All Birmingham articles – Page 3
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NewsHistoric England objections prompt rethink on Lendlease’s Smithfield scheme
Developer goes back to the drawing board with new round of consultation on Birmingham city-centre masterplan
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OpinionWhy we need a new culture of collaborative city planning
To build an optimistic and robust vision for the future, cities need to mobilise the energy and enthusiasm of all their citizens, writes Dav Bansal
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NewsBirmingham approves 687-home scheme by Glancy Nicholls
Planning permission for Digbeth development marks start of first phase of Smithfield masterplan
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OpinionBirmingham used to know how to undertake community partnerships. It needs to relearn… quickly
The value that local authorities bring is partly in their institutional memories. But if a council forgets what it once used to do well, then it’s in trouble, writes Joe Holyoak
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OpinionThe Crooked House is gone. It can’t be reinvented
Any attempt to rebuild the Crooked House would merely produce a ‘worthless fake’, writes Joe Holyoak
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OpinionCan Birmingham learn from past mistakes by keeping more of its old buildings?
Two separate campaigns to save Birmingham buildings tell the story of how conservation and attitudes to sustainability have evolved in the city, writes Joe Holyoak
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OpinionIs Birmingham’s vision for a greener, high-density city centre achievable?
Birmingham’s Our Future City vision raises as many questions as it answers, writes Joe Holyoak
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OpinionCould shared living help address Birmingham’s housing needs and give young people a sense of belonging?
Birmingham has launched its new vision for the city centre. Could shared living play a key role in delivering this ambitious plan, asks Umesh Luharia
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OpinionWhat if we treated this coronation as a moment of hope?
The coronation of a new monarch is the perfect time to consider the future of our built environment, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionBirmingham’s tall buildings policy is in danger of becoming a free-for-all
The city’s unquestioning love of high-rise development is related to its long history of seeing tall buildings as totems of prestige, writes Joe Holyoak
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NewsAssociated Architects wins approval for 53-storey build-to-rent tower
Approval of £360m mixed use Curzon Wharf project paves way for city’s tallest building
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OpinionAn architectural education doesn’t start at university: children are the future of our profession
We need to light the spark in children when they are young if we want to diversify our profession, writes Dav Bansal
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OpinionLendlease’s Birmingham Smithfield masterplan risks failure if it seeks to micromanage
A masterplan that thinks it can predict and control how people use a space is likely to fail, writes Joe Holyoak
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ReviewHorror in the Modernist Block: The dystopian underside of the modernist vision
Contemporary artists shine a light on the haunting aspects of building design, writes Joe Holyoak
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OpinionRetrofit and conserving our architectural heritage can go hand in hand
Efforts to retrofit older homes can run into conservation concerns, writes Joe Holyoak
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OpinionBirmingham is putting the public realm at the heart of its future vision
We need to stop viewing public space as being about discrete destinations, and start seeing it as a complex and interconnected web, writes Dav Bansal
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ReviewReview | Birmingham: The Brutiful Years
Joe Holyoak welcomes a new book on Birmingham’s modernist architecture, but despairs at a civic culture that fetishises the wrecking ball
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OpinionDid we really always hate modernism?
People are drawn to good modern architecture, writes David Rudlin. It’s just the bad urbanism that lets it down
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OpinionCan the BBC and creator of Peaky Blinders help save Digbeth?
Joe Holyoak ponders whether Birmingham can save one of the last remnants of its small-scale industrial urbanism
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OpinionBirmingham is seizing its moment to drive real change
The Commonwealth Games have given Birmingham a once in a generation opportunity to transform a formerly struggling part of the city
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