This list of the tallest buildings and structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, West Midlands ranks buildings and free-standing structures by height, based on standard height measurements that include spires and architectural details but exclude extraneous elements added after completion of the building. [1]
The tallest building in the metropolitan area is The Mercian, a 132-metre (433 ft) residential tower located in Birmingham's Westside district. The tallest non-building structure, also in Birmingham, is the 140-metre (458 ft) BT Tower. Both are set to be surpassed by Octagon, a 155-metre (509 ft) skyscraper currently under construction and One Eastside another 155m (509ft) tower also being built in Birmingham City Centre. [2]
The Birmingham metropolitan area is an urban agglomeration located in the West Midlands region of England with a population of around 4.3 million people, making it the second largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom. [3] It comprises the three cities (Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton) and four metropolitan boroughs (Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall) which make up the Metropolitan county of the West Midlands, along with its commuter zones, which extend into the neighbouring district authorities of Bromsgrove and Redditch in Worcestershire; Cannock Chase, Lichfield, South Staffordshire and Tamworth in Staffordshire; and all five district authorities of Warwickshire, including the towns of Bedworth, Coleshill, Nuneaton, Royal Leamington Spa, and Warwick itself. Each of these authorities has at least one high-rise, or tall building or structure ≥35 metres in height. [4] [1]
A number of sizeable settlements fall outside the morphological boundaries of the Birmingham Metropolitan Area but still form part of its economic and infrastructural hinterland. [5] [6] [7] [8] Amongst these, the cathedral city of Lichfield, the towns of Cannock, Hednesford and Rugeley in Staffordshire, Rugby and Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, and Kidderminster in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire. For completeness, the tall buildings and structures in these places are included in the listings below but, for accuracy, are not designated a metropolitan area ranking.
Like other regional conurbations in the United Kingdom, the Birmingham Metropolitan Area is polycentric, with several primary urban areas and satellite towns overlaying traditional market towns and civil parishes, separated by areas of protected green space. This is reflected in a diverse urban landscape characterised by examples of Medieval, Tudor, Jacobean, English Baroque, Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian, Modern, Postmodern and Contemporary architecture. Each of these architectural periods is represented by at least one tall building or structure.
All of the listings on this page are colour coded according to the authority in which they are located, based on the map of the Birmingham Metropolitan Area. The map can be used to find the authority for each entry and, where the building or structure is not located in a city centre, its district, town or parish.
Birmingham has more than 375 tall buildings within its city boundaries, making it the most built-up city in the United Kingdom outside of London. [9] [4] [10] It is home to the majority of the tallest buildings and structures in the West Midlands region.
The city currently has eight structures completed at a height of 100 metres or more and a further six under construction, with twelve of these being habitable. This is the third highest number of completed or under construction tall buildings or structures (≥100m) of any city in the United Kingdom. [11] [12]
The first structure to reach a height of 100 metres was the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, constructed in 1908 and located in the Edgbaston area of the city. It remains the tallest free-standing clock tower in the world. [13]
High-rise construction in Birmingham did not begin until the post war redevelopment of the 1960s and 1970s, when more than 25 commercial buildings taller than 50 metres were erected within the city centre and westwards along Broad Street to Five Ways and Hagley Road. Two further structures over 100 metres were built during this period – the 152-metre BT Tower, which remains the tallest structure in Birmingham, albeit at a reduced height, [lower-alpha 1] and the 100-metre, Grade II listed Alpha Tower. Other notable high-rise office buildings included Quayside Tower and Metropolitan House, both designed by John Madin and since refurbished. This era also saw more than 150 residential tower blocks of between 12 and 32 storeys built in clusters around the periphery of the city centre and throughout its suburbs. [15] The majority of these Brutalist buildings were of limited architectural merit and have since been demolished, although some examples remain. [16]
High-rise development slowed during the 1980s and 1990s, with few significant proposals emerging, but the turn of the 21st century saw a renewed interest in constructing tall buildings in central Birmingham. Completed in 2006, the 122-metre 10 Holloway Circus became the tallest habitable building in the city, while the Brindleyplace canalside development yielded a cluster of high-rise office buildings adjacent to the International Convention Centre and Birmingham Indoor Arena.
However, in the wake of the September 11 attacks, regulations imposed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Birmingham City Council's own 'High Places' planning policy framework restricted new buildings to a maximum height of around 120 metres, stymieing a number of appreciably taller proposals. [17] [18] These included the 245-metre Arena Central Tower, which at the time was set to become the tallest skyscraper in the United Kingdom. A number of subsequent proposals, including revised plans for a 152-metre V-shaped building at Arena Central, the 201-metre Regal Tower, and the 130-metre twin towers proposed for the New Street Station Gateway Plus project, succumbed to the global financial crisis and were either scaled back or scrapped. [19] [20]
Consequently, Birmingham's most iconic 21st century buildings, including the Selfridges Building, Grand Central Station and the Library of Birmingham, are under 100 metres tall.
In recent years the City Council has sought to encourage large-scale development, and a raft of tall buildings have been approved for construction across the City Core and all six of Birmingham's City Centre Quarters – Eastside, Digbeth, Westside and Ladywood, Southside and Highgate, the Jewellery Quarter and St George and St Chad. These developments include the first three skyscrapers in Birmingham and will form a number of tall clusters across the city centre.
Already home to some of Birmingham's tallest buildings, the City Core will see several tall developments in the coming years, including the 155-metre Octagon tower at the Paradise redevelopment site in the city's Civic Heart, which is currently under construction. When completed, Octagon will become the world's tallest octagonally-shaped residential building. [21] Octagon will be near neighbour to the newly completed 103 Colmore Row (108 metres), which is the tallest dedicated office building to be constructed outside of London since Alpha Tower was completed in 1973. [22] To the east of the Historic Colmore Business District, Birmingham's Retail Core is set to be reshaped by Hammerson's mixed-use Martineau Galleries scheme, incorporating a third building in excess of 100 metres in height. [23]
In Westside and Ladywood, Moda Living's 132-metre Mercian residential tower was completed in 2022 and became the tallest habitable building in Birmingham. It could be surpassed by the 145-metre Essington residential skyscraper which, if built, would become the tallest building in the Broad Street cluster. Other significant residential schemes around Broad Street and Brindleyplace include 111-metre Cortland Broad Street, 102-metre Bank Tower II and the proposed 100 Broad Street (c.100m), while Axis (100 metres) will extend the densification of commercial buildings around Centenary Square. [24] [25]
The Eastside district will become home to One Eastside, a 155-metre residential skyscraper which is due for completion in 2024 and will form part of the gateway to Birmingham's new HS2 railway station at Curzon Street. [26] This tower will be joined by two more approved residential towers – the 124-metre tower at Glasswater Locks and 111-metre Exchange Square tower, which is currently under construction. [27] [28] Extending outwards from Birmingham's Knowledge Quarter, the £360m Curzon Wharf masterplan, intended to be the world's first net zero carbon mixed-use development, includes proposals for two more tall buildings, one being a skyscraper rising to 172 metres. [29]
To the South East of the City Core, swathes of Digbeth are scheduled to be redeveloped, with 113-metre Boerma Tower under construction and towers including the 146-metre Tower Leaf and 102-metre Upper Trinity Street Tower also approved. [30] [31] [32] A 32-storey mixed-use tower is planned to anchor the vast Smithfield site, [33] which will link Digbeth to the Southside and Highgate district, and another cluster of approved high-rises in and around the city's Gay Village and Chinese Quarter. [34] [35] [36] For nearby Smallbrook Queensway, plans have been submitted for a series of three towers up to 180-metres in height, with up to seven more tall buildings expected to transform the area between here and Holloway Circus in the forthcoming years. [37]
Meanwhile, to the north west of the City Core, Moda Living's 126-metre residential tower on Great Charles Street, which is under construction, will form a landmark gateway to St Paul's Square and the Jewellery Quarter, while at the same time marking the beginning of a high-rise convergence with the Snow Hill Commercial District. [38] Here, plans have been submitted for 2 Snowhill Plaza, a 48-storey residential-led tower which is set to become one of the largest Build to Rent (BTR) schemes in the country. [39]
If all future approved, proposed and emergent projects come to fruition, Birmingham's skyline will comprise more than 500 tall buildings and structures, including nine skyscrapers above 150 metres and a further 31 habitable towers above 100 metres.
This list ranks all complete and topped out buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that stand at least 100 metres (328 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. Buildings that have been demolished are not included.
Updated: December 2023
This list ranks all complete and topped out buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that stand between 50 metres (164 ft) and 99 metres (325 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. Buildings that have been demolished are not included.
Updated January 2023
This list ranks selected buildings and free-standing structures [lower-alpha 2] in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that stand between 35 metres (115 ft) and 49 metres (161 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings.
Updated December 2023
This is a list of selected buildings and free-standing structures [lower-alpha 2] in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that are likely to stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall but for which no height-specific documentation or reliable supporting reference is currently available. The buildings are not ranked but are instead listed in alphabetical order by metropolitan or regional authority.
Currently updating
This list ranks all under-construction buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements.
