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The Birmingham Clean Air Zone is the area inside the A4540 Middleway ring road (yellow), not including the road itself.. The zone covers the urban area inside the A4540 Middleway ring road, excluding the road itself, but including the Jewellery Quarter, the Chinese Quarter, the main shopping district, the area around Birmingham New Street railway station, and the rest of Birmingham city centre.
10 Holloway Circus (also referred to as the Holloway Circus Tower or Beetham Tower) is a 400-foot (122 m) tall mixed-use skyscraper in Birmingham city centre, England. It was originally named after the developers, Beetham Organisation , and was designed by Ian Simpson and built by Laing O'Rourke . [ 1 ]
A Clean Air Zone (CAZ) is an area in the United Kingdom where targeted action is taken to improve air quality. [2] A CAZ can be non-charging or charging. [citation needed] Whether a vehicle is charged when entering or moving through a CAZ depends on the type of vehicle and the Euro standard of the vehicle. The amount charged is up to the local ...
The Cube is a 24-storey mixed-use development in the centre of Birmingham, England.Designed by Ken Shuttleworth of Make Architects, it contains 244 flats, 111,500 square feet (10,359 m 2) of offices, shops, a hotel and a 'skyline' restaurant.
The Sentinels are two 90 metre tall residential tower blocks on Holloway Head in Birmingham, England.The two towers, called Clydesdale Tower and Cleveland Tower, are both 31 storeys tall and were part of a major regeneration and council home building scheme following World War II which in the 1960s and 1970s saw the construction of hundreds of tower blocks.
This is a list of the constituent towns, villages and areas of Birmingham (both the city and the metropolitan borough) in England.. Between 1889 and 1995, the city boundaries were expanded to include many places which were once towns or villages in their own right, many of which still retain a distinctive character.
In March 2018, Birmingham City Council's planning committee granted permission for One Centenary Way to be constructed on the site of the old Adrian Boult Hall conservatoire. Designed by Glenn Howells Architects, the 280,000 sq ft (26,000 m 2 ) office building is 13 storeys tall, with space for shops and restaurants at street level.
Mailbox Birmingham (also known as The Mailbox) is a mixed-use development located within the city centre of Birmingham, England. It houses British luxury department store chain Harvey Nichols , and the BBC Birmingham studios.