Posted by: Simon on: 16th April, 2008.
Just come through, BDP have been chosen as the official masterplanners for Birmingham City University’s Eastside campus, which will be home the the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) and the Conservatoire.
More information later, however here are the outline designs:

Height ranging from 5-8 floors.

Thank you Biosonic for the quick scoop.
[...] Birmingham Eastside blog has first glimpse of what the new BIAD (it’s the largest art & design teaching/research institute outside London) might look like… [...]
where the tic is now?
[...] Here’s the “outline design” for the new BIAD campus in Eastside, as revealed on Simon Howes’ Eastside blog. [...]
So which businesses are going to be located their? I know BIAD is big, bu they don’t need all that surely
The Conservatoire will be part of a new faculty also comprising School of Acting and Media. So also located in this new building will be the Media provision currently at Perry Barr. Acting I presume will continue to use the space it has at Millennium Point. Or at least that’s the plan I think.
Dave
Will there be a giant Golden Lion viewable from space carved into that big green, grassy space i wonder?
I like the fact that these threads all start with Simon Says….
The “official” story so far on this development can be seen here: http://www.bcu.ac.uk/news/releases08/5000.html
[...] the “outline design” for the new BIAD campus in Eastside, as revealed on Simon Howes’ Eastside blog. Millennium Point is in the foreground and the red blob is Curzon St Station. Simon also has a top [...]
[...] the “outline design” for the new BIAD campus in Eastside, as revealed on Simon Howes’ Eastside blog. Millennium Point is in the foreground and the red blob is Curzon St Station. Simon also has a top [...]
16th April, 2008. at 11:54 pm
Where will the original building be then?