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This page is about the tallest buildings in the English city and metropolitan area of Birmingham. For buildings in the U.S. city of the same name, see List of tallest buildings in Birmingham, Alabama.

Viewed from the west, Birmingham's skyline is dominated by the 132-metre Mercian tower. (January 2022)

This list of the tallest buildings and structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, West Midlands ranks buildings and free-standing structures by height, based on standard height measurements that include spires and architectural details but exclude extraneous elements added after completion of the building.

The tallest building in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area is Octagon, a 49-storey, 155-metre (509 ft) residential tower which forms part of the Paradise development in Birmingham city centre. Octagon surpassed Birmingham's tallest structure, the 140-metre (458 ft) BT Tower, and previous tallest residential building, the 132-metre (433 ft) Mercian tower, in September 2024.

Birmingham has more than 400 tall buildings within its city boundaries, making it the most built-up city in the United Kingdom outside of London. It is home to the majority of the tallest buildings and structures in the West Midlands region.

The city currently has eleven structures completed at a height of 100 metres or more and a further six under construction, with fourteen of these being habitable. This is the third highest number of completed or under construction tall buildings or structures (≥100m) of any city in the United Kingdom.

The skyline of Birmingham viewed from the north, September 2020. Completed in 2021, the 108-metre office building 103 Colmore Row is located directly ahead, with 122-metre 10 Holloway Circus visible behind. Directly to the west, 152-metre (at the time) BT Tower and 100-metre Alpha Tower. Further to the west, adjacent to 102-metre Bank II Tower, the 132-metre Mercian Tower can be seen in the final stages of construction.

A section of the Birmingham skyline viewed from Digbeth, January 2023, with some of the city's most notable buildings in shot. Directly ahead, the 61-metre tall steeple of the parish church of St Martin in the Bull Ring, framed by the Grade II listed Rotunda and Future Systems' iconic Selfridges Building. To the left, 10 Holloway Circus is the tallest of four buildings in the Southside district which also include the twin 90-metre residential towers known locally as The Sentinels. In the far distance, the 132-metre Mercian Tower can be seen alongside Bank II Tower, with the upper floors of Grade II listed Alpha Tower also visible. To the right of the Selfridges Building, adjacent to the 21-storey McLaren Building, 113-metre Exchange Square tower can be seen in the final stages of construction. Beyond this are the buildings of Masshouse and the site of One Eastside, a 155-metre residential tower which began construction in January 2023 but is not yet visible on this skyline. To the foreground, site clearance for the construction of Beorma Tower, a 113-metre mixed-use building named after the 7th century Anglo-Saxon founder of the settlement of Beorma-inga-ham.

History

The first structure to reach a height of 100 metres was the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, constructed in 1908 and located in the Edgbaston area of the city. It remains the tallest free-standing clock tower in the world.

High-rise construction in Birmingham did not begin until the post war redevelopment of the 1960s and 1970s, when more than 25 commercial buildings taller than 50 metres were erected within the city centre and westwards along Broad Street to Five Ways and Hagley Road. Two further structures over 100 metres were built during this period – the 152-metre BT Tower, which remains the tallest non-building structure in Birmingham, albeit at a reduced height, and the 100-metre, Grade II listed Alpha Tower. Other notable high-rise office buildings included Quayside Tower and Metropolitan House, both designed by John Madin and since refurbished. This era also saw more than 150 residential tower blocks of between 12 and 32 storeys built in clusters around the periphery of the city centre and throughout its suburbs. The majority of these Brutalist buildings were of limited architectural merit and have since been demolished, although some examples remain.

High-rise development slowed during the 1980s and 1990s, with few significant proposals emerging, but the turn of the 21st century saw a renewed interest in constructing tall buildings in central Birmingham. Completed in 2006, the 122-metre 10 Holloway Circus became the tallest habitable building in the city, while the Brindleyplace canalside development yielded a cluster of high-rise office buildings adjacent to the International Convention Centre and Birmingham Indoor Arena.

However, in the wake of the September 11 attacks, regulations imposed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Birmingham City Council's own 'High Places' planning policy framework restricted new buildings to a maximum height of around 120 metres, stymieing a number of appreciably taller proposals. These included the 245-metre Arena Central Tower, which at the time was set to become the tallest skyscraper in the United Kingdom. A number of subsequent proposals, including revised plans for a 152-metre V-shaped building at Arena Central, the 201-metre Regal Tower, and the 130-metre twin towers proposed for the New Street Station Gateway Plus project, succumbed to the global financial crisis and were either scaled back or scrapped.

Consequently, Birmingham's most iconic 21st century buildings, including the Selfridges Building, Grand Central Station and the Library of Birmingham, are under 100 metres tall.

Present and future developments

Octagon residential tower viewed from Chamberlain Square in the heart of Birmingham City Centre, with Grade I listed Birmingham Town Hall to the left, Grade II* listed Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to the right, and the mixed-use Paradise redevelopment beyond. (March 2025)

In recent years, the City Council has sought to encourage large-scale development, and a raft of tall buildings have been approved for construction across the City Core and all six of Birmingham's City Centre Quarters – Eastside, Digbeth, Westside and Ladywood, Southside and Highgate, the Jewellery Quarter and St George and St Chad. These developments will form a number of tall clusters across the city centre.

Home to some of Birmingham's tallest buildings, the City Core includes the 155-metre Octagon tower at the Paradise redevelopment site in the city's civic heart. Octagon, which is the tallest octagonally-shaped residential building in the world, is set to be joined by 148-metre Centenary Tower and 110-metre Cambrian Wharf, both of which have been approved for construction. In the neighbouring Historic Colmore Business District stands 103 Colmore Row (108 metres) which, on its completion in 2022, became the tallest dedicated office building to be constructed outside of London since Alpha Tower in 1973.

Further to the east, in the Snow Hill Commercial District, plans have been submitted for 2 Snowhill Plaza, a 48-storey residential-led tower which is set to become one of the largest Build to Rent (BTR) schemes in the United Kingdom.

In Westside and Ladywood, Moda Living's 132-metre Mercian residential tower was completed in 2022 and is currently the tallest of a cluster of high rise buildings around Broad Street and Brindleyplace. Other significant residential schemes in this area include 111-metre Cortland Broad Street, 102-metre Bank Tower II and the approved 100 Broad Street (103m). All are set to be surpassed another residential tower, the 145-metre Essington, which was approved for construction in 2024.

The Eastside district will become home to One Eastside, a 155-metre residential skyscraper which is due for completion in 2025 and will form part of the gateway to Birmingham's new HS2 railway station at Curzon Street. This tower will join 111-metre Exchange Square, and another 124-metre tower at Glasswater Locks which is currently under construction. Extending outwards from Birmingham's Knowledge Quarter, the £360m Curzon Wharf masterplan, intended to be the world's first net zero carbon mixed-use development, includes approval for two more tall buildings, one of which is a skyscraper rising to 172 metres.

