Glenn Howells reheats Spaghetti Junction model for milestone birthday
By Jim Dunton2022-05-26T08:45:00
National Highways commissions restoration to mark interchange’s 50th anniversary
Glenn Howells Architects has completed the restoration of the original architects’ model of Birmingham’s landmark Spaghetti Junction to mark the 50th anniversary of the interchange’s opening.
The Birmingham-based practice’s in-house model shop was commissioned to carry out the work on the 1960s model by government agency National Highways, so that it can be taken to schools to encourage young people to consider careers in engineering.
Pierre Greenway, who his head of the model shop at Glenn Howells Architects, said the project had been a labour of love for the practice.
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