Argent not credible on Library

What future for the Central Library? wonders Alan Clawley.

Downing the ziggurat

Alan Clawley poses a demolition query.

No trees in Argent’s Paradise

“Wot, no trees?” asks Alan Clawley.

A letter to the developer

Alan Clawley writes to Rob Groves, the man responsible for overseeing the Paradise Forum development.

Paradise Circus regeneration a scam?

Alan Clawley takes issue over the designation of an area labelled in need of ‘regeneration’.

Birmingham gears up for MIPIM 2013

Leading businesses across Birmingham are joining forces once again to attend the world’s leading real estate show next year.

Trees, buses and vistas – Welcome to Paradise

Alan Clawley has spotted that plans for the redevelopment of Birmingham’s Paradise Circus seem to be lacking something.

New use for Birmingham’s Central Library

Alan Clawley with the background story of Birmingham’s Central Library building, proposals for its retention and details of a new petition to save it.

What paradise will be like

Alan Clawley has seen Paradise and would prefer it stayed lost.

Up The Forum

Alan Clawley questions the openness of The Forum and reminds us ‘public’ spaces are becoming hard to find.

The Magnificent Seven, plus…

Andy Munro gives us his good, bad and ugly of Brummie architecture

The Birmingham Council myth machine

Here’s how the Council operates. First it decides what it wants to do. Then it fits the facts around its decision.

Paradise lost?

Alan Clawley raises questions concerning the redevelopment plans for Birmingham’s Paradise Circus

Behind the cuts

Alan Clawley looks deep into the council budget cuts and is surprised by what he finds.

One of Birmingham’s best kept secrets

One of Birmingham’s best-kept secrets is what goes on inside the suite of buildings in Paradise Circus, off Chamberlain Square

Paradise postponed?

Alan Clawley has been asking searching questions and receiving some confusing answers on the redevelopment of Birmingham’s Paradise Forum.