To the South East of the City Core, swathes of Digbeth are scheduled to be redeveloped, with 113-metre Boerma Tower currently under construction and others including the 146-metre Tower Leaf, 122-metre Garrison Circus tower, 108-metre Clyde Street tower and 102-metre Upper Trinity Street tower also approved. A 32-storey mixed-use tower is planned to anchor the vast Smithfield site, which will link Digbeth to the Southside and Highgate district, and another cluster of approved high-rises in and around the city's Gay Village and Chinese Quarter. For nearby Smallbrook Queensway, plans have been submitted for a series of three towers up to 180-metres in height, with up to seven more tall buildings expected to transform the area between here and Holloway Circus in the forthcoming years.

Meanwhile, to the north west of the City Core, Moda Living's 126-metre residential tower on Great Charles Street, which is under construction, will form a gateway to St Paul's Square and the Jewellery Quarter, while at the same time marking the beginning of a high-rise convergence with the Snow Hill Commercial District.

In future, if all approved, proposed and emergent projects come to fruition, Birmingham's skyline will comprise more than 550 tall buildings and structures, including nine skyscrapers above 150 metres and a further 34 habitable towers above 100 metres.

Existing

≥100 metres

This list ranks all complete and topped out buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that stand at least 100 metres (328 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. Buildings that have been demolished are not included.

Updated December 2024

Rank	Name	Image	Height		Floors	Year completed	Primary Use	District	Alternative Name/s	Coordinates	Ref.
			(m)	(ft)
1=	Octagon		155	509	49	T/O	Residential	City Centre	Paradise Phase 2	52°28′51″N 1°54′25″W
	One Eastside		155	509	51	T/O	Residential	Eastside		52°28′56″N 1°53′24″W
3	BT Tower		140	458	–	1966	Telecommunication	Jewellery Quarter	Post Office Tower GPO Tower	52°29′01″N 1°54′15″W
4	The Mercian		132	433	42	2021	Residential	Westside	2one2 Broad Street Broad Street Tower	52°28′33″N 1°54′50″W
5	10 Holloway Circus		122	397	39	2005	Hotel / Residential	Southside	Holloway Circus Tower Beetham Tower Birmingham	52°28′31″N 1°54′01″W
6=	Cortland Broad Street		111	364	35	2023	Residential	Westside	The Square, Broad Street	52°28′28″N 1°54′59″W
	The Silver Yard		111	364	36	2023	Residential	Eastside	Exchange Square Phase 2, Tower	52°28′53″N 1°53′29″W
8	103 Colmore Row		108	354	26	2020	Office	Colmore Business District		52°28′51″N 1°54′04″W
9	The Bank Tower II		102	335	33	2019	Residential	Westside		52°28′33″N 1°54′50″W
10=	Alpha Tower		100	328	28	1973	Office	Westside		52°28′43″N 1°54′23″W
	Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower		100	329	–	1908	Clock Tower	Edgbaston	Old Joe	52°26′59″N 1°55′50″W

50–99 metres

This list ranks all complete and topped out buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that stand between 50 metres (164 ft) and 99 metres (325 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. Buildings that have been demolished are not included.