Updated 10 December 2023
Rank | Authority | Auth. Rank | Name | Alternative name(s) | Function | Height | Floors | District | Estimated completion | Ref. | |
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(m) | (ft) | ||||||||||
1= | Birmingham | 1= | Octagon | Paradise Phase 2 | Residential | 155 | 509 | 49 | Westside | 2024 | [307] |
Birmingham | One Eastside | Residential | 155 | 509 | 51 | Eastside | 2025 | [308] | |||
3 | Birmingham | 3 | MODA Great Charles Street | Residential | 126 | 413 | 39 | Jewellery Quarter | 2025 | [309] | |
4 | Birmingham | 4 | Glasswater Locks, Plot D | Residential | 124 | 406 | 38 | Eastside | 2026 | [310] | |
5 | Birmingham | 5 | Beorma Tower | Beorma Quarter Phase 2 | Mixed-use | 113 | 371 | 27 | City Centre | 2025 | [311] |
6 | Walsall | 1 | Encyclis EfW Plant | Walsall Energy from Waste Plant | Chimney | 102 | 335 | – | Bloxwich | 2025 | [312] |
7= | Birmingham | 6 | Crown Place | 75-79 Lancaster St | Student accommodation | 100 | 328 | 33 | Gun Quarter | 2024 | [313] |
Sandwell | 1 | Enfinium Kelvin EfW Plant | Chimney | 100 | 328 | – | West Bromwich | 2025 | [314] | ||
9 | Birmingham | 7 | Lower Essex Square | Residential | 98 | 322 | 27 | Southside | 2025 | [51] | |
10 | Birmingham | 8 | Vita Student Suffolk Street | Student accommodation | 92 | 302 | 29 | Southside | 2025 | [315] | |
11 | Birmingham | 9 | Smith's Gardens | Camp Hill Gardens Sulzer Camp Hill | Residential | 90 | 295 | 26 | Bordesley | 2025 | [316] |
12= | Birmingham | 10= | Bloc Grand Central | Hotel | 74 | 272 | 22 | City Centre | Stalled | [317] | |
Birmingham | Lancaster Wharf | Residential | 74 | 243 | 24 | Gun Quarter | 2025 | [318] | |||
14 | Birmingham | 12 | Glasswater Locks, Plot F2 | Residential | 60 | 197 | 18 | Eastside | 2025 | [310] | |
15 | Coventry | 1 | Bishops Gate Tower 5 | Bishopgate Phase 2 | Mixed-use | 56 | 185 | 18 | City Centre | 2023 | [319] |
16= | Birmingham | 13= | Great Charles Street, Block B1 | Residential | 51 | 168 | 16 | Jewellery Quarter | 2025 | [309] | |
Birmingham | One Eastside, Block B | Residential | 51 | 168 | 15 | Eastside | 2024 | [308] | |||
18 | Birmingham | 15 | Boulevard Southside | Affinity Living Southside St Luke's, South Block A | Residential | 46 | 151 | 15 | Southside | 2024 | [320] |
19 | Birmingham | 16 | Three Chamberlain Square [321] | Paradise Phase 2 | Office | 44 | 144 | 10 | City Centre | 2024 | [322] |
20 | Birmingham | 17 | Glasswater Locks, Plot F1 | Residential | 40 | 132 | 10 | Eastside | 2025 | [310] | |
21 | Birmingham | 18 | Great Charles Street, Block B2 | Residential | 37 | 121 | 11 | Jewellery Quarter | 2025 | [309] | |
22= | Birmingham | 19= | Curzon Street Station [323] | High Speed Rail (HS2) terminal | Transport | 35 | 115 | – | Eastside | 2027 | [324] |
Birmingham | Glasswater Locks, Plot E1 | Residential | 35 | 115 | 9 | Eastside | 2025 | [310] | |||
Birmingham | Glasswater Locks, Plot E2 | Residential | 35 | 115 | 9 | Eastside | 2025 | [310] | |||
Birmingham | Glasswater Locks, Plot E3 | Residential | 35 | 115 | 9 | Eastside | 2025 | [310] | |||
Birmingham | Glasswater Locks, Plot E4 | Residential | 35 | 115 | 9 | Eastside | 2025 | [310] |
This list ranks all buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that have been granted full planning permission and will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall when completed.
Updated: January 2024
Rank | Authority | Auth. Rank | Name | Alternative name(s) | Function | Height | Floors | District | Year approved | Ref. | |
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(m) | (ft) | ||||||||||
1 | Birmingham | 1 | Boulton Tower | Curzon Wharf, Tower 1 | Residential | 172 | 564 | 53 | Eastside | 2023 | [325] |
2= | Birmingham | 2= | HUB | 2 Snowhill Plaza | Residential | 151 | 495 | 48 | City Core | 2023 | [326] |
Birmingham | SBQ 3 | Smallbrook Queensway 3 | Residential | 151 | 495 | 48 | Southside | 2023 | [327] | ||
4 | Birmingham | 4 | Ora Tower | Brindley Drive 1 Project Drive former Paradise Circus Car Park | Residential | 148 | 486 | 46 | Westside | 2023 | [328] |
5 | Birmingham | 5 | Tower Leaf | Irish Centre Tower | Residential | 146 | 479 | 48 | Digbeth | 2021 | [329] |
6 | Birmingham | 6 | Watt Tower | Curzon Wharf, Tower 2 | Student accommodation | ~134 | ~440 | 41 | Eastside | 2023 | [325] |
7 | Birmingham | 7 | Garrison Circus Block D | Mixed-use | 122 | 400 | 37 | Digbeth | 2024 | [330] | |
8 | Birmingham | 8 | 211 Broad Street | Super Slender Tower | Aparthotel | 117 | 383 | 36 | Westside | 2020 | [331] |
9 | Birmingham | 9 | 100 Broad Street | Residential | 103 | 338 | 32 | Westside | 2024 | [332] | |
10 | Birmingham | 10 | Upper Trinity Street, Block H | Mixed-use | 102 | 337 | 32 | Digbeth | 2021 | [333] | |
11 | Birmingham | 11 | Queens Hospital Tower | Student accommodation | 101 | 331 | 33 | Westside | 2024 | [334] | |
12 | Birmingham | 12 | The Stone Yard, Block D | Residential | 98 | 322 | 30 | Digbeth | 2020 | [335] | |
13 | Birmingham | 13 | New Monaco Tower 1 | formerly Monaco House | Residential | 90 | 295 | 29 | Southside | 2021 | [336] |
14 | Birmingham | 14 | Connaught Square | Residential | 88 | 289 | 27 | Digbeth | 2017 | [337] | |
15 | Birmingham | 15 | Princip Street Tower | Residential | 82 | 269 | 26 | Gun Quarter | 2021 | [338] | |
16= | Birmingham | 16= | Hay Hall Energy Recovery Facility | Hay Hall Bio Power Facility | Chimney | 80 | 262 | – | Tyseley | 2019 | [339] |
Birmingham | New Monaco Tower 2 | formerly Monaco House | Residential | 80 | 262 | 26 | Southside | 2021 | [336] | ||
18 | Birmingham | 18 | Hoskin's Yard | Lunar Rise | Residential | 75 | 246 | 25 | Digbeth | 2018 | [340] |
19 | Birmingham | 19 | Smithfield Lofts | The Pressworks | Office | 70 | 228 | 23 | Digbeth | 2023 | [341] |
20 | Coventry | 1 | Paradise Street, Block B | Residential | 65 | 213 | 20 | City Centre | 2023 | [342] | |
21 | Birmingham | 20 | The Five | former Ladywood Social Club | Residential | 61 | 200 | 17 | Ladywood | 2021 | [343] |
22 | Birmingham | 21 | One Ratcliff Square [344] | Paradise Phase 2 | Hotel | 57 | 187 | 17 | City Centre | 2021 | [322] |
23 | Birmingham | 22 | Upper Trinity Street, Block J | Residential | 57 | 187 | 19 | Digbeth | 2021 | [333] | |
24 | Coventry | 2 | The Butts Student Residences | Student accommodation | 55 | 178 | 19 | City Centre | 2021 | [345] | |
25 | Birmingham | 23 | Garrison Circus Block C | Mixed-use | 54 | 177 | 15 | Digbeth | 2024 | [346] | |
26= | Birmingham | 24= | Former 'The Trees' Public House | Student accommodation | 53 | 174 | 17 | Southside | 2023 | [347] | |
Birmingham | Upper Trinity Street, Block A | Residential | 53 | 174 | 16 | Digbeth | 2021 | [333] | |||
Birmingham | Queensgate Square | Residential | 53 | 174 | 15 | Westside | 2024 | [348] | |||
Sandwell | 1 | Wellbeing Tower | former Kings Cinema | Residential | ~53 | ~172 | 15 | West Bromwich | 2022 | [349] | |
30= | Birmingham | 27 | Ora 2 | Brindley Drive 2 Project Drive former Paradise Circus Car Park | Residential | 52 | 171 | 15 | Westside | 2022 | [350] |
North Warks. | 1 | The Eternal Wall | The Wall of Answered Prayer | Monument | 52 | 170 | – | Coleshill | 2020 | [351] | |
32 | Birmingham | 28 | Upper Trinity Street, Block B | Residential | 51 | 168 | 15 | Digbeth | 2021 | [333] | |
33= | Birmingham | 29= | Nyx Hotel | Hotel | 50 | 165 | 15 | Westside | 2019 | [352] | |
Birmingham | The Stone Yard, Block B | Residential | 50 | 165 | 15 | Digbeth | 2020 | [335] | |||
