Birmingham Central Library honoured in online exhibition
Matt Lindley writes about recognition for the Central Library.
The Office
Alan Clawley looks back at Birmingham’s innovative office blocks.
The last of the wreckers
Opponents of Birmingham Central Library seem to be vanishing, notes Alan Clawley.
The slow death of the Public Architect
Alan Clawley on an extinct species in town planning.
Madin’s man
Alan Clawley gives a remarkable insight into the building of Paradise Circus.
Seifert in Newtown
Alan Clawley talks about the work of a forgotten architect.
Madin house listed
Alan Clawley has news for admirers of controversial architect John Madin.
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
Architectural integrity
Alan Clawley explores the ins and outs of modern architecture.
Birmingham Library: Built in obsolescence
Alan Clawley takes issue with Birmingham City Council’s inability to find the wherewithal to carry out repairs in Birmingham’s Central Library.
More than skin deep
Alan Clawley fears that John Madin’s legacy is being obliterated from Birmingham’s architectural heritage
Friends of the Central Library petition
The Friends of the Central Library are gathering signatures for their petition to save the John Madin designed Central Library in Birmingham
Birth of a Library
Alan Clawley brings us a potted history of John Madin’s Central Library in Birmingham.
John Madin 1924-2012
Alan Clawley writes on the legacy left by Birmingham architect John Madin who died this month.
Birmingham Central Library now listed
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has included Birmingham Central Library in its 2012 Watch List
Tower envy in the city
Alan Clawley writes in defence of architect John Madin
Appreciating architecture
“…a cultural divide exists between the arts and business communities in Birmingham over the appreciation of modern architecture”
The Future of Birmingham’s Past
The Science Museum has just opened its ‘newest’ exhibit – a re-creation of James Watt’s Soho workshop with all its contents as found in 1924. Sadly it isn’t in Birmingham’