Updated March 2025

Rank	Name	Image	Height		Floors	Year completed	Primary Use	District	Alternative Name/s	Coordinates	Ref.
			(m)	(ft)
12	South Central Tower		98	320	30	T/O	Mixed-use	Southside	Essex Street Tower	52°28′24″N 1°53′57″W
13	Sherlock Yard		97	318	30	T/O	Mixed-use	Southside	Makers' Yard Sherlock Street Tower	52°28′15″N 1°53′41″W
15=	Cleveland Tower		90	295	32	1971	Residential	Southside	The Sentinels	52°28′28″N 1°54′05″W
	Clydesdale Tower		90	295	32	1972	Residential	Southside	The Sentinels	52°28′28″N 1°54′05″W
	Orion Building		90	295	28	2007	Residential	City Centre		52°28′39″N 1°54′08″W
	Three Snowhill		90	290	18	2019	Office	Colmore Business District	BT Regional Hub	52°29′05″N 1°53′58″W
20=	Exchange Square 1 Tower 3		81	266	23	2019	Residential	Eastside	Allegro Living Tower 3	52°28′57″N 1°53′30″W
	The Rotunda		81	266	23	1965	Residential / Aparthotel	City Centre		52°28′42″N 1°53′43″W
22=	Aston Place		80	262	26	2019	Residential	Westside	Dandara Living Arena Central	52°28′41″N 1°54′20″W
	Veolia Energy Recovery Facility		80	262	–	1996	Chimney	Tyseley	Tyseley Waste Incineration Plant	52°27′34″N 1°50′36″W
24	Lancaster Wharf		77	253	24	T/O	Residential	Gun Quarter		52°29′18″N 1°53′39″W
25=	Centre City Tower		76	249	21	1975	Office	Southside		52°28′34″N 1°53′55″W
	Five Ways Tower		76	249	22	1979	Office (vacant)	Five Ways & Hagley Road		52°28′17″N 1°54′59″W
	Onyx		76	250	24	2020	Student accommodation	Gun Quarter		52°29′11″N 1°53′36″W
31=	Hyatt Regency		75	246	24	1990	Hotel	Westside		52°28′41″N 1°54′32″W
	Two Snowhill		75	246	15	2013	Office	Colmore Business District		52°28′41″N 1°54′32″W
33	3 Arena Central		73	239	14	2020	Office	Westside	HMRC Building	52°28′41″N 1°54′25″W
34=	One Snow Hill Plaza		72	236	20	1973	Hotel	Colmore Business District	Holiday Inn Express Birmingham Snow Hill	52°29′05″N 1°53′54″W
37=	The Cube		71	231	23	2010	Mixed-use	Westside		52°28′30″N 1°54′25″W
	JQ Rise		71	233	24	T/O	Residential	Jewellery Quarter		52°29′01″N 1°55′03″W
39=	Colmore Gate		70	230	15	1992	Office	Colmore Business District		52°28′57″N 1°53′49″W
	One Centenary Way		70	230	13	2022	Office	Westside	Paradise Plot G	52°28′46″N 1°54′23″W
	Quayside Tower		70	230	18	1965	Office	Westside		52°28′38″N 1°54′40″W
43=	McLaren Building		69	226	21	1972	Office	Eastside		52°28′55″N 1°53′32″W
	One Hagley Road		69	226	19	1974	Residential / Serviced Apartments	Five Ways & Hagley Road	Metropolitan House	52°28′23″N 1°55′11″W
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45=	The Bank Tower 1		68	223	22	2019	Residential	Westside		52°28′34″N 1°54′51″W
47=	Midland Building		67	220	17	1967	Office	City Centre	BT Midland ATE	52°28′36″N 1°54′01″W
	Snowhill Wharf		67	220	21	2021	Residential	Gun Quarter		52°29′11″N 1°53′54″W
49	Bank House		66	217	20	1967	Office	Colmore Business District		52°28′49″N 1°53′51″W
50=	Brindley House		65	213	18	1967	Mixed-use	Jewellery Quarter		52°29′01″N 1°54′18″W
53=	Chamberlain Hall		64	210	21	2015	Student accommodation	Edgbaston		52°27′47″N 1°55′21″W
	Cumberland House		64	210	18	1964	Hotel	Westside	Hampton by Hilton Birmingham Broad Street	52°28′30″N 1°54′50″W
	Fifty4 Hagley Road		64	210	18	1976	Office	Five Ways & Hagley Road		52°28′18″N 1°55′27″W
57=	Centenary Plaza		63	207	20	2002	Residential / Hotel	Westside	Arena Central Phase One (Block E)	52°28′36″N 1°54′25″W
	Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Tower 1		63	207	14	2010	Public Facility	Edgbaston	The QE	52°27′06″N 1°56′35″W
	Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Tower 2		63	207	14	2010
	Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Tower 3		63	207	14	2010
62=	Hagley House		62	203	17	1965	Office	Five Ways & Hagley Road	Cobalt Square	52°28′21″N 1°55′21″W
	Muirhead Tower		62	203	15	1971	University building	Edgbaston	University of Birmingham	52°27′06″N 1°55′46″W
67=	The Bath House		61	200	19	2023	Residential	Southside	Kent Street Baths	52°28′20″N 1°53′55″W
	Holiday Inn Express Birmingham City Centre		61	201	18	2017	Hotel	Westside	Arena Central Plot F	52°28′39″N 1°54′24″W
	Jurys Inn		61	200	18	1975	Hotel	Westside		52°28′36″N 1°54′41″W
	St Martin in the Bull Ring		61	200	–	1855	Place of Worship	City Centre		52°28′37″N 1°53′37″W
	Trident House		61	200	19	1981	Residential	Westside		52°28′31″N 1°54′41″W
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72=	James Watt Residences		60	197	18	2010	Student accommodation	Eastside	Aston University Student Village	52°29′07″N 1°53′19″W
	Mary Sturge Residences		60	197	18	2013	Student accommodation	Eastside	Aston University Student Village	52°29′05″N 1°53′29″W
	Library of Birmingham		60	197	10	2013	Library	Westside		52°28′47″N 1°54′31″W
	St Nicolas' Church		60	197	–	1475	Place of Worship	Kings Norton		52°24′31″N 1°55′44″W
	University Locks		60	197	17	2016	Student accommodation	Eastside	No. 1 Eastside Locks	52°29′00″N 1°52′51″W
80=	Eleven Brindleyplace		59	194	13	2008	Office	Westside		52°28′36″N 1°54′51″W
