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.
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