Strange Buildings

Location: Birmingham, UK

Date: 2003

Architect: Benoy

Purpose:  Commercial area

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More info: The Bullring Shopping Centre was masterplanned and designed mainly by Benoy. The shopping centre consists of two main buildings (East and West Mall) which are connected by an underground passage lined with shops. The two malls are different internally in design. The balustrades in the East Mall consist of integrated glass ‘jewels’ within the metal framework, and are of different colours formed through polyester powder coating. Touchscreen computers, developed by Calm Digital, are located throughout the building which allow a user to search for the location of a certain store or browse a map of the complex.

(Image credits: 1: Jonathan Gill, 2: Bryn Jones2008, 3: wikipedia)