Birmingham | The Metalworks | Adderley Street, Plot 1 | Residential | 50 | 165 | 15 | Bordesley | 2021 | [353] | ||
36= | Birmingham | 32= | Commonwealth Games Village Plot 10 | former BCU City North Campus | Mixed-use | 49 | 161 | 14 | Perry Barr | 2022 | [181] |
Birmingham | Upper Trinity Street, Block C | Residential | 49 | 162 | 15 | Digbeth | 2021 | [333] | |||
38= | Birmingham | 34= | 5 Centenary Square | Office | 48 | 158 | 12 | Westside | 2020 | [354] | |
Birmingham | Neighbourhood Heights | Morville Street Apartments | Residential | 48 | 158 | 14 | Ladywood | 2021 | [355] | ||
Coventry | 3 | Paradise Street, Block A | Residential | 48 | 158 | 13 | City Centre | 2023 | [356] | ||
41 | Sandwell | 2 | PJ House London Street | Residential | 47 | 154 | 14 | Smethwick | 2022 | [357] | |
42 | Birmingham | 36 | VOCO St James Hotel (refurb and extension) | 12 Calthorpe Road | Mixed-use | 46 | 151 | 13 | Five Ways & Hagley Road | 2024 | [358] |
43= | Birmingham | 37= | ICOB Masjid Rahmania Community and Education Centre | Quadria Trust Mosque | Place of worship | ~44 | ~144 | 7 | Sparkbrook | 2020 | [359] |
Birmingham | Lead Works | Aparthotel | 44 | 144 | 12 | Westside | 2023 | [360] | |||
45= | Birmingham | 39= | Oasis Southside | Mixed-use | 42 | 138 | 12 | Southside | 2022 | [361] | |
Birmingham | Lee Bank Business Centre (refurb and extension) | 55 Holloway Head Projekt 55 | Mixed-use | 42 | 138 | 11 | Westside | 2021 | [362] | ||
47 | Solihull | 1 | The Lantern | 64-66 Station Road | Mixed-use | 40 | 131 | 11 | Town Centre | 2022 | [363] |
48 | Birmingham | 41 | Southside Residences | 16 Kent Street | Residential | 39 | 128 | 12 | Southside | 2023 | [364] |
49 | Birmingham | 42 | Smithfield House | Aparthotel | 38 | 125 | 12 | Digbeth | 2021 | [365] | |
50 | Solihull | 2 | Westgate 21 | Office | 36 | 118 | 8 | Town Centre | 2021 | [366] | |
51= | Birmingham | 43= | 2 Brindleyplace (refurb and extension) | Office | 35 | 115 | 8 | Westside | 2023 | [367] | |
Birmingham | 40 Upper Gough Street, Building 1 | Office | 35 | 115 | 9 | Westside | 2021 | [368] | |||
Birmingham | New Garden Square, Building 1 | Office | 35 | 115 | 8 | Five Ways & Hagley Road | 2018 | [369] | |||
Birmingham | The Stone Yard, Block A | Residential | 35 | 115 | 10 | Digbeth | 2020 | [335] | |||
Birmingham | The Stone Yard, Block C | Residential | 35 | 115 | 10 | Digbeth | 2020 | [335] | |||
Birmingham | Upper Trinity Street, Block E | Residential | 35 | 115 | 11 | Digbeth | 2021 | [333] | |||
Coventry | 4 | Abbott's Park, Plot 3A | Gas Works, Block 3A | Residential | 35 | 116 | 11 | City Centre | 2023 | [370] |
This list ranks all buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that have received outline planning permission and will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall when full planning permission is sought and granted.
Updated January 2024
Rank | Authority | Auth. Rank | Name | Alternative name(s) | Function | Height | Floors | District | Year approved | Ref. | |
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(m) | (ft) | ||||||||||
1 | Birmingham | 1 | SBQ 2 | Smallbrook Queensway 2 | Residential | 180 | 591 | 56 | Southside | 2023 | [327] |
2 | Birmingham | 2 | SBQ 1 | Smallbrook Queensway 1 | Residential | 142 | 466 | 44 | Southside | 2023 | [327] |
3 | Birmingham | 3 | Martineau Galleries, Plot 2c | Residential | 126 | 413 | 35 | City Centre | 2020 | [371] | |
4= | Birmingham | 4 | Adderley Street, Plot 2 | former Digbeth Central Bus Garage | Mixed-use | 83 | 272 | 25 | Bordesley | 2021 | [372] |
Wolverhampton | 1 | Brewers Yard, Plot 1A | Mixed-use | 83 | 272 | 23 | Springfield | 2023 | [373] | ||
6 | Birmingham | 5 | Martineau Galleries, Plot 5 | Office | 80 | 262 | 17 | City Centre | 2020 | [371] | |
7 | Birmingham | 6 | Martineau Galleries, Plot 4c | Residential | 74 | 243 | 20 | City Centre | 2020 | [371] | |
8 | Wolverhampton | 2 | Brewers Yard, Tower 2 | Mixed-use | 72 | 236 | 25 | Springfield | 2023 | [373] | |
9 | Birmingham | 7 | Martineau Galleries, Plot 6 | Office | 69 | 226 | 14 | City Centre | 2020 | [371] | |
10 | Coventry | 1 | City Centre South, Block D | Mixed-use | ~67 | ~220 | ~21 | City Centre | 2022 | [374] | |
11 | Coventry | 2 | Abbott's Park, Plot 1 | Gas Works, Block 1 | Residential | 66 | 217 | 21 | City Centre | 2023 | [375] |
12= | Birmingham | 8= | BCU Eastside, Plot A | Mixed-use | 62 | 203 | 14 | Eastside | 2023 | [376] | |
Birmingham | Martineau Galleries, Plot 7 | Office | 62 | 203 | 13 | City Centre | 2020 | [371] | |||
14 | Coventry | 3 | City Centre South, Block B | Mixed-use | ~61 | ~200 | ~19 | City Centre | 2022 | [377] | |
15= | Birmingham | 10= | Martineau Galleries, Plot 3c | Residential / Hotel | 60 | 197 | 16 | City Centre | 2020 | [371] | |
Birmingham | Martineau Galleries, Plot 1 | Office | 60 | 197 | 12 | City Centre | 2020 | [371] | |||
17 | Birmingham | 12 | Martineau Galleries, Plot 3f | Residential / Hotel | 59 | 194 | 16 | City Centre | 2020 | [371] | |
18 | Coventry | 4 | Bishop Street Block B | former Coventry Evening Telegraph | Student accommodation | 57 | 187 | 19 | City Centre | 2018 | [378] |
19 | Birmingham | 13 | Martineau Galleries, Plot 2b | Residential | 54 | 177 | 14 | City Centre | 2020 | [371] | |
20 | Birmingham | 14 | Martineau Galleries, Plot 4b | Residential | 53 | 174 | 14 | City Centre | 2020 | [371] | |
21 | Birmingham | 15 | Three Congreve Square | Paradise Phase 3 | Mixed-use | ~53 | ~174 | 12 | City Centre | 2013 | [322] |
22= | Coventry | 5 | City Centre South, Block C | Mixed-use | ~50 | ~164 | ~16 | City Centre | 2022 | [379] | |
Wolverhampton | 3 | Brewers Yard, Plot 1B | Mixed-use | 50 | 164 | 13 | Springfield | 2023 | [373] | ||
24 | Birmingham | 16 | One Congreve Square | Paradise Phase 3 | Mixed-use | ~49 | ~161 | 11 | City Centre | 2013 | [322] |
25= | Birmingham | 17= | Adderley Street, Plot 5 | former Digbeth Central Bus Garage | Mixed-use | 48 | 158 | 13 | Bordesley | 2021 | [372] |
Birmingham | Adderley Street, Plot 6 | former Digbeth Central Bus Garage | Mixed-use | 48 | 158 | 13 | Bordesley | 2021 | [372] | ||
Birmingham | New Bond Street, Zone 1A | Residential | 48 | 158 | 15 | Bordesley | 2021 | [380] | |||
Birmingham | New Bond Street, Zone 2C | Residential | 48 | 158 | 15 | Bordesley | 2021 | [380] | |||
29= | Birmingham | 21 | Martineau Galleries, Plot 4d | Residential | 47 | 155 | 11 | City Centre | 2020 | [371] | |
Coventry | 6 | Abbott's Park, Plot 2A | Gas Works, Block 2A | Residential | 47 | 154 | 15 | City Centre | 2023 | [381] | |
31 | Birmingham | 22 | Martineau Galleries, Plot 3d | Residential / Hotel | 46 | 151 | 12 | City Centre | 2020 | [371] | |
32 | Birmingham | 23 | Adderley Street, Plot 3 | former Digbeth Central Bus Garage | Mixed-use | 44 | 144 | 12 | Bordesley | 2021 | [372] |
33= | Birmingham | 24 | BCU Eastside, Plot C | Mixed-use | 42 | 138 | 8 | Eastside | 2023 | [382] | |
Coventry | 7 | Abbott's Park, Plot 2B | Gas Works, Block 2B | Residential | 42 | 138 | 13 | City Centre | 2023 | [383] | |
35 | Birmingham | 25 | Two Centenary Way | Paradise Phase 3 | Mixed-use | ~41 | ~134 | 9 | City Centre | 2013 | [322] |
36 | Birmingham | 26 | Martineau Galleries, Plot 3e | Residential / Hotel | 40 | 131 | 10 | City Centre | 2020 | [371] | |
37 | Birmingham | 27 | Martineau Galleries, Plot 3b | Residential / Hotel | 37 | 121 | 9 | City Centre | 2020 | [371] |
This list ranks all buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall, for which planning permission has been sought but not yet granted.
