The power of nature
Alan Clawley reflects on a topical issue.
Where shall they live?
Alan Clawley wonders about Birmingham’s housing strategy .
The library as film studio
Alan Clawley puts forward a novel idea.
Motorbikin’
Alan Clawley reminisces about his youth and a golden era of local engineering.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul
Does Birmingham city council spend wisely? Alan Clawley thinks not.
Throwing it away
Alan Clawley on a lack of council service.
What’s so special about the A38?
Alan Clawley talks about the closest thing we have to our ‘own’ motorway.
Birmingham bling
Alan Clawley on the city centre’s attention-grabbing architecture.
Madin house listed
Alan Clawley has news for admirers of controversial architect John Madin.
Small enough to fail
Alan Clawley on the hypocrisy of bank bail-outs.
Old and new?
Alan Clawley talks about new architecture in an old way.
Brutal or brutalist?
Alan Clawley on recent developments in the listed building world.
Fast forward
Alan Clawley talks about city planning, and the lack thereof.
Open for viewing
Alan Clawley describes his visit to the newly-opened Library of Birmingham.
The degeneration of Paradise Circus
Alan Clawley highlights the strange machinations that have blighted parts of Birmingham city centre.
Paradise Circus regeneration a scam?
Alan Clawley takes issue over the designation of an area labelled in need of ‘regeneration’.
John Madin’s other library
Alan Clawley with a reminder that when the architects in John Madin’s office were working up plans for a new central library for Birmingham, they were also designing one for Redditch.
When the state steps in
Alan Clawley looks back at the controversy surrounding the old and new Birmingham Libraries.
Remembering Elmdon
All the attention today is on the future of Birmingham International Airport but it’s interesting to reflect on its past when it was known just as Elmdon Airport, writes Alan Clawley.
Library building ‘obsolete’
Birmingham City Council officials have written a report to the Cabinet stating that the 40-year-old Central Library building is not only vacant but ‘obsolete’ as well, reveals Alan Clawley.
Another quiet day in Paradise
Alan Clawley is really struggling to garner a useful reaction from Birmingham City Council.
Boulton’s legacy
Book review: Alan Clawley reviews Matthew Boulton – selling what all the world desires
In search of John Madin’s Birmingham
Madin walking tour led by Alan Clawley
Starting at Five Ways Station, 10.30 am, 22nd June 2013
Brutalist church is listed
St Matthew’s Church deserves to be recognised as one of Birmingham’s star architectural attractions, believes Alan Clawley.
Symbolizing Birmingham
Alan Clawley considers what should be the defining ‘iconic’ symbol of Birmingham.
Architectural integrity
Alan Clawley explores the ins and outs of modern architecture.
Let there be light
Alan Clawley has been watching the redevelopment of Birmingham’s New Street Station and takes issue with the motives behind it.
Closed for good – The last chapter of the Birmingham Library story
Alan Clawley on the impending closure of Birmingham Central Library in June – but ideas are still being proposed for its future
Birmingham – Then and Now
Alan Clawley has published a book in a popular series.
State-sponsored culture
Alan Clawley finds similarities between Birmingham’s ‘modern’ developments and some of those post-war architectural monuments in Europe