	Lloyd House		59	194	13	1964	Office	Colmore Business District	West Midlands Police Headquarters	52°29′02″N 1°53′51″W
	Lyndon House		59	194	17	1964	Office	Five Ways & Hagley Road		52°28′19″N 1°55′30″W
	Temple Point		59	194	14	1962	Office	City Centre	Windsor House	52°28′53″N 1°53′47″W
85=	Barry Jackson Tower		58	190	20	1972	Residential	Aston		52°30′04″N 1°53′18″W
	Battery Park Selly Oak		58	190	15	2019	Student accommodation	Selly Oak	Unite Students Battery Park	52°30′25″N 1°52′48″W
	Londonderry House		58	230	17	1960–	Student accommodation / car park	City Centre	Host Students Londonderry House	52°28′56″N 1°53′34″W
	One Centenary Square		58	190	11	2018	Office	Westside	HSBC UK Personal and Business Banking Headquarters Two Arena Central	52°28′43″N 1°54′25″W
	Parish Church of SS Peter and Paul		58	190	–	1480	Place of Worship	Aston		52°30′25″N 1°52′48″W
	Park Regis Birmingham		58	190	16	1964	Hotel	Westside	Auchinleck House	52°28′22″N 1°55′01″W
94=	City Centre House		57	187	13	1965	Mixed-use	City Centre		52°28′45″N 1°53′45″W
	Corkfield, Block 1		57	187	18	2022	Residential	Edgbaston	Residences Edgbaston, Block 1	52°27′22″N 1°54′23″W
	One Snowhill		57	187	12	2009	Mixed-use	Colmore Business District		52°29′01″N 1°53′54″W
	Brinklow Tower		57	187	20	1967	Residential	Highgate		52°27′52″N 1°53′18″W
	Studley Tower		57	187	20	1969	Residential			52°27′59″N 1°53′02″W
	Wilmcote Tower		57	187	20	1967	Residential			52°27′53″N 1°53′13″W
	Canterbury Tower		57	187	20	1967	Residential	Ladywood		52°29′03″N 1°55′11″W
	Durham Tower		57	187	20	1970	Residential			52°28′57″N 1°55′02″W
	Salisbury Tower		57	187	20	1968	Residential			52°29′04″N 1°55′19″W
	Century Tower		57	187	20	1968	Residential	Edgbaston		52°27′22″N 1°54′32″W
	Wickets Tower		57	187	20	1967	Residential			52°27′22″N 1°54′26″W
	Hodgson Tower		57	187	20	1971	Residential	Newtown		52°29′50″N 1°54′08″W
	Pritchett Tower		57	187	20	1971	Residential	Small Heath		52°28′19″N 1°52′09″W
	Victor Tower		57	187	20	1969	Residential	Nechells		52°29′41″N 1°52′20″W
112=	Methodist Central Hall		56	185	3	1904	Mixed-use	Eastside		52°29′01″N 1°53′34″W
118	The Church of St Augustine of Hippo		56	185	–	1868	Place of Worship	Edgbaston	St Augustine's Church, Edgbaston	52°28′24″N 1°56′44″W
119=	Hive		55	179	15	2011	Residential	Eastside	Masshouse Block M	52°28′54″N 1°53′22″W
	Three Brindleyplace		55	180	13	1998	Mixed-use	Westside		52°28′42″N 1°54′48″W
121=	Albany House		54	177	12	1962	Mixed-use	Southside		52°28′30″N 1°53′53″W
	The Colmore Building		54	177	14	2008	Office	Colmore Business District	Colmore Plaza	52°29′01″N 1°53′45″W
	Heritage Building Clock Tower		~54	~177	14	1938	Education	Edgbaston	University of Birmingham Medical School The Old Queen Elizabeth Hospital	52°27′09″N 1°56′22″W
125=	45 Church Street		53	173	14	2008	Office	Colmore Business District		52°28′59″N 1°54′03″W
	The Lansdowne		53	173	18	2018	Residential	Five Ways & Hagley Road		52°28′22″N 1°55′13″W
	Opal Court		53	173	18	2007	Student accommodation	Edgbaston	Opal 1	52°28′01″N 1°54′02″W
	St Martin's Place		53	173	17	2020	Residential	Westside		52°28′24″N 1°55′00″W
134=	Eight Brindleyplace		52	171	14	2002	Mixed-use	Westside		52°28′37″N 1°54′48″W
	Exchange Square 1, Tower 2		52	170	16	2019	Residential	Eastside	Allegro Living Tower 2	52°28′56″N 1°53′27″W
	St Alban the Martyr		52	170	–	1881	Place of Worship	Highgate		52°27′57″N 1°53′20″W
144=	Commonwealth Games Village Plot 7		51	167	15	2022	Residential	Perry Barr	former BCU City North Campus	52°31′02″N 1°54′01″W
	Great Charles Street, Block B1		51	167	16	T/O	Residential	Jewellery Quarter		52°29′02″N 1°54′06″W
	One Colmore Row		51	167	12	2004	Office	Colmore Business District		52°28′58″N 1°53′52″W
	One Eastside, Block B		51	167	15	T/O	Residential	Eastside		52°28′57″N 1°53′23″W
	Premier Inn Exchange Square		51	167	14	2022	Hotel	Eastside	Exchange Square Phase 2	52°28′54″N 1°53′32″W
160=	Aston University Main Building		50	164	12	1953	Education	Eastside		52°29′12″N 1°53′25″W
	Campus Living Villages		50	164	17	2011	Student accommodation	Gun Quarter	Bagot Street Blocks A, B, C	52°29′20″N 1°53′34″W
	The Charters		50	164	9	~1950	Mixed-use	City Centre	Centural House	52°28′45″N 1°54′03″W
	Edgbaston Cricket Ground		50	164	–	2011	Sport Stadium	Edgbaston	Warwickshire County Cricket Ground The County Ground	52°27′19″N 1°54′16″W
	Edmund House		50	164	12	1970	Office	Colmore Business District		52°28′53″N 1°54′07″W
	Embassy House		50	164	11	1985	Office	Colmore Business District	60 Church Street	52°28′58″N 1°54′05″W
	Lakeside West Building		50	164	16	1999	Student accommodation	Eastside	Unite Students Lakeside Residences	52°29′00″N 1°53′26″W
	Masshouse Plaza		50	164	16	2006	Residential	Eastside	Masshouse Block I	52°28′53″N 1°53′26″W
	One Martineau Place		50	164	12	1959	Aparthotel	City Centre	Staybridge Suites Birmingham	52°28′49″N 1°53′44″W
	St Paul's Church		50	164	–	1823	Place of Worship	Jewellery Quarter		52°29′07″N 1°54′21″W
	Tricorn House		50	164	12	1976	Office	Five Ways & Hagley Road		52°28′22″N 1°55′18″W