Updated January 2024
Rank | Authority | Auth. Rank | Name | Alternative name(s) | Function | Height | Floors | District | Year of submission | Ref. | |
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(m) | (ft) | ||||||||||
1 | Birmingham | 1 | The Essington | Glassworks | Residential | 145 | 476 | 47 | Westside | 2023 | [384] |
2 | Birmingham | 2 | Trifecta Residences | Residential | 133 | 463 | 40 | Southside | 2023 | [385] | |
3 | Birmingham | 3 | New Garden Square Phase 2, Tower | Residential | 115 | 378 | 37 | Five Ways & Hagley Road | 2024 | [386] | |
4 | Birmingham | 4 | Cambrian Wharf Canalside Block | Student accommodation | 110 | 361 | 34 | Westside | 2023 | [387] | |
5 | Birmingham | 5 | High Street/Clyde Street Bordesley | former Safestyle building | Residential | 108 | 354 | 34 | Westside | 2023 | [388] |
6 | Birmingham | 6 | Colmore Gate (Refurb and extension) | Office | 99 | 325 | 26 | Colmore Business District | 2023 | [389] | |
7 | Birmingham | 7 | Duddeston Viaduct Building | Digbeth Regeneration, Plot V1-10 | Mixed-use | 57 | 187 | 15 | Digbeth | 2020 | [353] |
8 | Birmingham | 8 | Cambrian Wharf Courtyard Block | Student accommodation | 54 | 177 | 14 | Westside | 2023 | [390] | |
9 | Birmingham | 9 | Warners Fields, Plot C4 | Rea Street South | Mixed-use | ~51 | ~167 | 15 | Digbeth | 2023 | [391] |
10 | Birmingham | 10 | Former Goods Yard, Pershore Street | Student accommodation | 50 | 164 | 15 | Southside | 2023 | [392] | |
11 | Birmingham | 11 | Warners Fields, Plot C2 | Rea Street South | Mixed-use | 49 | 162 | 15 | Digbeth | 2023 | [391] |
12 | Birmingham | 12 | The Drapery (refurb and extension) | 120 Edmund Street | Office | 44 | 144 | 11 | Colmore Business District | 2023 | [393] |
13 | Birmingham | 13 | Warners Fields, Plot A2 | Rea Street South | Mixed-use | 43 | 141 | 13 | Digbeth | 2023 | [391] |
14 | Birmingham | 14 | Western Business Park, Block 6 | Residential | 38 | 115 | 12 | Winson Green | 2022 | [394] | |
15 | Birmingham | 15 | Icknield Square, Plot B1 | Residential | 35 | 115 | 10 | Ladywood | 2023 | [395] |
This list ranks pre-applications and emergent proposals for buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall, if full planning permission is sought and granted. Please note that the data for each structure may not be complete.
Updated January 2024
Rank | Authority | Auth. Rank | Name | Alternative name(s) | Function | Height | Floors | District | Year published | Ref. | |
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(m) | (ft) | ||||||||||
1 | Birmingham | 1 | Perryian Works | 1 Lancaster Circus | ~64 | Gun Quarter | 2023 | [396] | |||
2 | Birmingham | 2 | Goods Station, Tower 1 | Mixed-use | ~110 | ~361 | Westside | 2023 | [397] | ||
3 | Birmingham | 3 | Goods Station, Tower 2 | Mixed-use | ~100 | ~328 | Westside | 2023 | [398] | ||
4= | Birmingham | 4= | Five Ways House and Tower | Mixed-use | 32 | Five Ways & Hagley Road | 2023 | [399] | |||
Birmingham | Smithfield Tower | Mixed-use | 32 | Smithfield | 2022 | [400] | |||||
6= | Birmingham | 6= | Former Goods Yard Pershore Street, Phase 1C | Mixed-use | ~90 | ~295 | ~30 | Southside | 2023 | [401] | |
Birmingham | Aston University Campus Plot 11 | Gateway Tower | Student accommodation | ~30 | Eastside | 2020 | [402] | ||||
8 | Coventry | 1 | Parkside Tower 1 | Mixed-use | 28 | City Centre | 2021 | [403] | |||
9 | Coventry | 2 | Parkside Tower 2 | Mixed-use | 22 | City Centre | 2021 | [403] | |||
10 | Coventry | 3 | "Twisting" Tower | Student accommodation | 60 | 197 | 20 | City Centre | 2021 | [404] | |
11 | Birmingham | 8 | Aston University Campus Plot 12 | Student accommodation | ~20 | Eastside | 2020 | [402] | |||
12= | Birmingham | 9= | Smithfield Area 2, Unit 1 | Residential | 16 | Smithfield | 2022 | [405] | |||
Birmingham | Smithfield Area 3, Unit 1 | Mixed-use | 16 | Smithfield | 2022 | [406] | |||||
14= | Birmingham | 11= | Aston University Campus Plot 1 | Student accommodation | ~15 | Eastside | 2020 | [402] | |||
Birmingham | Aston University Campus Plot 13 | Student accommodation | ~15 | Eastside | 2020 | [402] | |||||
Birmingham | The Races | former Perry Barr Greyhound Track | Residential | ~15 | Perry Barr | 2023 | [407] | ||||
Wolverhampton | 1 | Cornhill Tower | Mixed-use | ~15 | City Centre | 2018 | [408] | ||||
18 | Birmingham | 11 | New Birmingham Children's Hospital | Public Facility | 10 | City Core | 2020 | [402] |
This list ranks proposals for the construction of buildings and free-standing structures in Birmingham that were planned to rise at least 100 metres (328 ft), for which planning permission was rejected or which were otherwise withdrawn.
Rank | Authority | Auth. Rank | Name | Function | Height | Floors | District | Year proposed | Notes | Ref. | |
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(m) | (ft) | ||||||||||
1 | Birmingham | 1 | Regal Tower | Mixed-use | 201 | 659 | 56 | Westside | 2007 | [409] | |
2 | Birmingham | 2 | VTP200 | Observation Tower | 200 | 656 | 10 | Eastside | 2010 | [410] | |
3 | Birmingham | 3 | 100 Broad Street | Residential | 193 | 634 | 61 | Westside | 2020 | [411] | |
4= | Birmingham | 4= | Arena Central Tower | Office | 175 | 574 | 50 | Westside | 2007 | The Arena Central project was originally masterplanned by HOK International in 1998. The plan called for a landmark 50-storey tower of around 245 metres (805 feet) in height, always intended to be built as one of the latter phases of the scheme. In the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack and after considering market forces, the developers removed 15-storeys from the planned tower. Superseded by the V Building proposal. | [412] |
Birmingham | The Birmingham Pinnacle | Observation Tower | 175 | 574 | – | Eastside | 2008 | The Pinnacle was proposed as Europe's first vertical theme park. It would have provided a range of theme park rides, an observation deck, restaurants, shops, bars and leisure facilities. Superseded by VTP200. | [413] | ||
6 | Birmingham | 6 | Act One. Chung Ying Plaza | Mixed-use | 170 | 558 | 52 | Southside | 2022 | Withdrawn in 2023. | [414] |
7 | Birmingham | 7 | Bull Ring Tower | Office | 160 | 525 | 35 | City Centre | 1990 | Developed by London and Edinburgh Trust and designed by Chapman Taylor were plans that surfaced continuously between 1987 and 1990 for the redevelopment of the Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham and the demolition of the Rotunda. In the place of the Rotunda was to stand a 160 metre tall office block, a Post Modern design with Art Deco hints of a similar manner to One Liberty Place in Philadelphia. The recession at the start of the 1990s however saw the plans fail to come to fruition and the Rotunda was later listed and restored. | [415] |
8 | Birmingham | 8 | 103 Colmore Row | Office | 160 | 525 | 35 | Colmore Business District | 2008 | In December 2006 a planning application was submitted to demolish the National Westminster Tower at 103 Colmore Row and replace it with a 35-storey office building. The proposal received planning permission from Birmingham City Council in September 2008 but due to the effects of the financial crisis of 2007–2008 the scheme was never progressed. In 2014 the building was sold and new plans were submitted for the now completed 103 Colmore Row. | [416] |
9 | Birmingham | 9 | V Building | Residential | 152 | 499 | 51 | Westside | 2006 | Superseded by Aston Place. | [417] |
10 | Birmingham | 10 | Post and Mail Scheme (Tower 1 Scheme C) | Office | 150 | 492 | 35 | Colmore Business District | 2010 | [418] | |
11 | Birmingham | 11 | Snow Hill Tower | Residential | 137 | 449 | 43 | Colmore Business District | 2006 | Superseded by Three Snowhill | [419] |
12= | Birmingham | 12= | New Street Station 'Gateway Plus' Tower 1 | Mixed-use | 130 | 427 | 30 | City Centre | 2006 | [420] | |
Birmingham | New Street Station 'Gateway Plus' Tower 1 | Mixed-use | 130 | 427 | 30 | City Centre | 2006 | [420] | |||
14= | Birmingham | 14= | Rough Diamond Hotel Tower | Hotel | 120 | 394 | Jewellery Quarter | 2005 | [421] | ||
Birmingham | Rough Diamond Office Tower | Office | 120 | 394 | Jewellery Quarter | 2005 | [422] | ||||
Birmingham | Rough Diamond Residential Tower | Residential | 120 | 394 | Jewellery Quarter | 2005 | [423] | ||||
17 | Birmingham | 17 | 1 Snow Hill Plaza | Office | 118 | 387 | 29 | Colmore Business District | 2011 | 1 Snow Hill Plaza was to be constructed on the site of the Kennedy Tower, however these proposals were dropped following the collapse of the developer, Kenmore. The building that stands on the site has now been renovated and turned into a new Holiday Inn Express indicating that the proposal for a new office building is permanently dead. | [424] |
18 | Birmingham | 18 | Martineau Galleries Tower Plot 3 | Residential | ~110 | ~360 | 29 | City Centre | 2005 | Part of the original planning application for the redevelopment of the Martineau Galleries site, which was cancelled in 2009 and subsequently revised and resubmitted by Hammerson in 2020. | [425] |
19 | Birmingham | 19 | Lancaster Circus Tower, West Midlands Fire Station | Mixed-use | 108 | 354 | 30 | Eastside | 2011 | [426] | |
20 | Birmingham | 20 | Beorma Quarter Block A | Mixed-use | 107 | 351 | 27 | City Centre | 2009 | First iteration of the landmark mixed-use tower approved for the Beorma Quarter site, which was subsequently reimagined and revised upwards in height. | [427] |
21 | Birmingham | 21 | Axis Square, Building 3 | Office | 100 | 328 | 23 | Westside | 2018 | The tallest of four office buildings to receive planning permission on the site of the former Axis Building, before the site was sold on. The Axis Square development is expected to be superseded by The Goods Station, a mixed-use development by Urban regeneration specialist, Vita Group. | [428] |
This list ranks buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that are undergoing demolition or have been demolished since the year 2000, having stood at least 50 metres (164 ft) in height.
