eastern, including a rare variant of the Brunel portrait of 1857.<sup id="cite_ref-SMR1_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMR1-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also displayed in the Library are two large <a href="/wiki/Coade_stone" title="Coade stone">coade stone</a> medallions, made in the 1770s and removed from the front of the city's <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Birmingham" title="Theatre Royal, Birmingham">Theatre Royal</a> when it was demolished in 1956. These depict <a href="/wiki/David_Garrick" title="David Garrick">David Garrick</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Partnerships_and_funding">Partnerships and funding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Birmingham&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Partnerships and funding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2014 a collaboration with the <a href="/wiki/British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a> launched the Library of Birmingham's Business and IP Centre which offered support services for small businesses and entrepreneurs. The Business and IP Centre offers wide-ranging support, such as a weekly free Employment Law Advice clinic for small businesses, run in conjunction with Aston University. </p><p>In 2016 the library worked on a cultural collaboration with the British Library. As part of this a project around the 400th anniversary of the death of <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a> took place. The collaboration was funded by the British Library Trust and tested a new way of working collaborations between the British Library and public libraries in the UK. </p><p>From July 2015 until 2016, <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> took over part of the first floor for training businesses in its Digital Garage initiative. </p><p>In early 2016 the library extended weekday opening hours to 9 am to 9 pm after an agreement was made with the Council run Brasshouse Language Centre to occupy space in the building. The opening hours increased from 40 hours to 66 but still short of the original 73 hours and on Sundays, will remain closed. The Brasshouse Language Centre moved into the first floor in September 2016 from their previous location on Sheepcote Street. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Birmingham&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pete_James" title="Pete James">Pete James</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Library_of_Birmingham&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Sparkbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Agnes%27_Church,_Moseley" title="St Agnes' Church, Moseley">St Agnes, Moseley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Alban_the_Martyr,_Birmingham" title="St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham">St Alban, Highgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Handsworth" title="St Andrew's Church, Handsworth">St Andrew, Handsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Anne%27s_Church,_Moseley" title="St Anne's Church, Moseley">St Anne, Moseley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Anne%27s_Church,_Birmingham" title="St Anne's Church, Birmingham">St Anne, Digbeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Augustine%27s_Church,_Edgbaston" title="St Augustine's Church, Edgbaston">St Augustine, Edgbaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Barnabas%27_Church,_Erdington" title="St Barnabas' Church, Erdington">St Barnabas, Erdington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Bartholomew%27s_Church,_Edgbaston" title="St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston">St Bartholomew, Edgbaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Benedict%27s_Church,_Bordesley" title="St Benedict's Church, Bordesley">St Benedict's, Bordesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_Latimer_Memorial_Church,_Winson_Green" title="Bishop Latimer Memorial Church, Winson Green">Bishop Latimer, Winson Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Catherine_of_Siena_Church,_Birmingham" title="St Catherine of Siena Church, Birmingham">St Catherine, Bristol Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Chad%27s_Cathedral,_Birmingham" title="St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham">St Chad's Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Cyprian%27s_Church,_Hay_Mills" title="St Cyprian's Church, Hay Mills">St Cyprian, Hay Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_David%27s_Church,_Shenley_Green" title="St David's Church, Shenley Green">St David, Shenley Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Edburgha%27s_Church,_Yardley" title="St Edburgha's Church, Yardley">St Edburgha, Yardley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Edward%27s_Church,_Selly_Park,_Birmingham" title="St Edward's Church, Selly Park, Birmingham">St Edward, Selly Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erdington_Abbey" title="Erdington Abbey">Erdington Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Faith_and_St_Laurence%27s_Church,_Harborne" title="St Faith and St Laurence's Church, Harborne">SS Faith & Laurence, Harborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Francis_of_Assisi%27s_Church,_Bournville" title="St Francis of Assisi's Church, Bournville">St Francis, Bournville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Francis_of_Assisi_Church,_Handsworth" title="St Francis of Assisi Church, Handsworth">St Francis, Handsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Gabriel%27s_Church,_Weoley_Castle" title="St Gabriel's Church, Weoley Castle">St Gabriel, Weoley Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_George%27s_Church,_Edgbaston" title="St George's Church, Edgbaston">St George, Edgbaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Giles%27_Church,_Sheldon" title="St Giles' Church, Sheldon">St Giles, Sheldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortuary_Chapel,_Handsworth_Cemetery" title="Mortuary Chapel, Handsworth Cemetery">Handsworth Cemetery Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Birchfield" title="Holy Trinity Church, Birchfield">Holy Trinity, Birchfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church_of_the_Holy_Trinity_and_St_Luke" title="Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity and St Luke">Holy Trinity & St Luke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Sutton_Coldfield" title="Holy Trinity Church, Sutton Coldfield">Holy Trinity, Sutton Coldfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_James%27_Church,_Handsworth" title="St