The controversial demolition of Birmingham's Central Library begins on Monday. But while the city council considers the building to have served its time, those who fought to save the library had ...

The library had two million photographic stills and more than 150,000 items of music The central library was designed by Birmingham-born architect John Madin Prime Minister Harold Wilson ...

Birmingham Central Library has been described as a "blot" but has hidden secrets inside, like a Victorian spiral staircase leading up to its original archives The Prince of Wales once referred to ...

From Euston Arch and the Coal Exchange to Birmingham Central Library and Sunderland Town Hall, some of the most stunning buildings of the Victorian era were torn down after the Second World War.

An eleventh hour bid is being made to save Birmingham Central Library from demolition – and turn it into an art gallery, hotel or even a museum of Midlands heavy metal. A supporters group in the ...

35208 location * Springville Road Regional Branch Library at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesdays, Sept. 19-Oct. 17, at the 1224 Springville Rd, Birmingham, Ala. 35215 location * The Central Library at 3:30 p.m ...

Friends of the Central Library spokesman Alan Clawley called on the council to apologise to 83-year-old Mr Madin for “maligning” his work, saying claims that the library building was falling ...

The building replaces the Birmingham Central Library, a controversial structure in the “brutalist” architectural style that was described as “no longer fit for purpose”. It is to be ...

The new Library of Birmingham, which was designed to replace the Birmingham Central Library, will officially open on September 3. It was designed by architect Francine Houben who has described the ...

Heritage fans lamenting the loss of Birmingham’s brutalist Central Library can pick up a slice of its history for £500 a go. Large oak desks used by generations of Brummie students and ...