A DUTCH architect responsible for jaw-dropping university, theatre and library buildings across the world has been given the job of designing the new £193 million Library of Birmingham.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The Birmingham City Council rejected the selection of a Louisiana architect to design a new library in Pratt City to replace the one of Baton Rouge, La., $120,000 to design ...

ARCHITECT John Madin, the man who designed Central Library, has attacked its £193 million replacement as a waste of money and not fit for purpose.

The long-running Birmingham Library saga has taken yet another twist with news that the Birmingham City Council (BCC) is now to press ahead with an international design competition for the £193 ...

Completed in 2016 in West Midlands, United Kingdom. Images by Tim Cornbill. Associated Architects’ feasibility study concluded that a new building rather than refurbishment of the existing ...

The architect who designed the Library of Birmingham is up for the Women in Architecture award. Dutch designer Francis Houben has been shortlisted by the Architects' Journal.

Birmingham’s bibliophiles will soon be able to browse over 400,000 books in the city’s new library, which opens its doors to the public next week. Designed by Dutch practice Mecanoo Architecten, who ...

Birmingham City Council has begun the search for an architect to design a £193m library for the city. An OJEU notice yesterday called for tenders to design a new-build Birmingham Central Library to ...

The adult services section is located in the 1981 Birkerts addition, a part of the Birmingham library that was going to be torn down and replaced had a $21.5 million construction bond passed in 2014.

Birmingham Central Library was designed by Birmingham-born architect John Madin The controversial demolition of Birmingham's Central Library begins on Monday. But while the city council considers ...