James' Church, Handsworth">St James, Handsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Church,_Ladywood" title="St John's Church, Ladywood">St John, Ladywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John_the_Evangelist%27s_Church,_Perry_Barr" title="St John the Evangelist's Church, Perry Barr">St John, Perry Barr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Church,_Sparkhill" title="St John's Church, Sparkhill">St John, Sparkhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Laurence%27s_Church,_Northfield" title="St Laurence's Church, Northfield">St Laurence, Northfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Prince_Lazar,_Birmingham" title="Church of the Holy Prince Lazar, Birmingham">St Lazar, Bournville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Martin_in_the_Bull_Ring" title="St Martin in the Bull Ring">St Martin, Bull Ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Church,_Washwood_Heath" title="St Mark's Church, Washwood Heath">St Mark, Washwood Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary_the_Virgin,_Acocks_Green" title="St Mary the Virgin, Acocks Green">St Mary, Acocks Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Handsworth" title="St Mary's Church, Handsworth">St Mary, Handsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Moseley" title="St Mary's Church, Moseley">St Mary, Moseley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Selly_Oak" title="St Mary's Church, Selly Oak">St Mary, Selly Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Convent,_Handsworth" title="St Mary's Convent, Handsworth">St Mary's Convent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methodist_Central_Hall,_Birmingham" title="Methodist Central Hall, Birmingham">Methodist Central Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Michael_and_All_Angels%27_Church,_Bartley_Green" title="St Michael and All Angels' Church, Bartley Green">St Michael & All Angels, Bartley Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Church,_Handsworth" title="St Michael's Church, Handsworth">St Michael, Handsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Catholic_Church,_Moor_Street" title="St Michael's Catholic Church, Moor Street">St Michael, Moor Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Nicolas%27_Church,_Kings_Norton" title="St Nicolas' Church, Kings Norton">St Nicolas, Kings Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Oratory" title="Birmingham Oratory">Oratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Church,_Birmingham" title="St Paul's Church, Birmingham">St Paul, Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Church,_Lozells" title="St Paul's Church, Lozells">St Paul, Lozells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Harborne" title="St Peter's Church, Harborne">St Peter, Harborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_SS_Peter_%26_Paul,_Aston" title="Church of SS Peter & Paul, Aston">SS Peter & Paul, Aston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Philip%27s_Cathedral,_Birmingham" title="St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham">St Philip's Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Silas%27_Church,_Lozells" title="St Silas' Church, Lozells">St Silas, Lozells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stechford_Baptist_Church" title="Stechford Baptist Church">Stechford Baptist</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Islamic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Central_Mosque" title="Birmingham Central Mosque">Central Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darul_Barakaat_Mosque" title="Darul Barakaat Mosque">Darul Barakaat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghamkol_Shariff_Masjid" title="Ghamkol Shariff Masjid">Ghamkol Shariff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Lane_Masjid" title="Green Lane Masjid">Green Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jami_Masjid_and_Islamic_Centre_Birmingham" title="Jami Masjid and Islamic Centre Birmingham">Jami</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Jewish</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Central_Synagogue" title="Birmingham Central Synagogue">Central Synagogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singers_Hill_Synagogue" title="Singers Hill Synagogue">Singers Hill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sikh</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Nanak_Nishkam_Sevak_Jatha" title="Guru Nanak Nishkam Sevak Jatha">Guru Nanak, Handsworth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hindu</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shree_Geeta_Bhawan" title="Shree Geeta Bhawan">Shree Geeta Bhawan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Houses</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Anchorage,_Birmingham" title="The Anchorage, Birmingham">Anchorage, The</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Wray_Lighting_works" title="Christopher Wray Lighting works">Christopher Wray Lighting works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgbaston_Hall" title="Edgbaston Hall">Edgbaston Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Endwood" title="The Endwood">The Endwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hay_Hall,_Birmingham" title="Hay Hall, Birmingham">Hay Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highbury_Hall" title="Highbury Hall">Highbury Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moat_House,_Sutton_Coldfield" title="Moat House, Sutton Coldfield">Moat House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moor_Hall" title="Moor Hall">Moor Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moseley_Hall,_Birmingham" title="Moseley Hall, Birmingham">Moseley Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hall_Manor" title="New Hall Manor">New Hall Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northfield_Manor_House" title="Northfield Manor House">Northfield Manor House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peddimore_Hall" title="Peddimore Hall">Peddimore Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penns_Hall" title="Penns Hall">Penns Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pype_Hayes_Hall" title="Pype Hayes Hall">Pype Hayes Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Hall" title="Sheldon Hall">Sheldon Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford_House_(Birmingham)" title="Stratford House (Birmingham)">Stratford House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winterbourne_Botanic_Garden" title="Winterbourne Botanic