Wavy greenhouse announced

18 September 2008
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Drawings of what the new foyer of New St station is going to look like. As we can see they’ve gone for a sort of wavy greenhouse look:

BBC NEWS | In Pictures | Birmingham Gateway designs shown
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It looks nice, although we do you ever see an architect’s impression that doesn’t? Gotta love their sense of optimism too:
New Street: New Start

See all the pics over at bbc.co.uk or the official site.

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  • Lazers

    I generally like the gradual replacement of concrete Birmingham with more fashionable buildings. I’m just a bit concerned that the new buildings won’t get washed. 30 years of Moor Street and Bullring traffic will make the Selfridges building look a bit tatty and I can see the same happening to this place as well if its not cleaned regularly.

    Also, anyone ever been there when the screens inside go bad and show a ‘Windows’ home screen? Imagine if that happens on the massive screen at the front. Red faces all round.

  • http://www.jonbounds.co.uk bounder

    Selfridges is already filthy, particularly the bridge to the car park. I don’t mind this design at all, I do think it’s a lot of money for a cosmetic upgrade tho’.

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  • http://www.catnipmusic.co.uk catnip

    don’t they have really clever glass now what can clean itself?

  • kevin

    Anything has to be better than the monstrosity currently in place. They should widen New Street itself. It's so crowded you can't move left or right.Utterly ridiculous for a shopping street. Most of Birmingham needs demolition . I'm happy it's starting to wake up . It had better. Manchester, Liverpool (which has grand plans)and the North East are ahead of the game.

    Having said that, the Selfridges building is one of the best in the whole country.

  • kevin

    Anything has to be better than the monstrosity currently in place. They should widen New Street itself. It's so crowded you can't move left or right.Utterly ridiculous for a shopping street. Most of Birmingham needs demolition . I'm happy it's starting to wake up . It had better. Manchester, Liverpool (which has grand plans)and the North East are ahead of the game. Having said that, the Selfridges building is one of the best in the whole country.

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