Birmingham Central Library

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Birmingham Central Library
John Madin Design Group
Birmingham
1968-73

Designed by John Madin as part of the Paradise Circus central Birmingham civic development. Its inverted ziggurat form was a powerful example of brutalist architecture and became one of Birmingham’s key Modernist buildings. It was demolished in 2016