| |
|
Sitemap |
|
Previous -
1 -
2 -
3
- 4 |
|
|
Skyscrapers in Birmingham (4/4) |
|
|
|
Beorma Quarter
(Top) |
|
|
|
The Beorma Quarter is a mixed-use development of new and
refurbished buildings in the Digbeth area of central Birmingham.
Its centrepiece will be a 107-metre 30-storey skyscraper that
will face the Selfridges building on the opposite side of Park
Street.
This skyscraper will contain offices, retail and restaurant
units; its facade will incorporate 800 fins creating a
shimmering effect. |
|
|
|
Guide Digbeth -
Map |
|
|
|
Broad Street Tower
(Top) |
|
|
|
Broad Street Tower is an approved 132-metre 41-floor hotel and
residential tower that will contain 350 apartments and a 150-room hotel;
it will be built at 212-223 Broad Street in the Westside area of central
Birmingham. |
|
|
|
212-223 Broad Street -
Map Guide
Westside |
|
|
|
New Street Twin Towers
(Top) |
|
|
|
The New Street Twin Towers are two 130-metre glazed towers that will be built as part of the planned Gateway Plus
redevelopment of New Street Station. The towers will stand on either
side of a newly-created entrance off Station
Street in the Southside area of central Birmingham.
One of these towers will be residential and the other commercial; a
sixties tower block known as
Stephenson Tower will be demolished to make room for the new
development.
Work has been delayed by the recession. |
|
|
|
Station Street B5 -
Map Guide
Southside |
| |
|
Regal Tower
(Top) |
|
|
|
Regal Tower is a planned 200-metre 56-storey skyscraper that will be
built at the junction of Broad Street and Sheepcote Street in the
Westside area of central Birmingham. Once complete, this building will
contain a luxury hotel, 256 apartments and low-level retail units; it
will be tallest building in Birmingham. |
|
|
|
Broad Street B15 -
Map Guide
Westside |
|
|
|
V Building
(Top) |
|
|
|
The V Building is a 152-metre residential tower with a
V-shaped facade that is planned for a site off Suffolk Street Queensway
in the Westside area of central Birmingham.
This building will form part of the new 7.6-acre Arena Central
development and will contain 600 apartments and lower-level retail
units.
Work has been delayed because of the recession; an application to
extend planning permission for a further ten years was submitted in November
2009
(News Archive 9/11/09). |
|
|
|
Suffolk Street Queensway B1 -
Map
Guide Westside |
|
|
|
Opal One
(Top) |
|
|
|
Opal
One (2007) is a 58-metre 18-floor student residential tower at
the junction of Bristol Road and Belgrave Middleway in the
Benmore area of Attwood Green in central Birmingham. This
building contains around 200 study bedrooms that are privately
let to students. |
|
|
|
Belgrave Middleway B5 7NB -
Map Guide
Attwood Green -
Opal One
Website |
|
|
|
Stephenson Tower
(Top) |
|
|
|
Stephenson Tower (1967) is a 63-metre 20-floor block of flats on Hill
Street in the Southside area of central Birmingham. It was vacated in May 2010 prior to demolition as part
of the Gateway Plus redevelopment of New Street Station
(News Archive 18/05/10).
It will be demolished brick-by-brick since explosives can not be used
in the city centre; demolition began in July 2011 and is expected to take
around 6 months (News
Headlines 02/07/11). |
|
|
|
Hill Street B5 4DP -
Map Guide Southside |
|
|
|
|
|
Previous -
1 -
2 -
3
- 4 |
|
| |
|
Map of Tall Buildings in Birmingham |
|
|
|
View Larger Map
|
|
|
| |
|
Search This Site |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sponsored Links |
|
|
| Copyright LACT Limited 2008-11 |
| |