Rank | Authority | Auth. Rank | Name | Function | Height | Floors | District | Year built | Year demolished | Notes | Ref. | |
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(m) | (ft) | |||||||||||
– | Cannock Chase | 1 | Rugeley B Power Station Chimney | Chimney | 183 | 600 | – | Rugeley | 1970 | 2021 | Demolished on 24 January 2021. | [429] |
Cannock Chase | 2= | Rugeley B Power Station Tower 1 | Cooling Tower | 117 | 384 | – | Rugeley | 1970 | 2021 | Demolished on 6 June 2021. | [430] | |
Cannock Chase | Rugeley B Power Station Tower 2 | Cooling Tower | 117 | 384 | – | Rugeley | 1970 | 2021 | Demolished on 6 June 2021. | [430] | ||
Cannock Chase | Rugeley B Power Station Tower 3 | Cooling Tower | 117 | 384 | – | Rugeley | 1970 | 2021 | Demolished on 6 June 2021. | [430] | ||
Cannock Chase | Rugeley B Power Station Tower 4 | Cooling Tower | 117 | 384 | – | Rugeley | 1970 | 2021 | Demolished on 6 June 2021. | [430] | ||
1 | Birmingham | 1 | Birmingham Battery and Metal Co. | Chimney | 85 | 279 | – | Selly Oak | 1871 | 2000 | Demolished in September 2000. | [431] |
2 | Birmingham | 2 | National Westminster Tower | Office | 80 | 262 | 23 | Colmore Business District | 1976 | 2017 | Demolished to make way for 103 Colmore Row. | [432] |
– | Wyre Forest | 1= | British Sugar Beet Factory, Silo 1 | Factory | 80 | 262 | – | Kidderminster | c.1925 | 2012 | Demolished in July 2012 to make way for the Silverwoods Park estate. | [433] |
Wyre Forest | British Sugar Beet Factory, Silo 2 | Factory | 80 | 262 | – | Kidderminster | c.1925 | 2012 | Demolished in July 2012 to make way for the Silverwoods Park estate. | [433] | ||
– | Wyre Forest | 3 | British Sugar Beet Factory, Chimney | Chimney | 75 | 246 | – | Kidderminster | c.1925 | 2008 | Demolished in February 2008 to make way for the Silverwoods Park estate. | [434] |
– | Cannock Chase | 6 | Rugeley B Power Station Boiler Room | Industrial facility | 74 | 245 | – | Rugeley | 1970 | 2020 | Demolition of the turbine hall and boiler house took place in several phases between November 2019 and August 2020. | [435] |
3 | Birmingham | 3 | Edgbaston House | Office | 69 | 226 | 18 | Five Ways & Hagley Road | 1976 | 2018 | Demolished to make way for New Garden Square. | [436] |
4= | Birmingham | 4 | Birmingham Post and Mail HQ | Office | 67 | 222 | 16 | Colmore Business District | 1966 | 2005 | The building was designed by John Madin and was one of his key modernist buildings. It was demolished in 2005 to make way for Colmore Plaza, which stands at 54 metres (177 ft). | [437] |
Sandwell | 1= | Aiken House | Residential | 67 | 222 | 24 | Smethwick | 1970 | 1992 | [438] | ||
Sandwell | Hamilton House | Residential | 67 | 222 | 24 | Smethwick | 1970 | 2007 | Demolished on 18 March 2007. | [439] | ||
7= | Coventry | 1= | Massey Ferguson Tower | Office | 64 | 210 | 20 | Tile Hill | 1966 | 2012 | Demolished on 8 July 2012. | [440] |
Coventry | Priory Hall | Residential | 64 | 210 | 20 | City Centre | 1966 | 2018 | [441] | |||
Coventry | Webster Hemming & Sons Brickworks | Chimney | 64 | 210 | – | Foleshill | c.1870 | 2016 | Demolished in July 2016 to make way for Paragon Park housing development. | [442] | ||
10= | Birmingham | 5 | Stephenson Tower | Residential | 63 | 207 | 20 | City Centre | 1967 | 2011 | Demolished in the summer of 2011 as part of site clearance for the redeveloped New Street railway station. | [443] |
Coventry | 4 | Civic Centre Building Four | Office | 63 | 207 | 14 | City Centre | 1971 | 2019 | [444] | ||
12 | Birmingham | 6 | Wheel of Birmingham | Ferris Wheel | 62 | 203 | – | Westside | 2004 | 2006 | The wheel normally comes back every Christmas season between November and January, along with an ice rink. | [445] |
13= | Birmingham | 7 | Dalton Tower | Residential | 61 | 200 | 21 | Eastside | 1971 | 2011 | Demolished on 8 May 2011 as part of phase II of the Aston University student village development. | [446] |
Coventry | 5 | Coventry Point | Office | 61 | 200 | 14 | City Centre | 1975 | 2020 | [447] | ||
Sandwell | 3= | Malthouse Point | Residential | 61 | 200 | 21 | Smethwick | 1969 | 1997 | Demolished on 18 May 1997. | [448] | |
Sandwell | Sandfield Point | Residential | 61 | 200 | 21 | Smethwick | 1969 | 1997 | Demolished on 18 May 1997. | [449] | ||
17= | Birmingham | 8= | Lawrence Tower | Residential | 59 | 194 | 21 | Eastside | 1971 | 2011 | Demolished on 8 May 2011 as part of phase II of the Aston University student village development. | [446] |
Birmingham | Clyde Tower | Residential | 59 | 194 | 20 | Aston | 1967 | 2006 | Demolished on 5 February 2006. | [450] | ||
Sandwell | 5= | Blades House | Residential | 59 | 194 | 21 | West Bromwich | 1966 | 1995 | Demolished on 19 November 1995. | [451] | |
Sandwell | Dugdale House | Residential | 59 | 194 | 21 | West Bromwich | 1966 | 1995 | Demolished on 19 November 1995. | [452] | ||
Walsall | 1 | Churchill House | Residential | 59 | 194 | 21 | Yew Tree | 1966 | 1996 | Demolished on 17 November 1996. | [453] | |
22= | Birmingham | 10= | Calthorpe House | Office | 58 | 190 | 17 | Five Ways & Hagley Road | 1968 | 2008 | Demolished on 9 March 2008. | [454] |
Birmingham | Stafford Tower | Residential | 58 | 190 | 21 | Eastside | 1971 | 2014 | Demolished on 27 April 2014 as part of phase II of the Aston University student village development. | [455] | ||
Dudley | 1= | Byron House | Residential | 58 | 190 | 20 | Halesowen | 1968 | 1999 | Demolished on 25 July 1999. | [456] | |
Dudley | Kipling House | Residential | 58 | 190 | 20 | Halesowen | 1968 | 1999 | Demolished on 25 July 1999. | [457] | ||
Dudley | Millfield Court | Residential | 58 | 190 | 20 | Eve Hill | 1969 | 1999 | Demolished on 18 July 1999. | [458] | ||
Dudley | Prince of Wales Court | Residential | 58 | 190 | 20 | Eve Hill | 1969 | 1999 | Demolished on 18 July 1999. | [459] | ||
28= | Birmingham | 12= | Bayley Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Hodge Hill | 1967 | 2011 | Demolished 2011. | [460] |
Birmingham | Brooks Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Aston | 1971 | 2002 | Demolished on 4 August 2002. | [461] | ||
Birmingham | Charlecote Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Southside fka Lee Bank | 1965 | 2000 | Demolished on 29 October 2000 to make way for Village Park Central. | [462] | ||
Birmingham | Chatsworth Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Southside fka Lee Bank | 1966 | 2002 | Demolished on 27 October 2002 to make way for Village Park Central. | [463] | ||
Birmingham | Chillinghome Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Hodge Hill | 1967 | 2004 | Demolished on 21 November 2004. | [464] | ||
Birmingham | Concorde Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Castle Vale | 1968 | 2000 | Demolished 2000. | [465] | ||
Birmingham | Flint Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Edgbaston | 1971 | 2004 | Demolished on 8 February 2004. | [466] | ||
Birmingham | Haddon Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Southside fka Lee Bank | 1967 | 2006 | Demolished on 23 July 2006 to make way for Village Park Central. | [467] | ||
Birmingham | Holbrook Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Hodge Hill | 1968 | 2018 | Demolished March 2018. | [468] | ||
Birmingham | Longleat Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Southside fka Lee Bank | 1968 | 2000 | Demolished on 29 October 2000 to make way for Village Park Central. | [469] | ||
Birmingham | Princethorpe Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Hockley | 1970 | 2003 | Demolished on 17 August 2003. | [470] | ||
Birmingham | Sapphire Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Aston | 1971 | 2016 | Demolished December 2016. | [471] | ||
Birmingham | Stoneycroft Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Hodge Hill | 1967 | 2011 | Demolished 2011. | [472] | ||
Birmingham | Warstone Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Hodge Hill | 1967 | 2019 | Demolished December 2019. | [473] | ||
Birmingham | Wiggin Tower | Residential | 57 | 187 | 20 | Aston | 1967 | 2002 | Demolished on 4 August 2002. | [474] | ||
43= | Sandwell | 7= | Croxhall Tower | Residential | 56 | 184 | 20 | Smethwick | 1965 | 1993 | Demolished on 4 April 1993. | [475] |
Sandwell | Mill Tower | Residential | 56 | 184 | 20 | Smethwick | 1963 | 1993 | Demolished on 4 April 1993. | [476] | ||
45 | Birmingham | 27 | No. 12 Gasholder, Windsor Street | Gas Holder | 55 | 180 | – | Nechells | 1877/1934 | 2022 | [477] | |
46 | South Staffordshire | 1 | SI Group UK | Chimney | 55 | 180 | – | Four Ashes | c.1960 | 2013 | Demolished in June 2013. | [478] |
47 | Wolverhampton | 1 | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Chimney | 55 | 180 | – | Oxley | 1927 | 2008 | Demolished on 29 June 2008. | [479] |
48 | Coventry | 6 | Station Tower | Office | 54 | 178 | 15 | City Centre | 1972 | 2016 | [447] | |
49= | Birmingham | 28= | Cornwall Tower | Residential | 52 | 171 | 18 | Hockley | 1970 | 2014 | Demolished on 26 October 2014. | [480] |
Birmingham | Dorset Tower | Residential | 52 | 171 | 18 | Hockley | 1971 | 2010 | Demolished 2010. | [481] | ||
Birmingham | Norfolk Tower | Residential | 52 | 171 | 18 | Hockley | 1971 | 2017 | Demolished 2017. | [482] | ||
