The Un-necessary Monument? The origins, impact and potential conservation of birmingham central library
Larkham, Peter J. and Adams, David (2016) The Un-necessary Monument? The origins, impact and potential conservation of birmingham central library. Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society, 60. pp. 94-127. ISSN 0951-001X
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Abstract
The conservation of recent heritage is contentious, and the issue of large-scale city centre Brutahst postwar buildings has proved more contentious than most. Many of these buildings have attracted neither widespread public support nor positive critical response. The example of Birmingham's Central library if used to explore these issues, as it has produced conflicting responsesfrom expert organisations, politicians, professionals and the public. The structure occupies a high-value site and, if realised, the income from its sale could be used for a range of civic activities. The intensely polarised debate was unsuccessful in changing entrenched opinions, and the building was prepared for demolition in mid-2015.
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| Subjects: | CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-01 - architecture | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Engineering and the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Built Environment |
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| Depositing User: | Peter Larkham | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2016 10:51 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2023 12:16 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/3458 |
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