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Beorma Quarter models

Posted by: Simon on: 24th March, 2009.

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Digbeth Regeneration Plans Submitted

Posted by: Simon on: 11th February, 2009.

News in from Planning Resource (requires a paid subscription but I have it in full) that Beorma Quarter has been submitted for planning.
Michael Donnelly, PlanningResource, 10 February 2009
Plans have been submitted for the £180m redevelopment of Birmingham’s Digbeth area.
Kuwaiti based Salhia Investments plans to build a 27-storey office tower, shops, cafes and housing.
The Beorma Quarter [...]

I caught this over at BiNS regarding Beorma Tower, this should explain:
“It’s abominable. It’s like a punch in the face by an architectural fist. It has no relation to place or location, it is out of scale with the buildings around it. It’s like something from Alice in Wonderland, a place where the normal rules [...]

Digbeth to get Birmingham’s tallest office building

Posted by: Simon on: 28th January, 2009.

The plans for Digbeth’s Beorma Quarter have been released today.  The largest of the office buildings is to be 27 storeys, at 107m in height.
Application number is C/00295/09/FUL (click here and enter the number manually).
Here is a snip:
Date application received
23/01/2009
Date application registered
23/01/2009
Status
Under Consultation
Location
123-143 Digbeth, 3-5 Park Street, 81-93 Alison Street, and adjoining land, [...]

Beorma Quarter, I love it.

Posted by: Simon on: 30th May, 2008.

Well, I have been thinking of this midrise development for quite a few days, and I have to say I love it.  We covered it the other day with a post from SkyscraperNews, today we can have one from Birmingham Post.
So, what does it remind me of…
Tate Modern Extension:

Maybe a bit of CJC in Manchester:

Oh [...]

Beorma Tower Gets The Horne

Posted by: Simon on: 29th May, 2008.

SkyscraperNews writes:
“The designs for an ashamedly blocky 30 floor tower by Trevor Horne Architects could be the next tall building proposal for Birmingham.
The scheme by Sahlia Investments occupies a 0.77 hectare site between Digbeth, Well Lane, Park Street and Allison Street literally over the road from the famously organic Selfridges store that has put Birmingham [...]


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