Birmingham | Normansell Tower | Residential | 52 | 171 | 18 | Aston | 1972 | 2012 | Demolished on 2 September 2012. | [483] | ||
53= | Birmingham | 32= | Axis Building | Office | 51 | 167 | 12 | Westside | 1976 | 2022 | Demolition commenced August 2022. | [484] |
Birmingham | Longbridge Car Plant | Chimney | 51 | 168 | – | Longbridge | 1995 | 2020 | Demolished December 2020. | [485] | ||
55= | Birmingham | 34= | Arconic Aluminium Chimney 1 | Chimney | 50 | 165 | – | Kitts Green | 1938 | 2018 | Demolished May 2018. | [486] |
Birmingham | Arconic Aluminium Chimney 2 | Chimney | 50 | 165 | – | Kitts Green | 1938 | 2018 | Demolished May 2018. | [487] | ||
Birmingham | Arconic Aluminium Chimney 3 | Chimney | 50 | 165 | – | Kitts Green | 1938 | 2018 | Demolished May 2018. | [488] | ||
Birmingham | Eden Tower | Residential | 50 | 165 | 18 | Edgbaston | 1964 | 2014 | Demolished March 2014. | [489] | ||
Birmingham | No. 13 Gasholder, Windsor Street | Gas Holder | 50 | 165 | – | Nechells | 1885 | 2022 | [477] | |||
Birmingham | No. 14 Gasholder, Windsor Street | Gas Holder | 50 | 165 | – | Nechells | 1885 | 2022 | [477] | |||
Coventry | 7 | Courtaulds | Chimney | 50 | 164 | – | Little Heath | 1924 | 2010 | Demolished in March 2010. | [490] | |
South Staffordshire | 2 | SI Group UK | Chimney | 50 | 164 | – | Four Ashes | c.1960 | 2013 | Demolished in February 2013. | [491] |
This is a list of the tallest surviving buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area constructed during each of the UK's major architectural periods, listed in chronological order. Buildings are only included where their existing highest point was built during the period and in the architectural style stated.
Period (AD) | Architectural style | Authority | Name | Function | Image | Height | Year completed | Notes | Ref. | |||
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(m) | (ft) | |||||||||||
410 – 1066 | Anglo-Saxon | Anglo-Saxon | c. 410 – c. 1066 | Wolverhampton | St Peter's High Cross | Monument | ~4 | ~13 | c. 996 | Although the West Midlands lies at the heart of the ancient Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia, there is little architecture evidence from this period to be found in the region. An exception is St Peter's High Cross, also known as the Wolverhampton Pillar, the shaft of a highly decorated Anglian High cross which still stands in its original location in the churchyard of St Peter's Collegiate Church. It is a scheduled ancient monument. | [492] | |
1066 – 1485 | Medieval | Norman (English Romanesque) | c. 1066 – c. 1189 | Warwick | St Mary's Church, Stoneleigh | Place of worship | ~15 | ~49 | c. 1180 | Located in the small village of Stoneleigh-in-Arden in Warwickshire, 4.5 miles (7.25 km) south of Coventry, Grade I listed Church of St Mary is one of several surviving Norman churches in the region. Built in the late 1100s, it is ambitious for its date, with its red sandstone ashlar chancel, nave and west tower. Nearby St. Mary's Church in Cubbington is of a similar age and size. | [493] | |
Fortified | c. 1066 – c. 1485 | Warwick | Warwick Castle | Castle | 44 | 144 | c. 1360 | Warwick Castle was established by William the Conqueror in 1068. Originally a motte-and-bailey castle, it was replaced by a stone keep during the reign of King Henry II (1154–1189) and later fortified by Thomas Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick (1330–1360) with a gatehouse, barbican, and two main towers. Ceaser's Tower is the taller of the two towers, although Guy's Tower appears more prominent on the skyline due to its elevated setting. At a height of 44 metres (144 feet), it makes Warwick Castle the tallest medieval castle in the United Kingdom. | [494] | |||
Early English Gothic | c. 1189 – c. 1307 | Birmingham | St Laurence's Church | Place of worship | ~14 | ~46 | c. 1230 | Grade I listed Church of St Laurence in Northfield dates from the 12th century and contains some of the finest Early English work in the West Midlands. | [495] | |||
Decorated Gothic | c. 1307 – c. 1377 | Wolverhampton | St Peter's Church | Place of worship | 37 | 120 | c.1350 | St Peter's Church is built of red sandstone on an elevated site in the centre of the city. The oldest part of the building above ground is the crossing under the tower, which probably dates from around 1200. Much of the Church was rebuilt and extended in the 14th century, in a Decorated style, with the upper part of the tower being rebuilt from about 1475 to a height of 37 metres (120 feet). It remained the tallest building in Wolverhampton until the completion of St John's Church in 1776. | [496] | |||
Perpendicular Gothic | c. 1377 – c. 1547 | Coventry | The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael | Ruin | 88 | 289 | c1425 | The Old Cathedral Church of St Michael's was a 14th-century Gothic church designed in the perpendicular style. It was one of the largest parish churches in England when, in 1918, it was elevated to cathedral status on the creation of the Diocese of Coventry. This cathedral now stands ruined, having been bombed during World War II, but the spire remains the tallest in Coventry and the third tallest in England. | [497] | |||
Vernacular | c. 1450 – c. 1630 | Sandwell | Oak House, West Bromwich | House and museum | ~13 | ~42 | c. 1620 | Many of the finest examples of late medieval half-timbering in the region can be found in and around Solihull and Warwick. However, the unusual prospect tower atop Grade II* listed Oak House in West Bromwich elevates the height of this former yeoman's house above its better-known peers. Restored in 1898, the house is now run as a museum. | [498] | |||
1485–1603 | Tudor | Early Tudor (transitional) | c. 1485 – c. 1560 | Stratford-upon-Avon | Coughton Court | Country house | ~20 | ~66 | 1536 | Coughton Court is an English Tudor country house situated on the main road between Studley and Alcester in Warwickshire, built between 1509–1536. It is a Grade I listed building. The house has a long crenellated façade directly facing the main road, at the centre of which is the Tudor Gatehouse, dating from after 1536; this has hexagonal turrets and oriel windows in the English Renaissance style. The Gatehouse is the oldest part of the house and is flanked by later wings. | [499] | |
Fortified (Tudor) | c. 1485 – c. 1603 | Warwick | Leicester's Gatehouse | Castle | 18 | 59 | 1571 | Leicester's Gatehouse is one of the few parts of Kenilworth castle to remain completely intact. It was built by Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester to provide a fashionable entrance to the castle from the direction of Coventry. The external design, with its three-storey stone tower and four octagonal corner turrets, echoes the medieval fortified style popular a century or more before, while the interior is designed in the Elizabethan fashion of the time. | [500] | |||
Elizabethan | c. 1547 – c. 1603 | Stratford-upon-Avon | Charlecote Park | Country house | ~16 | ~52 | 1558 | Charlecote Park is located on the banks of the River Avon in the village of Charlecote, on the border between Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick districts. It was built in 1558 by Sir Thomas Lucy, and although the house was modified by successive generations of the Lucy family, the outline of the original Elizabethan house remains. It is a fine example of an Elizabethan prodigy house and a Grade I listed building. | [501] | |||
1603 – 1714 | Stuart | Jacobean | c. 1603 – c. 1630 | Birmingham | Aston Hall | Prodigy House / Museum | ~23 | ~75 | 1635 | Designed by John Thorpe and built between 1618 and 1635 for Sir Thomas Holte, Grade I listed Aston Hall is one of the last great Jacobean prodigy houses and the largest of its type in the region. Located two miles to the north of Birmingham city centre in Aston Park, it is now a community museum and visitor attraction managed by the Birmingham Museums Trust. | [502] | |
Post-medieval Gothic (incl. Gothic Survival; Gothic-Renaissance) | c.1600 – c.1820 | Warwick | Collegiate Church of St Mary | Place of worship | 53 | 174 | 1704 | Although classically inspired architecture began to supplant Gothic in the 17th century, some regional architects continued to work in Gothic styles, employing traditional gothic designs or fusing gothic features with the classical zeitgeist. The Collegiate Church of St Mary is an outstanding example of the latter, rebuilt in 1704 in a Gothic-Renaissance style following the Great Fire of Warwick in 1693. The building was designed by William Wilson and may have been supervised by Sir Christopher Wren. Its unique 53-metre tower is gothic in appearance but incorporates classical detailing. | [503] | |||
Early English Classical (incl. Cromwellian) | c.1625 – c.1660 | Redditch | Norgrove Court | Country House | ~15 | ~49 | 1649 | Norgrove Court is one of a number of classically influenced houses built across the region prior to the Restoration period of 1660. It features sandstone ashlar dressings, a hipped roof with dormer windows, and rows of sash-window bays in a quasi-Mannerist style. The vast central chimney stack raises the overall height of the building above similar houses of the period, for example Blyth Hall in Warwickshire. It is the only Grade I-listed building in the district of Redditch. | [504] | |||