35–49 metres

This list ranks selected buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that stand between 35 metres (115 ft) and 49 metres (161 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings.

Updated March 2025

Rank	Name	Image	Height		Floors	Year completed	Primary Use	District	Alternative Name/s	Coordinates	Ref.
			(m)	(ft)
177=	Compass		49	161	15	2022	Student accommodation	Eastside		52°29′00″N 1°52′44″W
	Ladywood House		49	161	12	1970	Office	City Centre		52°28′43″N 1°53′57″W
	St. Michael's Church		49	161	–	1855	Place of Worship	Handsworth		52°30′02″N 1°55′27″W
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181=	Bagot Street 2		48	158	17	2018	Student accommodation	Gun Quarter	Bagot Street Blocks D, E	52°29′20″N 1°53′35″W
	Broadway House		48	158	10	1976	Mixed-use	Westside	2 Broadway, Broadway Residences	52°28′25″N 1°55′05″W
	Emporium		48	158	15	2018	Student accommodation	Eastside		52°28′54″N 1°53′20″W
	Landrow Place		48	158	14	2021	Residential	Jewellery Quarter	Lionel House	52°28′56″N 1°54′21″W
187=	Boulevard Southside		47	154	15	T/O	Residential	Southside	Affinity Living Southside St Luke's, South Block A	52°28′03″N 1°54′03″W
	Soho Wharf, Block 1		47	154	14	2022	Residential	Ladywood		52°29′12″N 1°55′45″W
189=	Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Clock Tower		46	151	5	1885	Civic Building	City Centre	Big Brum	52°28′49″N 1°54′14″W
	Birmingham Central Mosque		46	151	2	1969	Place of Worship	Highgate		52°27′52″N 1°53′28″W
	Brecon Tower		46	151	16	1965/2021	Residential	Ladywood		52°28′42″N 1°55′24″W
	49-51 Holloway Head, Block C		46	151	–	T/O	Residential	Southside		52°28′28″N 1°54′06″W
	49-51 Holloway Head, Block D		46	151	–	T/O	Residential	Southside		52°28′28″N 1°54′06″W
	Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad		46	150	–	1841	Place of Worship	Jewellery Quarter	St Chad's Cathedral	52°29′07″N 1°53′56″W
	The Timber Yard		46	151	14	2022	Residential	Southside		52°28′24″N 1°53′43″W
	Truro Tower		46	151	16	1965/2021	Residential	Ladywood		52°28′38″N 1°55′30″W
	Wells Tower		46	151	16	1965/2021	Residential	Ladywood		52°28′43″N 1°55′33″W
201=	127 Colmore Row		45	148	10	2002	Office	Colmore Business District		52°28′49″N 1°54′08″W
	Canterbury House		45	148	12		Student Accommodation	Jewellery Quarter		52°28′59″N 1°54′16″W
	Enterprise Wharf		45	148	11	2022	Office	Eastside		52°29′24″N 1°53′18″W
	Fort Dunlop		45	148	7	1920s/2006	Mixed-use	Erdington		52°30′35″N 1°48′43″W
	The Harborne Hospital		45	148	7	2023	Public Facility	Edgbaston	QE Specialist Hospital Facility	52°27′06″N 1°56′28″W
	Toybox		45	148	15	2019	Student accommodation	Westside		52°28′23″N 1°54′43″W
	Sirius		45	148	15	2008	Residential	City Centre		52°28′37″N 1°54′08″W
	St. Edburgha's Church		45	148	–	1461	Place of Worship	Yardley	Yardley Old Church	52°28′28″N 1°48′11″W
	St Mary's Church		45	148	–	1861	Place of Worship	Selly Oak		52°26′17″N 1°56′46″W
212=	Three Chamberlain Square		44	144	10	2024	Office	City Centre		52°28′44″N 1°54′18″W
	The Mailbox		44	144	6	1970	Mixed-use	Westside		52°28′36″N 1°54′12″W
	University College Birmingham, Summer Row Campus		44	144	11	1967	Education	City Centre		52°28′53″N 1°54′24″W
218=	Equipoint		43	141	12	1968/2021	Residential	Yardley	Swan Office Centre, The Swan	52°27′45″N 1°48′57″W
	Westside One		43	141	15	2002	Residential	City Centre	Elizabeth House	52°28′37″N 1°54′08″W
224=	No. 1 Colmore Square		42	138	10	2003	Office	Colmore Business District		52°28′57″N 1°53′47″W
	UNITE Staniforth House		42	138	14	2018	Student accommodation	Gun Quarter		52°29′17″N 1°53′32″W
	The Wesleyan		42	138	9	1992	Office	Colmore Business District		52°28′59″N 1°53′48″W
–
231=	Belgrave Village, Block B		41	135	13	T/O	Residential	Balsall Heath		52°27′48″N 1°53′16″W
	Corkfield, Block 2		41	135	13	2022	Residential	Edgbaston	Residences Edgbaston, Block 2	52°27′22″N 1°54′23″W
	Louden's Yard, Block F2		41	135	14	T/O	Residential	Five Ways & Hagley Road	New Garden Square, Block F2	52°28′22″N 1°55′38″W
236=	12 Calthorpe Road		40	132	11	1962	Office	Five Ways & Hagley Road	Shell Mex House Former Birmingham HSBC Offices	52°28′16″N 1°55′08″W
	Crossway		40	132	10	1981	Office	Jewellery Quarter	Civic House 156 Great Charles Street	52°28′52″N 1°54′20″W
	Exchange Building		40	132	12	1967	Mixed-use	City Centre	HSBC Bank New Street Premier Inn New Street Station	52°24′15″N 1°59′48″W
	Hollymoor Hospital Water Tower		40	132	–	1905	Water Tower	Northfield		52°24′15″N 1°59′48″W
	Matthew Boulton College		40	132	8	2005	Education	Eastside	Birmingham Metropolitan College Matthew Boulton Campus	52°28′59″N 1°53′22″W
	Setl		40	131	12	T/O	Residential	Jewellery Quarter	formerly Cornwall House	52°29′02″N 1°54′12″W
	Cathedral Church of St Philip		40	131	–	1715	Place of worship	Colmore Business District		52°28′52″N 1°53′57″W
	University of Birmingham Health Innovation Campus Phase 1		40	131	7	2023	Education	Edgbaston		52°26′49″N 1°56′18″W
246=	One Chamberlain Square		39	128	8	2020	Office	City Centre	Paradise	52°28′49″N 1°54′17″W
	Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre		39	128	12	1962	Hotel	City Centre	Albany Hotel, Smallbrook Street Hotel	52°28′32″N 1°53′56″W
249=	Altura		38	125	12	2020	Student accommodation	Westside	Bath Court	52°28′19″N 1°54′48″W
	bCentral		38	125	12	1904/1976	Residential	City Centre	Queens College Chambers	52°28′45″N 1°54′13″W
	Crowne Plaza Hotel		38	125	12	1973	Hotel	Westside		52°28′39″N 1°54′22″W
	Penworks House		38	125	11	2013	Student accommodation	Gun Quarter	iQ Penworks House, Moland Street Student Residences	52°29′19″N 1°53′28″W
	Two Chamberlain Square		38	125	8	2019	Office	City Centre	Paradise	52°28′48″N 1°54′17″W
–
257=	Birmingham Oratory		37	121	–	1909	Place of Worship	Five Ways & Hagley Road		52°28′20″N 1°55′45″W
	Charles House		37	121	9	1939	Office	Jewellery Quarter	148 Great Charles Street	52°28′54″N 1°54′17″W
	Great Charles Street, Block B2		37	121	11	T/O	Residential	Jewellery Quarter		52°29′02″N 1°54′06″W
	Jennens Court		37	121	13	2009	Student accommodation	Eastside	Etna House	52°28′57″N 1°53′19″W
	St Agatha's Church		37	121	–	1901	Place of Worship	Sparkbrook		52°27′40″N 1°52′25″W
	true Birmingham		37	121	11	2020	Student accommodation	Southside		52°28′31″N 1°53′43″W
270=	Erdington Abbey Church		36	118	–	1850	Place of Worship	Erdington	Church of Saints Thomas and Edmund of Canterbury	52°31′42″N 1°50′11″W
	One Swallow Street		36	118	12	2016	Residential	City Centre		52°28′44″N 1°54′09″W
	Rutland House		36	118	11	1970	Office	Colmore Business District		52°28′57″N 1°54′03″W
	WOLO House		36	118	11	1959/2024	Office	Colmore Business District	Britannia House 50 Great Charles Street	52°28′58″N 1°54′09″W
–
276=	19 Cornwall Street		35	115	8	~1992	Office	Colmore Business District		52°28′59″N 1°54′04″W
	Edgbaston Waterworks Tower		35	115	6	1870	Works Tower	Edgbaston	Edgbaston Pumping Station	52°28′33″N 1°56′01″W
	Glasswater Locks, Plot E1		35	115	9	T/O	Residential	Edgbaston		52°29′06″N 1°52′57″W
	Glasswater Locks, Plot E2		35	115	9	T/O	Residential	Edgbaston		52°29′06″N 1°52′57″W
	Glasswater Locks, Plot E3		35	115	9	T/O	Residential	Edgbaston		52°29′06″N 1°52′57″W
	Glasswater Locks, Plot E4		35	115	9	T/O	Residential	Edgbaston		52°29′06″N 1°52′57″W
	House of Fraser		35	115	9	1955–	Mixed-use	City Centre	Rackhams	52°28′51″N 1°53′46″W
	Moseley Road Baths		35	115	–	1907	Leisure & Entertainment	Balsall Heath	Moseley Road Library and Public Baths	52°27′26″N 1°53′09″W
	Royd House		35	115	12	2005	Residential	City Centre	Westside 2	52°28′34″N 1°54′06″W
	Selfridges Building		35	115	4	2003	Retail	City Centre	BullRing	52°28′41″N 1°53′31″W
	St Stephen's Church		35	115	–	1871	Place of Worship	Selly Park		52°26′37″N 1°55′22″W
	St Thomas' Church		35	115	–	1829	Place of Worship / Ruin	Westside		52°28′23″N 1°54′23″W

Other tall buildings and structures

This is a list of selected buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that are likely to stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall but for which no height-specific documentation or reliable supporting reference is currently available. The buildings are not ranked but are instead listed in alphabetical order by metropolitan or regional authority.

