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[[Image:Libraryofbirmingham.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Library of Birmingham at [[Centenary Square]] with [[Birmingham Rep]] in foreground]]
[[Image:Libraryofbirmingham.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Library of Birmingham at [[Centenary Square]] with [[Birmingham Rep]] in foreground]]
The '''Library of Birmingham''' is a new library under construction in the city of [[Birmingham]], [[England]]. It is situated on the west side of Birmingham city centre at [[Centenary Square]] beside the [[Birmingham Rep]] and [[Baskerville House]]. It replaces the old [[Birmingham Central Library]] and will provide pedestrian street access extending from Centenary Square to the [[Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery]]. It is estimated the new library will cost £193 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/projects/all_projects/library_of_birmingham.aspx|publisher=Capita Symonds|title=Library of Birmingham|accessdate=2010-02-17}}</ref> and is seen by [[Birmingham City Council]] as a flagship project for the [[Big City Plan|Redevelopment of Birmingham]]. Upon completion, it will be the biggest public library in the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/03/libraries-architecture-birmingham|publisher=The Guardian|title=Library of Birmingham plans unveiled as recession opens a new chapter for civic buildings|accessdate=2010-07-09 | location=London | first=Robert | last=Booth | date=2009-04-03}}</ref><ref>The British Library in London is larger, but is only open to the public by appointment</ref>
The '''Library of Birmingham''' is a new library under construction in the city of [[Birmingham]], [[England]]. It is situated on the west side of Birmingham city centre at [[Centenary Square]] beside the [[Birmingham Rep]] and [[Baskerville House]]. It replaces the old [[Birmingham Central Library]] and will provide pedestrian street access extending from Centenary Square to the [[Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery]]. It is estimated the new library will cost £193 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/projects/all_projects/library_of_birmingham.aspx|publisher=Capita Symonds|title=Library of Birmingham|accessdate=2010-02-17}}</ref> and is seen by [[Birmingham City Council]] as a flagship project for the [[Big City Plan|Redevelopment of Birmingham]]. Upon completion, it will be the biggest public library in the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/03/libraries-architecture-birmingham|publisher=The Guardian|title=Library of Birmingham plans unveiled as recession opens a new chapter for civic buildings|accessdate=2010-07-09 | location=London | first=Robert | last=Booth | date=2009-04-03}}</ref><ref>The British Library in London is larger, but is only open to the public by appointment</ref> A model of the new library is on display on the groundfloor of the present Central Library.


==Origins==
==Origins==

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The Library of Birmingham at Centenary Square with Birmingham Rep in foreground

The Library of Birmingham is a new library under construction in the city of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of Birmingham city centre at Centenary Square beside the Birmingham Rep and Baskerville House. It replaces the old Birmingham Central Library and will provide pedestrian street access extending from Centenary Square to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. It is estimated the new library will cost £193 million[1] and is seen by Birmingham City Council as a flagship project for the Redevelopment of Birmingham. Upon completion, it will be the biggest public library in the country.[2][3] A model of the new library is on display on the groundfloor of the present Central Library.

Origins

The council has looked into relocating the library for many years. The original plan was to build a new library in the emerging Eastside district,[4] which had been opened up to the city centre following the demolition of Masshouse Circus.[5] A library was designed by Richard Rogers on a site in the area. However, for financial reasons and reservations about the location this plan was shelved. The Council had suggested that the Library be split between a new building built between the Rep theatre and Baskerville House at Centenary Square, which until 2009 was a public car park (to house the main lending library) and a building at Millennium Point in "Eastside" (to house the archives and special collections).

In August 2006, the Council confirmed the area between the Rep and Baskerville House as the future site for the library. Capita Symonds had been appointed as Project Managers for the Library of Birmingham. The council's intention was to create a "world class" landmark civic building in Centenary Square.[6]

Not long after this, the two-sites idea was scrapped and the archives and special collections will move to the site at Centenary Square.[7][8]

After an international design competition, run by the Royal Institute of British Architects, a shortlist of seven architects was announced on 27 March 2008. They were chosen from a list of over 100 architects. The architects chosen were:[9]

In early August 2008, Mecanoo was announced as the winner of the design competition.[10]

More detailed plans for the library were revealed by the council in conjunction with the architects at a launch event held on 2 April 2009.

Reception

Reception to the planned library has been overwhelmingly positive. Then-Poet Laureate Andrew Motion said that "These plans are properly ambitious to preserve the best traditional practice, while also opening the building to new ideas about what a library should be - the heart of the community, fulfilling all manner of social needs as well as scholarly, research-based and pleasurable ones." Philip Pullman said "The new Library of Birmingham sounds as if it will be lovely and should attract even more users than the present one with its impressive visitor total of 5,000 a day." Sir Alan Ayckbourn said "I wholeheartedly support the proposed exciting new plans to develop the new Birmingham library" and Irvine Welsh said "[It's] an audacious and compelling initiative which promises to redefine and modernise the entire notion of public library services, and in the process create the greatest public information resource in Europe ... Writers will love it, and so will readers."[11]

Construction

Boards surrounding the building site with images of the projected library

Preparation of the ground for building, and archaeological work between Baskerville House and The Rep had begun before planning permission had been granted[12]. Planning permission was finally granted and approved by Birmingham City Council in December 2009. Subsequently, building work commenced in January 2010 with a completion schedule of mid 2013.[13]

The library will utilise an "aquifer ground source system" as a source of energy. Cold groundwater will be pumped up from within the earth and used in the air conditioning system. The water will then flow back into the ground via another drilled well. The use of groundwater as a source of renewable energy will greatly boost the library's "green credentials" by lowering its CO2 emissions. [14]

In the meantime, Central Library has for the second time failed to gain status as a listed building. When the new library in Centenary Square is finished in 2013, immediate work will begin on knocking down the current building to make way for the redevelopment of Paradise Circus.[15]

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  1. ↑ Library of Birmingham. Capita Symonds, abgerufen am 17. Februar 2010.
  2. ↑ Robert Booth: Library of Birmingham plans unveiled as recession opens a new chapter for civic buildings, The Guardian, 3. April 2009. Abgerufen am 9. Juli 2010 
  3. ↑ The British Library in London is larger, but is only open to the public by appointment
  4. ↑ Library of Birmingham and city centre park - outline planning application - GVA Grimley, 19/12/2003
  5. ↑ Birmingham.gov.uk: Spring 2005 Update
  6. ↑ Capita Symonds appointed as Project Managers for the Library of Birmingham - Press Release by Birmingham City Council (1 September 2006)
  7. ↑ Library plans could be shelved - Birmingham Post (24 January 2007)
  8. ↑ *Autumn 2007 update on move
  9. ↑ Library Design Team Shortlist Announced. Birmingham City Council, 27. März 2008, archiviert vom Original am 10. April 2008; abgerufen am 27. März 2008.
  10. ↑ Dan Stewart: Mecanoo scoops £193m Birmingham library. Building, 5. August 2008, abgerufen am 5. August 2008.
  11. ↑ Top writers celebrate Library of Birmingham's audacity, The Guardian, 3 April 2009. Abgerufen im 9 July 2010 
  12. ↑ Building work at £193m Library of Birmingham poses 'safety risk to pedestrians'. Birmingham Mail;
  13. ↑ Work Begins on Library of Birmingham. Birmingham City Council, 4. Januar 2010, abgerufen am 7. Januar 2010.
  14. ↑ Library of Birmingham. Birmingham City Council, abgerufen am 17. Februar 2010.
  15. ↑ Birmingham Central Library to be demolished within five years.
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