Garden">Winterbourne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hotels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Hotel,_Birmingham" title="Grand Hotel, Birmingham">Grand Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_Birmingham" title="Hyatt Regency Birmingham">Hyatt Regency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cube,_Birmingham" title="The Cube, Birmingham">Hotel Indigo (The Cube)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jurys_Inn_Birmingham" class="mw-redirect" title="Jurys Inn Birmingham">Jurys Inn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_Holloway_Circus" title="10 Holloway Circus">Radisson Blu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resorts_World_Birmingham" title="Resorts World Birmingham">Resorts World Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hotels_in_Birmingham,_West_Midlands" title="Category:Hotels in Birmingham, West Midlands">Other hotels</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_%26_Eve,_Birmingham" title="Adam & Eve, Birmingham">Adam & Eve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anchor_Inn,_Birmingham" title="Anchor Inn, Birmingham">Anchor Inn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Antelope,_Birmingham" title="The Antelope, Birmingham">Antelope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bartons_Arms" title="The Bartons Arms">Bartons Arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Horse,_Northfield" title="Black Horse, Northfield">Black Horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookhill_Tavern" title="Brookhill Tavern">Brookhill Tavern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Crown,_Birmingham" title="The Crown, Birmingham">Crown</a> (closed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Crown_Inn,_Birmingham" title="The Crown Inn, Birmingham">Crown Inn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Cocks,_Moseley" title="Fighting Cocks, Moseley">Fighting Cocks, Moseley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_and_Grapes,_Birmingham" title="Fox and Grapes, Birmingham">Fox and Grapes</a> (demolished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Eagle,_Birmingham" title="Golden Eagle, Birmingham">Golden Eagle</a> (demolished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lad_in_the_Lane" title="Lad in the Lane">Lad in the Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Old_Crown,_Birmingham" title="The Old Crown, Birmingham">Old Crown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Arms,_Birmingham" title="Queen's Arms, Birmingham">Queen's Arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Lion,_Handsworth" title="Red Lion, Handsworth">Red Lion</a> (Handsworth; closed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Woodman" title="The Woodman">Woodman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Complexes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brindleyplace" title="Brindleyplace">Brindleyplace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bull_Ring,_Birmingham" title="Bull Ring, Birmingham">Bull Ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friends%27_Institute_buildings" title="Friends' Institute buildings">Friends' Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICC_Birmingham" title="ICC Birmingham">International Convention Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mailbox_Birmingham" title="Mailbox Birmingham">Mailbox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Central,_Birmingham" title="Grand Central, Birmingham">Grand Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longbridge_plant" title="Longbridge plant">Longbridge plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paradise,_Birmingham" title="Paradise, Birmingham">Paradise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swan_Shopping_Centre" title="Swan Shopping Centre">Swan Shopping Centre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art and theatres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Alexandra,_Birmingham" title="The Alexandra, Birmingham">The Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barber_Institute_of_Fine_Arts" title="Barber Institute of Fine Arts">Barber Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Odeon" title="Birmingham Odeon">Birmingham Odeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crescent_Theatre" title="Crescent Theatre">Crescent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Drum,_Birmingham" class="mw-redirect" title="The Drum, Birmingham">Drum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_Cinema,_Sutton_Coldfield" title="Empire Cinema, Sutton Coldfield">Empire Cinema, Sutton Coldfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Hippodrome" title="Birmingham Hippodrome">Hippodrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mac,_Birmingham" title="Mac, Birmingham">mac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Repertory_Theatre" title="Birmingham Repertory Theatre">Rep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Cinema" title="Oak Cinema">Oak Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odeon,_Kingstanding" title="Odeon, Kingstanding">Odeon, Kingstanding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Rep" title="Old Rep">Old Rep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Cinema,_Birmingham" title="Piccadilly Cinema, Birmingham">Piccadilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_Hall,_Birmingham" title="Symphony Hall, Birmingham">Symphony Hall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Museums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aston_Hall" title="Aston Hall">Aston Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Back_to_Backs" title="Birmingham Back to Backs">Back to Backs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" title="Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery">Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blakesley_Hall" title="Blakesley Hall">Blakesley Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hall_Mill" title="New Hall Mill">New Hall Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newman_Brothers_Coffin_Furniture_Factory" title="Newman Brothers Coffin Furniture Factory">Newman Bros Coffin Factory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarehole_Mill" title="Sarehole Mill">Sarehole Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selly_Manor" title="Selly Manor">Selly Manor</a>/ <a href="/wiki/Minworth_Greaves" title="Minworth Greaves">Minworth Greaves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soho_House" title="Soho House">Soho House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weoley_Castle_(house)" title="Weoley