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Celebrating John Madin's brutalist Central Library building (Birmingham, UK), and questioning the need for it to be demolished. (This blog is run by members of Friends Of The Central Library. All images are reproduced solely for the furtherance of knowledge and no claim to commercial rights is made. Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders and we will be happy to correct any errors or omissions that are brought to our attention.)
Celebrating John Madin's brutalist Central Library building (Birmingham, UK), and questioning the need for it to be demolished. (This blog is run by members of Friends Of The Central Library. All images are reproduced solely for the furtherance of knowledge and no claim to commercial rights is made. Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders and we will be happy to correct any errors or omissions that are brought to our attention.)
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  • Cover detail from the publication: Madin (1966). Civic Centre Redevelopment - Paradise Circus - Central Library. Ref LF 53.310, Archives and Heritage Service, Central Library, Birmingham, UK. Showing the original plan for the setting of Central Library, with the Museum & Art Gallery and Town Hall in the background. Artist Unknown.

    Cover detail from the publication: Madin (1966). Civic Centre Redevelopment - Paradise Circus - Central Library. Ref LF 53.310, Archives and Heritage Service, Central Library, Birmingham, UK. Showing the original plan for the setting of Central Library, with the Museum & Art Gallery and Town Hall in the background. Artist Unknown.

    • November 8, 2012 (6:17 pm)
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    • #Civc
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    • #Paradise
    • #Circus
    • #Central
    • #Library
    • #Birmingham
    • #UK
    • #Brutalism
    • #Brutalist
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