All Birmingham articles
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OpinionWhen does high-density housing become incompatible with family living?
The redevelopment of Ladywood raises critical questions about urban density and the sustainability of community living, writes Joe Holyoak
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NewsBirmingham set to approve plans for 41-storey city centre tower
Three-block Trifecta Residences scheme designed by Manchester practice Stephenson Hamilton Risley Studio
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NewsNew proposals aim to transform Bournville’s underutilised heritage spaces
Proposed developments include a community-led cohousing scheme and a new 112-room hotel
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NewsHistoric Birmingham pub receives grade II listed status
Building recognised as an ‘exceptional example’ of early 20th-century public house architecture
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NewsGrimshaw’s Curzon Street station to be built with more platforms than needed, HS2 report reveals
New station to be built to original specification despite cut to northern stretch last year
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Opinion‘Green’ places are not always the most sustainable. Can Labour square the circle on green space and urban density?
Labour’s pledge to release green belt for new housing raises important questions about the balance between density and sustainability, writes Joe Holyoak
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NewsLendlease’s £1.9bn Birmingham Smithfield plan gets green light
Mammoth city centre scheme will include 3,000 homes, new parks and business space
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OpinionBirmingham’s vision for its future is already looking out of date
The city’s fixation on demolition and failure to embrace retrofit risks repeating the failed planning policies of the past, writes Joe Holyoak
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NewsHowells picked for restoration of grade II*-listed Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Practice working on scheme with Donald Insall Associates
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OpinionCan bankrupt Birmingham afford its vision for a greener future?
Birmingham’s latest public realm improvement brings with it some expensive maintenance liabilities, writes Joe Holyoak
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NewsHowells' 234-home canalside development in Birmingham approved
The scheme will be built in Ladywood, close to the Birmingham main line canal
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OpinionChasing housing targets, cash-strapped Birmingham risks destroying its cultural soul
Birmingham is the canary in the coal mine, showing us how financially stricken local authorities are increasingly sacrificing cultural assets in pursuit of investment, writes Simeon Shtebunaev
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OpinionAnother irreplaceable slice of Birmingham’s architecture and history is at risk
The city’s disregard for its own heritage threatens one of the country’s oldest cinemas, a theatre once graced by Olivier, and the pub that hosted the first Black Sabbath gig, writes Joe Holyoak
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OpinionThe loss of Birmingham’s Ringway Centre is bad news for heritage, net zero and the wider city
Far from showing signs of sophisticated local government decision-making, Birmingham seems more lost than ever, writes Joe Holyoak
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OpinionBirmingham’s Ringway Centre decision is the right one for the city
The debate that has taken place in Birmingham is a reminder that we need a pragmatic approach to reuse, writes BDP’s Tom Hewitt
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NewsBirmingham urges councillors to stick by decision to demolish brutalist landmark
Corstorphine & Wright towers return to Planning Committee after legal threat from campaign groups
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NewsThinktank says Manchester and Birmingham’s relative underperformance ‘at heart’ of UK’s stagnation
Second cities must grow significantly to break UK out of cycle of low productivity, says report
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OpinionHow strategic city frameworks could help resolve the tension between demolition and retention
Cities can lead the way in driving forward the reuse, conservation and net zero agendas, writes Dav Bansal
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OpinionWhile Sheffield embraces its rich heritage, Birmingham once more shoots itself in the foot
Reuse of once unfashionable modernist buildings is increasingly favoured by developers, but one British city persists in demolition and rebuild, writes Joe Holyoak
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NewsHistoric England objections prompt rethink on Lendlease’s Smithfield scheme
Developer goes back to the drawing board with new round of consultation on Birmingham city-centre masterplan