Currently updating

Rank	Name	Est. Height		Floors	Year completed	Primary Use	District	Alternative Name/s	Coordinates	Gen. ref.
		(m)	(ft)
–	All Saints Church	35+	115+	–	1860–	Place of Worship	Kings Heath		52°25′59″N 1°53′38″W
	Church of SS Mary and Ambrose	35+	115+	–	1898	Place of Worship	Edgbaston		52°27′31″N 1°54′14″W
	Millennium Apartments	35+	115+	–		Residential	Jewellery Quarter		52°29′00″N 1°54′19″W
	St Andrew's Church	35+	115+	–	1909	Place of Worship	Handsworth		52°30′50″N 1°56′11″W
	St Anne's Church, Moseley	35+	115+	–	1874	Place of Worship	Moseley		52°27′03″N 1°53′30″W
	St Cyprian's Church	35+	115+	–	1878	Place of Worship	Hay Mills		52°27′47″N 1°50′27″W
	Summerfield Community Centre and Job Preparation Unit	35+	115+	5	1878	Civic Building	Summerfield	former Dudley Road Board School	52°29′03″N 1°56′25″W
	Witton Cemetery Chapel	35+	115+	–	1863	Place of Worship	Witton		52°31′30″N 1°52′43″W

Under construction

This list ranks all under-construction buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements.

Updated March 2025

Rank	Name	Alternative name(s)	Function	Height		Floors	District	Estimated completion	Ref.
				(m)	(ft)
1	Edition, Centenary Tower	Ora Tower Brindley Drive 1 Project Drive	Residential	148	486	46	Westside	2027
2	MODA Great Charles Street		Residential	126	413	39	Jewellery Quarter	2025
3	Glasswater Locks, Plot D		Residential	124	406	38	Eastside	2027
4	Beorma Tower	Beorma Quarter Phase 2	Mixed-use	113	371	27	City Centre	2025
5=	Upper Trinity Street, Block H		Mixed-use	102	337	32	Digbeth	2027
7=	Crown Place	75-79 Lancaster St	Student accommodation	100	328	33	Gun Quarter	2025
9	Enclave	Lower Essex Street	Residential	98	322	27	Southside	2025
10	Vita Student Suffolk Street		Student accommodation	92	302	29	Southside	2025
11	Smith's Gardens	Camp Hill Gardens Sulzer Camp Hill	Residential	90	295	26	Bordesley	2025
12	Bloc Grand Central		Hotel	74	272	22	City Centre	Stalled
13	Glasswater Locks, Plot F2		Residential	60	197	18	Eastside	2027
14	Upper Trinity Street, Block J		Residential	57	187	19	Digbeth	2026
15=	Former 'The Trees' Public House		Student accommodation	53	174	17	Southside	2026
	Upper Trinity Street, Block A		Residential	53	174	16	Digbeth	2026
17	Park Residence	Ora 2 Brindley Drive 2 Project Drive	Residential	52	171	15	Westside	2026
18	Upper Trinity Street, Block B		Residential	51	168	15	Digbeth	2026
19	Upper Trinity Street, Block C		Residential	49	162	15	Digbeth	2026
20	Neighbourhood Heights	Morville Street Apartments	Residential	48	158	14	Ladywood	2025
21	HAÜS (refurb and extension)	VOCO St James Hotel 12 Calthorpe Road	Mixed-use	46	151	13	Five Ways & Hagley Road	2025
22	Glasswater Locks, Plot F1		Residential	40	132	10	Eastside	2027
23=	Curzon Street Station	High Speed Rail (HS2) terminal	Transport	35	115	–	Eastside	2027
	Upper Trinity Street, Block E		Residential	35	115	11	Digbeth	2026

Approved, proposed and emergent

Approved

This list ranks all buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that have been granted full planning permission and will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall when completed.

Updated March 2025

Rank	Name	Alternative name(s)	Function	Height		Floors	District	Year approved	Ref.
				(m)	(ft)
1	Boulton Tower	Curzon Wharf, Tower 1	Residential	172	564	53	Eastside	2023
2=	HUB	2 Snowhill Plaza	Residential	151	495	48	City Core	2023
	SBQ 3	Smallbrook Queensway 3	Residential	151	495	48	Southside	2023
4	The Essington	Glassworks	Residential	145	476	47	Westside	2023
5	Tower Leaf	Irish Centre Tower	Residential	146	479	48	Digbeth	2021
6	Watt Tower	Curzon Wharf, Tower 2	Student accommodation	~134	~440	41	Eastside	2023
7	Garrison Circus Block D		Mixed-use	122	400	37	Digbeth	2024
8	211 Broad Street	Super Slender Tower	Aparthotel	117	383	36	Westside	2020
9	Louden's Yard, Plot D	New Garden Square Phase 2, Tower	Residential	115	378	37	Five Ways & Hagley Road	2024
10	Cambrian Wharf Canalside Block		Student accommodation	110	361	34	Westside	2024
11	High Street/Clyde Street Bordesley	former Safestyle building	Residential	108	354	34	Westside	2023
12	The Hundred	100 Broad Street	Residential	103	338	32	Westside	2024
13	Queens Hospital Tower		Student accommodation	101	331	33	Westside	2024
14	The Stone Yard, Block D		Residential	98	322	30	Digbeth	2020
15	New Monaco Tower 1	formerly Monaco House	Residential	90	295	29	Southside	2021
16	Connaught Square		Residential	88	289	27	Digbeth	2017
17	Princip Street Tower		Residential	82	269	26	Gun Quarter	2024
18=	Hay Hall Energy Recovery Facility	Hay Hall Bio Power Facility	Chimney	80	262	–	Tyseley	2019
	New Monaco Tower 2	formerly Monaco House	Residential	80	262	26	Southside	2021
20	Hoskin's Yard	Lunar Rise	Residential	77	253	25	Digbeth	2025
21	Smithfield Lofts	The Pressworks	Office	74	243	23	Digbeth	2023
22	Smithfield, Plot 4A		Mixed-use	70	230	19	Smithfield	2025
23	One Ratcliff Square	Paradise Phase 2	Hotel	68	223	22	City Centre	2021
24	Volume Works III	35 and 50 Cliveland Street	Student accommodation	65	213	20	Gun Quarter	2025
25	The Five	former Ladywood Social Club	Residential	61	200	17	Ladywood	2021
26
27=	Smithfield, Plot 3A		Office	56	184	12	Smithfield	2024
29
30=	Cambrian Wharf Courtyard Block		Student accommodation	54	177	14	Westside	2023
	Garrison Circus Block C		Mixed-use	54	177	15	Digbeth	2024
	Smithfield, Plot 1D, Building A		Residential	54	177	16	Smithfield	2024
33=	Queensgate Square		Residential	53	174	15	Westside	2024
35=	Park Residence	Ora 2 Brindley Drive 2 Project Drive	Residential	52	171	15	Westside	2022
37	Warners Fields, Plot C4	Rea Street South	Mixed-use	~51	~167	15	Digbeth	2025
38=	Former Goods Yard, Pershore Street		Student accommodation	50	165	15	Southside	2024
	Nyx Hotel		Hotel	50	165	15	Westside	2019
	The Stone Yard, Block B		Residential	50	165	15	Digbeth	2020
41=	Commonwealth Games Village Plot 10	former BCU City North Campus	Mixed-use	49	161	14	Perry Barr	2022
	Warners Fields, Plot C2	Rea Street South	Mixed-use	49	162	15	Digbeth	2025
43	5 Centenary Square		Office	48	158	12	Westside	2020
44
45=	The Drapery (refurb and extension)	120 Edmund Street	Office	44	144	11	Colmore Business District	2025
	ICOB Masjid Rahmania Community and Education Centre	Quadria Trust Mosque	Place of worship	~44	~144	7	Sparkbrook	2020
47=	Smithfield, Plot 1D, Building B		Residential	43	141	12	Smithfield	2024
	Warners Fields, Plot A2	Rea Street South	Mixed-use	43	141	13	Digbeth	2025
49=	Base	Lead Works	Student accommodation	42	138	14	Westside	2024
	Oasis Southside		Mixed-use	42	138	12	Southside	2022
51=	Kent Street		Residential	40	131	12	Southside	2024
	Smithfield, Plot 1D, Building D		Residential	40	131	12	Smithfield	2024
54	Southside Residences	16 Kent Street	Residential	39	128	12	Southside	2023
55=	Birmingham Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints		Place of Worship	38	125	–	Sutton Coldfield	2025
	Leopold Works		Residential	38	125	11	Digbeth	2023
	Smithfield House		Aparthotel	38	125	12	Digbeth	2021
58	Maple House	150 Corporation Street	Residential	37	121	10	City Core	2025
59
60=	2 Brindleyplace (refurb and extension)		Office	35	115	8	Westside	2023
	40 Upper Gough Street, Building 1		Office	35	115	9	Westside	2021
	Icknield Square, Plot B1		Residential	35	115	10	Ladywood	2025
	The Stone Yard, Block A		Residential	35	115	10	Digbeth	2020
	The Stone Yard, Block C		Residential	35	115	10	Digbeth	2020

