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Architecture Week 2007 – stuff that surrounds you

Architecture Week 2007 starts tomorrow and lasts for just over a week, helpfully. There’s a huge amount going on – check out the catalogue on CiB. Personal highlights for me are Tunnel Vision – a trip down the tunnels underneath Brum City Centre, and a walk round neglected buildings in Digbeth. If you don’t share my particular passion for dilapidated and unloved buildings there’s plenty of cleaner stuff going on..

Xtreeme, to the Max etc

Created in Birmingham has news of a confusing, but ace sounding Festival of Xtreme Building that starts at the end of May and runs till September. They’re gonna build some odd stuff up by Moor St.

Birmingham – a model city : Originally uploaded by catnipmusic. There’s a 3D model of Birmingham showing future developments in the Pavillions shopping centre. Find out which few bits of the city are not being turned into “luxury” (read tiny) apartments. According to the council website it’s been in the Pavillions since last Nov but it’s the first time i’ve noticed it.

sax, but no THE – Town Hall reopens

I’ve just come back from a launch for the opening festival of The Town Hall, sorry Town Hall (what have modern corporate advertising agencies got against the definite article? That’s going to a- be ignored and b – sound so old in a year, no hang on it already does), and it sounds so good I can’t believe we’ve been without it for ten years. It does SOUND good as well, the acoustics were fantastic – we were treated to a song from Soweto Kinch‘s new album (great, but he looked like it was a bit early for him) and a barnstorming calypso (i think!) from the venerable Andy Hamilton and the Blue Notes. It’s now to be run together with Symphony Hall, which should mean that they can compliment rather than compete, and is certainly showing commitment to a wide variety of music – Guillemots with the CBSO, Handel’s Messiah as arranged by Quincy Jones, tea dances, and of course one man and his organ ;) There’s also a ‘Brum Rocks’ event which pulls together a host of Midlands Rock Royalty, Robert Plant, Tony Iommi, Bev Bevan et al in aid of the Childrens’ Hospital. The opening festival...

‘the bull ring centre and rotunda, birmingham’ : Originally uploaded by tom.smith. Regular viewers will know how much we love the Rotunda here at B:iNS – but finding out that someone else loves it enough to make a “documentary and photographic exhibition.. which will coincide with the completion of the Rotunda regeneration programme ” was a bit of a shock. The maker says “if you have any views, thoughts or stories concerning the Rotunda, or any of your memories of the building, it would be wonderful for you to contact me. The email address is stories@newrotunda.co.uk.” Go to it!. Via Brum Blog & Film Birmingham.

yet another phallic glass tower planned

up by Snow Hill, yeuch. BBC NEWS | England | West Midlands | Tallest residential tower planned

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