BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- With a new logo and an Olympic champion, the Birmingham Public Library has launched a rebranding and awareness campaign.

The controversial demolition of Birmingham's Central Library is set to start after ideas for re-purposing it were rejected.

Dutch architects Mecanoo have unveiled their design for the new library in Birmingham, England. Library of Birmingham will be built on Centenary Square and is due to open in 2013. Renderings above ...

The new Library of Birmingham may be loud on the outside but inside it's an enchanting temple of calm, says Jonathan Glancey.

The council is cutting nearly a third of statutory library hours as part of what it calls a “transformation” of local services. But residents and campaigners aren’t buying i ...

A former librarian had claimed Birmingham's downtown public library was a sexually hostile place to work, with some patrons openly viewing pornography on computers, groping her and performing lewd ...

Birmingham's new £189m library will open on 3 September, 2013. The new building, in Centenary Square, replaces the Birmingham Central Library in Chamberlain Square. The public is being asked to ...

AJ Woman Architect of the Year 2014 Houben, whose practice Mecanoo completed the £188 million library in 2013, said the building had been designed for flexibility and could respond to changes which ...

Planning permission was today granted for the £193 million Library of Birmingham, paving the way for the groundbreaking building to open its doors to the public by 2013. Mike Whitby, Leader of ...

First look: Birmingham's new £188m library - a sparkling cornerstone of the city's rebirth It has more than twice the capacity of its predecessor, and is at the forefront of the city’s latest ...

The next stage of the branding for the new multi-million pound Birmingham Library has been unveiled by KLM.