Castle (house)">Weoley Castle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sports venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stadium" title="Alexander Stadium">Alexander Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgbaston_Cricket_Ground" title="Edgbaston Cricket Ground">Edgbaston (cricket)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgbaston_Priory_Club" title="Edgbaston Priory Club">Edgbaston Priory Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_(stadium)" title="St Andrew's (stadium)">St Andrew's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villa_Park" title="Villa Park">Villa Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1%E2%80%937_Constitution_Hill,_Birmingham" title="1–7 Constitution Hill, Birmingham">1–7 Constitution Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_%26_19_Newhall_Street,_Birmingham" title="17 & 19 Newhall Street, Birmingham">17 & 19 Newhall Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_Birmingham" title="Arena Birmingham">Arena Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Ashford_%26_Son_building" title="J. Ashford & Son building">Ashford & Son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Assay_Office" title="Birmingham Assay Office">Assay Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Banking_Company" title="Birmingham Banking Company">Birmingham Banking Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Crematorium" title="Birmingham Crematorium">Birmingham Crematorium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bromford_Viaduct" title="Bromford Viaduct">Bromford Viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Bromwich_Assembly" title="Castle Bromwich Assembly">Castle Bromwich Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Pagoda" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese Pagoda">Chinese Pagoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Dunlop" title="Fort Dunlop">Fort Dunlop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gas_Retort_House" title="Gas Retort House">Gas Retort House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gas_Street_Studios" title="Gas Street Studios">Gas Street Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Arcade" title="Great Western Arcade">Great Western Arcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holliday_Street_Aqueduct" title="Holliday Street Aqueduct">Holliday Street Aqueduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICC_Birmingham" title="ICC Birmingham">ICC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millennium_Point,_Birmingham" title="Millennium Point, Birmingham">Millennium Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_Signal_Box" title="Birmingham New Street Signal Box">New Street Signal Box</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perrott%27s_Folly" title="Perrott's Folly">Perrott's Folly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Bridge" title="Perry Bridge">Perry Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HM_Prison_Birmingham" title="HM Prison Birmingham">Prison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Proof_House" title="Birmingham Proof House">Proof House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ringway_Centre" title="Ringway Centre">Ringway Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roundhouse,_Birmingham" title="Roundhouse, Birmingham">Roundhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saracen%27s_Head" title="Saracen's Head">Saracen's Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selfridges_Building,_Birmingham" title="Selfridges Building, Birmingham">Selfridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_House,_Birmingham" title="St James's House, Birmingham">St James's House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Square_House" title="Victoria Square House">Victoria Square House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Law_Courts" title="Victoria Law Courts">Victoria Law Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Works,_Birmingham" title="Victoria Works, Birmingham">Victoria Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodcock_Street_Baths" title="Woodcock Street Baths">Woodcock Street Baths</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Demolished</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aston_Hippodrome" title="Aston Hippodrome">Aston Hippodrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Manor_House" title="Birmingham Manor House">Birmingham Manor House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop%27s_House,_Birmingham" title="Bishop's House, Birmingham">Bishop's House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_Ryder_Church,_Birmingham" title="Bishop Ryder Church, Birmingham">Bishop Ryder Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bordesley_Hall,_Birmingham" title="Bordesley Hall, Birmingham">Bordesley Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Goods_railway_station" title="Central Goods railway station">Central Goods railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Central_Library" title="Birmingham Central Library">Central Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Birmingham" title="Christ Church, Birmingham">Christ Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Messiah,_Birmingham" title="Church of the Messiah, Birmingham">Church of the Messiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Crescent,_Birmingham" title="The Crescent, Birmingham">The Crescent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Exchange,_Birmingham" title="The Exchange, Birmingham">The Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Ways_Tower" title="Five Ways Tower">Five Ways Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Hollies_Hall" title="Fox Hollies Hall">Fox Hollies Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathfield_Hall" title="Heathfield Hall">Heathfield Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highfield,_Birmingham" title="Highfield, Birmingham">Highfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_House,_Birmingham" title="Island House, Birmingham">Island House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_James_the_Less%27_Church,_Ashted" title="St James the Less' Church, Ashted">St James the Less' Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langley_Hall,_West_Midlands" title="Langley Hall, West Midlands">Langley Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Market_Hall" title="Birmingham Market Hall">Market Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Whittall_Street,_Birmingham" title="St 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