The University of Birmingham Exchange
by Make Architects and Glancy Nicholls Architects
Client University of Birmingham
Award RIBA West Midlands Award 2023, RIBA West Midlands Conservation Award 2023.
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Birmingham’s Municipal Bank is a prominent 1930s neoclassical building in Centenary Square adapted into The Exchange, a civic hub and an important city-centre presence for the University of Birmingham.
This Grade II-listed building has been extended and sensitively restored to accommodate a range of different uses, from a café in the former banking hall to a gallery and event space.
Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.
Contractor Galliford Try
Environmental / M&E Engineer WSP
Structural Engineer WSP
Project Management Mace
Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant RLF
Heritage consultant Donald Insall Associates
Gross internal area in m2 4217
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