Carolean (Restoration) | c.1660 – c.1690 | Stratford-upon-Avon | Ragley Hall | Country House | ~22 | ~72 | 1683 | Ragley Hall is located near Alcester, around 8km south of Redditch. It was designed for Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway by Roger or William Hurlbut circa 1677 and modified by the scientist and amateur architect Dr Robert Hooke in 1678. The mansion comprises a double-pile house with corner pavilions and a full-height portico supported on Ionic columns. It is a Grade I listed building and the ancestral seat of the Marquess of Hertford. | [505] | |||
English Baroque | c.1690 – c.1730 | Birmingham | Cathedral Church of St Philip | Place of worship | 40 | 131 | 1715 | The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip is the Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham, having been granted cathedral status in 1905. Built between 1711 and 1715, it was the city's tallest building for 52 years, until it was supplanted by the 58 metre (190 feet) spire of Parish Church of SS Peter and Paul in 1777. It is a Grade I listed building. | [506] | |||
1714 – 1837 | Georgian | Neo-Palladian | c.1715 – c.1760 | Bromsgrove | Hagley Hall | Country House | ~23 | ~76 | 1760 | The fashion for Neo-Palladian houses started in London around 1720 and spread to the provinces in the years that followed. Designed by Sanderson Miller for George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, Hagley Hall was built between 1754 and 1760, and has been described as the last of England's great Palladian houses. Notable Neo-Palladian features include the Venetian windows and the corner towers with pyramidal roofs, which have since been restored. It is a Grade I listed building. | [507] | |
Georgian Neoclassical | c.1750 – c.1840 | Wolverhampton | Church of St John in the Square | Place of worship | 50 | 164 | 1776 | St. John's Church is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish church, built between 1758 and 1776 in the neoclassical style. It is the second oldest church in Wolverhampton City Centre and the first to be built within its own square. It is believed Roger Eykyn, who was the building contractor, used the design as a model for St. Paul's Church in Birmingham, which was built between 1777 and 1779. However, the lofty spire of St. John's is marginally the taller of the two. | [508] | |||
Early Gothic Revival (incl. 'Strawberry Hill' Gothic; Gothick) | c.1750 – c.1810 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | Arbury Hall | Country House | ~12 | ~39 | 1803 | Arbury Hall was originally a three-storey Elizabethan house built on the site of the 12th-century Augustinian Priory of Arbury. In 1750, then owner Sir Roger Newdigate began major alterations to the property in the 18th-century Gothic Revival style, which continued until his death in 1806. The refronted mansion incorporates crenellated parapets with pinnacle finials, traceried windows and other gothic ornaments typical of the 'Strawberry Hill Gothic' style. It is a Grade I listed building. | [509] | |||
Regency (Classical Revival) | c.1810 – c.1840 | Warwick | Parade, Royal Leamington Spa | Residential | ~20 | ~66 | 1810–1840 | The mineral spring bathhouses of Royal Leamington Spa became fashionable during the Regency era and this is reflected in the classical architecture of the town. Many of its grandest stucco-fronted Regency buildings are located on the main thoroughfare, Parade, although similarly proportioned residential terraces can be found around the town, including Grade II* listed Royal Terrace (formerly Newbold Terrace) and Lansdowne Circus. | [510] | |||
Greek Neoclassical | c.1810 – c.1880 | Birmingham | St Thomas' Church | Ruin | ~40 | ~131 | 1829 | St Thomas' was a Commissioners' church constructed between 1826 and 1829. At the time it was the largest church in Birmingham. Although architect Thomas Rickman was noted for his contribution to Gothic revivalism, St Thomas' neoclassical design took its cues from Greek revivalism, typical of the Regency period. In 1940, the building was largely destroyed during the Birmingham Blitz. The remaining portico and tower, rising to 40 metres, have been preserved and form part of St. Thomas' Peace Garden. | [511] | |||
Regency (Medieval Revival) | c.1810 – c.1840 | Birmingham | St Mary's College, Oscott | Education | ~26 | ~85 | 1838 | Grade II* listed St Mary's College is the Roman Catholic seminary of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. It was designed by Joseph Potter of Lichfield and built between 1835 and 1838. The tudor building envisaged by Potter was supplemented by the decorative input of Augustus Pugin, forming a unique combination of medieval and Gothic Revival architecture in red brick and stone. This fusion of styles marks a step change from the early Gothic Revival of the Georgian era to the High Victorian Gothic of the mid-to-late 19th century. | [512] | |||
1837 – 1901 | Victorian | Romanesque Revival | c.1840 – c.1925 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | Bedworth Water Tower | Water Tower | 45 | 148 | 1898 | This Grade II listed former water tower was built in 1898 provide the people of Bedworth with clean drinking water. Designed in a simplified Romanesque style, its six high-storey bond brick tower and steep pagoda-style roof make it the tallest free-standing structure in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district. In 2015 the tower was sold to be converted into luxury apartments, but development is yet to begin. | [513] | |
Victorian Gothic Revival (incl. Early English; Decorated; Perpendicular) | c.1840 – c.1900 | Birmingham | St Martin in the Bull Ring | Place of worship | 61 | 200 | 1855 | St Martin in the Bull Ring is the original parish church of Birmingham and stands between the Bull Ring Shopping Centre and the markets. The present Victorian Gothic church was rebuilt by architect J. A. Chatwin on the site of a 13th-century predecessor, although the eighteenth-century tower and spire were preserved. St Martin's supplanted the Church of SS Peter & Paul in Aston as the tallest building in Birmingham, which it remained for 53 years. | [514] | |||
Renaissance Revival (incl. Italianate; Neo-Baroque) | c.1850 – c.1890 | Birmingham | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | Civic building | 45 | 148 | 1885 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery was built to extend the Council House, which had been completed in 1879. Designed by Yeoville Thomason, the building follows the Neo-Baroque design of the Council House, with entry through a two-storeyed portico with sculptured pediment. Directly to the left of the entrance is the 45-metre clock tower with tiled roof known locally as 'Big Brum'. | [515] | |||
High Victorian Gothic (Ruskinian Gothic) (incl. French and Italian styles) | c.1850 – c.1880 | Wolverhampton | St Luke's Church | Place of worship | 52 | 170 | 1861 | St Luke's Church is a Grade II* listed parish church designed in the Ruskinian style by G. T. Robinson of Leamington Spa, and consecrated by the Bishop of Lichfield on 18 July 1861. At 52 metres, its polychrome spire with Gothic detailing is the tallest structure of its type in the region, surpassing those exemplified by Martin & Chamberlain's Birmingham Board Schools such as Oozells Street and Icknield Street. | [516] | |||
Eclectic | c.1860 – c.1910 | Birmingham | Methodist Central Hall | Hall | 56 | 131 | 1904 | Methodist Central Hall is a Grade II* listed red brick and terracotta building located at the northern end of Corporation Street. It was built between 1903 and 1904 to complement the Victoria Law Courts on the opposite side of the street, but unlike the Victorian-gothic courts is built in an eclectic style with baroque detailing, swinging voussoirs, paired ionic columns, domed corner turrets and a 56-metre tower rising to a square belfry. The main hall was designed to seat 2,000 people but the building has remained empty since 2015. | [517] | |||
British Arts and Crafts movement (incl. British Queen Anne Revival) | c.1870 – c.1940 | Birmingham | St Agatha's Church | Place of worship | 37 | 120 | 1901 | Designed by the noted Birmingham architect, William Bidlake, St Agatha's church is an expression of the Arts & Crafts approach to Gothic architecture at the end of the 19th century, combining red and blue brick with decorative stone features. It is a Grade I listed building. | [518] | |||
Tudor Revival (incl. Old English; Mock Tudor; Tudorbethan) | c.1890 – c.1920 | Coventry | Old Council House | Government | ~32 | ~105 | 1917 | The Grade II-listed Coventry Council House was designed in the Elizabethan style by Edward Garrett and Henry Walter Simister. The building is faced in stone and decorated with turrets and crenellations, oriel and bay windows, and a corner clock tower rising to a height of around 32 metres, making it the tallest example of Tudor Revival architecture in the region. | [519] | |||