This list ranks all buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that have received outline planning permission and will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall when full planning permission is sought and granted.

Updated March 2025

Rank	Name	Alternative name(s)	Function	Height		Floors	District	Year approved	Ref.
				(m)	(ft)
1	SBQ 2	Smallbrook Queensway 2	Residential	180	591	56	Southside	2023
2	SBQ 1	Smallbrook Queensway 1	Residential	142	466	44	Southside	2023
3	Martineau Galleries, Plot 2c		Residential	126	413	35	City Centre	2020
4=	Adderley Street, Plot 2	former Digbeth Central Bus Garage	Mixed-use	83	272	25	Bordesley	2021
6	Martineau Galleries, Plot 5		Office	80	262	17	City Centre	2020
7	Martineau Galleries, Plot 4c		Residential	74	243	20	City Centre	2020
8
9	Martineau Galleries, Plot 6		Office	69	226	14	City Centre	2020
10
11
12=	BCU Eastside, Plot A		Mixed-use	62	203	14	Eastside	2023
	Martineau Galleries, Plot 7		Office	62	203	13	City Centre	2020
14
15=	Martineau Galleries, Plot 3c		Residential / Hotel	60	197	16	City Centre	2020
	Martineau Galleries, Plot 1		Office	60	197	12	City Centre	2020
17	Martineau Galleries, Plot 3f		Residential / Hotel	59	194	16	City Centre	2020
18=	Duddeston Viaduct Building	Digbeth Regeneration, Plot V1-10	Mixed-use	57	187	15	Digbeth	2024
20	Martineau Galleries, Plot 2b		Residential	54	177	14	City Centre	2020
21	Martineau Galleries, Plot 4b		Residential	53	174	14	City Centre	2020
22	Three Congreve Square	Paradise Phase 3	Mixed-use	~53	~174	12	City Centre	2013
23=	The Metalworks	Adderley Street, Plot 1	Residential	50	165	15	Bordesley	2021
26	One Congreve Square	Paradise Phase 3	Mixed-use	~49	~161	11	City Centre	2013
27=	Adderley Street, Plot 5	former Digbeth Central Bus Garage	Mixed-use	48	158	13	Bordesley	2021
	Adderley Street, Plot 6	former Digbeth Central Bus Garage	Mixed-use	48	158	13	Bordesley	2021
	New Bond Street, Zone 1A		Residential	48	158	15	Bordesley	2021
	New Bond Street, Zone 2C		Residential	48	158	15	Bordesley	2021
31=	Martineau Galleries, Plot 4d		Residential	47	155	11	City Centre	2020
33	Martineau Galleries, Plot 3d		Residential / Hotel	46	151	12	City Centre	2020
34	Adderley Street, Plot 3	former Digbeth Central Bus Garage	Mixed-use	44	144	12	Bordesley	2021
35=	BCU Eastside, Plot C		Mixed-use	42	138	8	Eastside	2023
37	Two Centenary Way	Paradise Phase 3	Mixed-use	~41	~134	9	City Centre	2013
38	Martineau Galleries, Plot 3e		Residential / Hotel	40	131	10	City Centre	2020
39	Martineau Galleries, Plot 3b		Residential / Hotel	37	121	9	City Centre	2020

Proposed

This list ranks all buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall, for which planning permission has been sought but not yet granted.

Updated March 2025

Rank	Name	Alternative name(s)	Function	Height		Floors	District	Year of submission	Ref.
				(m)	(ft)
1	Perryian Works, Tower 1	1 Lancaster Circus	Student Accommodation	162	531	48	Gun Quarter	2024
2	Goods Station, Tower 1	Former Axis site	Mixed-use	153	502	49	Westside	2024
3	Perryian Works, Tower 2	1 Lancaster Circus	Student Accommodation	140	459	41	Gun Quarter	2024
4	The Glassworks		Residential	134	440	43	Westside	Refused
5	Trifecta Residences		Residential	133	436	40	Southside	Refused
6	Goods Station, Tower 2	Former Axis site	Mixed-use	123	404	39	Westside	2024
7	Edgbaston Street Gardens, Block A	Former Indoor Markets Site	Residential	100	328	32	Southside	2024
8	Goods Station, Tower 3	Former Axis site	Mixed-use	93	305	29	Westside	2024
9	Edgbaston Street Gardens, Block B	Former Indoor Markets Site	Residential	91	299	29	Southside	2024
10	Edgbaston Street Gardens, Block C–D	Former Indoor Markets Site	Residential	64	210	20	Southside	2024
11	Goods Station, Tower 4	Former Axis site	Mixed-use	63	207	19	Westside	2024
12	55 Holloway Head	Lee Bank Business Centre Projekt 55	Mixed-use	47	154	11	Westside	2024
13	The White Lion		Student accommodation	45	148	14	Southside	2024
14
15=	The Barrel Works	146-148 Charles Henry Street	Residential	42	138	15	Digbeth	2024
	Lonsdale House		Residential	42	138	12	Digbeth	2025
17	Western Business Park, Block 6		Residential	38	125	12	Winson Green	2022

Emergent

This list ranks pre-applications and emergent proposals for buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall, if full planning permission is sought and granted. Please note that the data for each structure may not be complete.

