John Madin's remarkable 1974 Birmingham Central Library is set to be demolished. A new glittery library is on offer, but where's the improvement? Not sure what the move to replace a flak tower with a tissue box tells us about contemporary urban space.
Paul Dale, 'End in sight for Birmingham Library after Government refuses listed status,'
Birmingham Post, Nov 23 2009.
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Promotional site for the proposed new
Library of Birmingham, including interviews with children speaking as if, without the new library, there will be no books in the city for them to read.