1901 – 1910 | Edwardian | Edwardian Classicism (incl. Edwardian Baroque) | c.1901 – c.1914 | Birmingham | Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower | Education | 100 | 131 | 1908 | Forming the centrepiece of Chancellor's Court on the University of Birmingham's main campus, "Old Joe" was designed by architects Aston Webb and Ingress Bell and constructed between 1900 and 1908, helping to popularise the term "Red Brick" university. The 100-metre campanile was modelled on the Torre del Mangia in Siena and remained the tallest building in Birmingham until 1965. | [520] | |
1910 – 2000 | Modern | Industrial | c.1910 – c.1950 | South Staffordshire | Baggeridge Brick Chimney | Chimney | 65 | 213 | c.1937 | In 1937, Baggeridge Brickworks was built next to the Earl of Dudley's coal pits at Gospel End, Sedgely, and continued to manufacture bricks until its takeover by Wienerberger AG in 2007. The site has since been transformed into a craft village and residential development adjacent to Baggeridge Country Park, and the 65-metre (213 feet) chimney remains one of the few visual reminders of the area's industrial past. It is the tallest structure of its type in the region. | [521] | |
Art Deco | c.1920 – c.1940 | Birmingham | Heritage Building (Queen Elizabeth Hospital) | Education | ~54 | ~177 | 1938 | The main building, including the clock tower, was constructed between 1933 and 1938 as a wing of the old Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The new 600-bed Hospital Centre building was designed by architectural firm Lanchester and Lodge. Completed in 1938, the medical school building and hospital opened simultaneously. | [160] | |||
Functionalist | c.1930 – c.1980 | Birmingham | BT Tower | Communications Tower | 152 | 499 | 1965 | BT Tower is currently the tallest structure in Birmingham city centre. Construction of the tower commenced in July 1963 and was completed in September 1965. At one time the Post Office wanted to increase the height from 500 feet (150 m), which had been agreed by the Ministry of Aviation, to 600 feet (180 m), but this was refused to avoid non-standard procedures for aircraft on the approach to Birmingham Airport. | [522] | |||
International Style | c.1930 – c.1980 | Birmingham | McLaren Building | Office | 69 | 226 | 1972 | The 21-storey McLaren Building characterises the rectangular footprint, box-shaped form and grid-like glass and steel facade of the post-war, international-style commercial high rise. Designed by Paul Bonham Associates and built in 1972 for HSBC, the thin, brown-tinted slab is currently the 21st tallest occupied building in Birmingham. | [523] | |||
Brutalist | c.1950 – c.1980 | Birmingham | Centre City Tower | Office | 76 | 249 | 1975 | The tallest of several remaining Brutalist office buildings in the centre of Birmingham, Centre City was designed by Richard Seifert & Partners. The complex consists of two buildings, the Tower and the Podium. The Podium is a low-rise building that surrounds the Tower base, but (with the exception of fire escapes) there is no direct connection between the two. This arrangement means that the first floor of the Tower is at approximately seventh-floor level when compared with other buildings. | [524] | |||
Late Modernist | c.1950 – c.1980 | Birmingham | Alpha Tower | Office | 100 | 328 | 1973 | Alpha Tower is a Grade II listed office skyscraper designed by the Birmingham-born architect George Marsh of Richard Seifert & Partners and was the former headquarters of ATV (Associated Television). Marsh's architectural influences are said to have included Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer and the American architectural practice Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, marking a departure from the Brutalist movement of the time. Prior to the completion of 103 Colmore Row in 2021, Alpha Tower was the tallest commercial building in the city and one of only three commercial buildings outside of London to reach a height of 100 metres. | [525] | |||
Structural Expressionist (High-tech) | c. 1960 – present | Birmingham | International Convention Centre (ICC) | Conference facility | ~25 | ~82 | 1991 | The International Convention Centre (ICC) is a major conference venue owned and operated by the NEC Group. Designed by Percy Thomas Partnership, the main entrance is marked by blue-tinted windows and exposed stanchions, while inside the building, connecting bridges and walkways criss-cross the atrium. The centre incorporates Symphony Hall, which has since been redesigned with a dedicated front entrance. | [526] | |||
1970 – present | Postmodern | International Postmodern | c. 1970 – c. 2000 | Birmingham | Colmore Gate | Office | 70 | 230 | 1992 | One of the few tall buildings to be constructed in Birmingham during the 1980s and 1990s, Colmore Gate draws on Art Deco features within its postmodern aesthetic. Its glazed appearance bears a notable resemblance to Philip Johnson's PPG Place in Pittsburg. | [527] | |
New Classical (Neotraditional; Neohistoric) | c.1970 – Present | Birmingham | Three Brindleyplace | Mixed-use | 55 | 180 | 1998 | Brindleyplace is a large mixed-use canalside development in the Westside district of Birmingham. A variety of architects were commissioned to design buildings in a range of architectural styles. Situated between the canal and Central Square, Three Brindleyplace was designed by Demetri Porphyrios, an exponent of New Classical Architecture, and this is reflected in the Venetian Palazzo-style facade of the building. Its 55-metre (180 feet) clock tower makes it the second tallest building in the complex. | [528] | |||
Deconstructive | c.1980 – Present | Birmingham | The Cube | Mixed-use | 71 | 231 | 2010 | The Cube is a 25-storey mixed-use development in the centre of Birmingham, designed by Ken Shuttleworth of Make Architects. In an ironic postmodern twist, the outer cladding – a kaleidoscope of glazed and gold colour anodised aluminium panels – obscures the fact that the building is not, in fact, cuboid, but a deconstructed crown sitting atop a glazed atrium. | [529] | |||
2000 – Present | Contemporary | Sustainable | c.2000 – Present | Coventry | Lanchester Library | Education | ~30 | ~98 | 2000 | Opened in September 2000 on the Coventry University campus, the Frederick Lanchester Library is the largest deep-plan stack-ventilated building in Europe. The library, conceptualised by Short & Associates, is designed to maximise the use of natural daylight and features sustainable power and network infrastructures. The building's 30-metre elevated air-conditioned vents are fundamental to its energy saving design. | [530] | |
Biomorphic | c.2000 – Present | Birmingham | Selfridges Building | Retail | ~35 | ~115 | 2003 | Designed by British-based Czech architect Jan Kaplický of (Future Systems), the iconic building is the part of the Bullring Shopping Centre that houses the Selfridges Department Store. It is one of the world's leading examples of "Blobitecture", a neofuturist architectural movement based on amoeba-shaped forms. Its biomorphic façade comprises 15,000 anodised aluminium discs mounted on a blue background. | [531] | |||
Modular | c.2000 – Present | Wolverhampton | Victoria Hall | Student accommodation | 76 | 249 | 2009 | Victoria Hall is a modular complex comprising four blocks of student accommodation, the tallest of which is 25 stories. When the building was completed in 2009, it held the world record for overall height and number of stories in a residential building constructed principally off-site. It remains the tallest modular structure in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area and the tallest habitable building in Wolverhampton. | [532] | |||
Neofuturist | c.2000 – Present | Birmingham | Bournville College | Education | 30 | 99 | 2011 | Designed by global architecture and design practice Broadway Malyan, this landmark campus in Longbridge is set in 4.2 acres of grounds on the site of the former MG Rover automobile factory and is home to 15,000 students. The building is hinged around a linear central spine which houses classrooms, and is described as one of the most contemporary learning environments in Europe. | [533] | |||
Neomodern | c.2000 – Present | Birmingham | The Mercian | Residential | 132 | 433 | 2021 | Designed by Glenn Howells Architects, The Mercian (right) is a 42-storey skyscraper located on Broad Street in the Westside district of Birmingham. It is the tallest habitable building, and second tallest built structure, in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area. | [534] | |||
Alpha Tower is a Grade II listed office skyscraper in Birmingham, England. It was designed by the Birmingham-born architect George Marsh of Richard Seifert & Partners as the headquarters of the commercial television company ATV and part of the company's production studio complex known as ATV Centre, an adjacent shorter tower was planned but was never built. ATV closed in 1982, after which the building became offices.
The BT Tower, formerly known as the Post Office Tower and the GPO Tower, is a landmark and telecommunications tower in Birmingham, England. It is the tallest structure in the city. Its post office code was YBMR.
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