Eric Parry’s One Chamberlain Square scheme in Birmingham city centre and Associated Architects’ School of Architecture and the Built Environment at Wolverhampton University are both in the running for this year’s RIBA West Midlands Awards.

Parry’s mixed-use building was the first structure to complete in the Paradise Circus redevelopment by Argent and Hermes. It now houses big-four consultant PWC. Meanwhile, Associated handed over the keys to the £28m SoABE to the university in the summer of 2020.

The schemes are on a seven-strong shortlist that also includes an Acanthus Clews Architects learning centre at Worcester Cathedral, a University of Birmingham building by BDP and three houses. (See box for full details.)

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