Updated March 2025

Rank	Name	Alternative name(s)	Function	Height		Floors	District	Year published	Ref.
				(m)	(ft)
1	The Wharf, Tower 1		Residential	180	591	57	Westside	2024
2	Electric Cinema, 47 Station Street		Residential			~50	City Centre	2024
3	Gas Quarter, Tower 1		Mixed-use			~45	Westside	2024
4	The Wharf, Tower 2		Residential	131	430	41	Westside	2024
5	Gas Quarter, Tower 2		Mixed-use			~39	Westside	2024
6	Five Ways House and Tower		Mixed-use			32	Five Ways & Hagley Road	2023
7=	Former Goods Yard Pershore Street, Phase 1C		Mixed-use	~90	~295	~30	Southside	2023
	Gas Quarter, Tower 3		Mixed-use			~30	Westside	2024
	Aston University Campus Plot 11	Gateway Tower	Student accommodation			~30	Eastside	2020
10	The Narrowhouse	Gather & Soul	Residential			29	Westside	2025
11=	Bradford Street		Mixed-use Residential			20	Digbeth	2024
13	Aston University Campus Plot 12		Student accommodation			~20	Eastside	2020
14	Gas Quarter, Tower 4		Mixed-use			~17	Westside	2024
15=	Aston University Campus Plot 1		Student accommodation			~15	Eastside	2020
	Aston University Campus Plot 13		Student accommodation			~15	Eastside	2020
	The Races	former Perry Barr Greyhound Track	Residential			~15	Perry Barr	2023
	The Wharf, Hotel		Residential	46	151	15	Westside	2024
21	Premier Inn, Essington Street (Conversion)		Student Accommodation			14	Westside	2025
22	New Birmingham Children's Hospital		Public Facility			10	City Core	2020

Unbuilt

This list ranks proposals for the construction of buildings and free-standing structures in Birmingham that were planned to rise at least 100 metres (328 ft), for which planning permission was rejected or which were otherwise withdrawn.

Rank	Name	Function	Height		Floors	District	Year proposed	Notes	Ref.
			(m)	(ft)
1	Regal Tower	Mixed-use	201	659	56	Westside	2007
2	VTP200	Observation Tower	200	656	10	Eastside	2010
3	100 Broad Street	Residential	193	634	61	Westside	2020
4=	Arena Central Tower	Office	175	574	50	Westside	2007	The Arena Central project was originally masterplanned by HOK International in 1998. The plan called for a landmark 50-storey tower of around 245 metres (805 feet) in height, always intended to be built as one of the latter phases of the scheme. In the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack and after considering market forces, the developers removed 15-storeys from the planned tower. Superseded by the V Building proposal.
	The Birmingham Pinnacle	Observation Tower	175	574	–	Eastside	2008	The Pinnacle was proposed as Europe's first vertical theme park. It would have provided a range of theme park rides, an observation deck, restaurants, shops, bars and leisure facilities. Superseded by VTP200.
6	Act One. Chung Ying Plaza	Mixed-use	170	558	52	Southside	2022	Withdrawn in 2023.
7	Bull Ring Tower	Office	160	525	35	City Centre	1990	Developed by London and Edinburgh Trust and designed by Chapman Taylor were plans that surfaced continuously between 1987 and 1990 for the redevelopment of the Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham and the demolition of the Rotunda. In the place of the Rotunda was to stand a 160 metre tall office block, a Post Modern design with Art Deco hints of a similar manner to One Liberty Place in Philadelphia. The recession at the start of the 1990s however saw the plans fail to come to fruition and the Rotunda was later listed and restored.
8	103 Colmore Row	Office	160	525	35	Colmore Business District	2008	In December 2006 a planning application was submitted to demolish the National Westminster Tower at 103 Colmore Row and replace it with a 35-storey office building. The proposal received planning permission from Birmingham City Council in September 2008 but due to the effects of the financial crisis of 2007–2008 the scheme was never progressed. In 2014 the building was sold and new plans were submitted for the now completed 103 Colmore Row.
9	V Building	Residential	152	499	51	Westside	2006	Superseded by Aston Place.
10	Post and Mail Scheme (Tower 1 Scheme C)	Office	150	492	35	Colmore Business District	2010
11	Snow Hill Tower	Residential	137	449	43	Colmore Business District	2006	Superseded by Three Snowhill
12=	New Street Station 'Gateway Plus' Tower 1	Mixed-use	130	427	30	City Centre	2006
	New Street Station 'Gateway Plus' Tower 1	Mixed-use	130	427	30	City Centre	2006
14=	Rough Diamond Hotel Tower	Hotel	120	394		Jewellery Quarter	2005
	Rough Diamond Office Tower	Office	120	394		Jewellery Quarter	2005
	Rough Diamond Residential Tower	Residential	120	394		Jewellery Quarter	2005
17	1 Snow Hill Plaza	Office	118	387	29	Colmore Business District	2011	1 Snow Hill Plaza was to be constructed on the site of the Kennedy Tower, however these proposals were dropped following the collapse of the developer, Kenmore. The building that stands on the site has now been renovated and turned into a new Holiday Inn Express indicating that the proposal for a new office building is permanently dead.
18	Martineau Galleries Tower Plot 3	Residential	~110	~360	29	City Centre	2005	Part of the original planning application for the redevelopment of the Martineau Galleries site, which was cancelled in 2009 and subsequently revised and resubmitted by Hammerson in 2020.
19	Lancaster Circus Tower, West Midlands Fire Station	Mixed-use	108	354	30	Eastside	2011
20	Beorma Quarter Block A	Mixed-use	107	351	27	City Centre	2009	First iteration of the landmark mixed-use tower approved for the Beorma Quarter site, which was subsequently reimagined and revised upwards in height.
21	Axis Square, Building 3	Office	100	328	23	Westside	2018	The tallest of four office buildings to receive planning permission on the site of the former Axis Building, before the site was sold on. The Axis Square development is expected to be superseded by The Goods Station, a mixed-use development by Urban regeneration specialist, Vita Group.

Demolished

This list ranks buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that are undergoing demolition or have been demolished since the year 2000, having stood at least 50 metres (164 ft) in height.

Rank	Name	Function	Height		Floors	District	Year built	Year demolished	Notes	Ref.
			(m)	(ft)
1	Birmingham Battery and Metal Co.	Chimney	85	279	–	Selly Oak	1871	2000	Demolished in September 2000.
2	National Westminster Tower	Office	80	262	23	Colmore Business District	1976	2017	Demolished to make way for 103 Colmore Row.
3	Edgbaston House	Office	69	226	18	Five Ways & Hagley Road	1976	2018	Demolished to make way for New Garden Square.
4=	Birmingham Post and Mail HQ	Office	67	222	16	Colmore Business District	1966	2005	The building was designed by John Madin and was one of his key modernist buildings. It was demolished in 2005 to make way for Colmore Plaza, which stands at 54 metres (177 ft).
10=	Stephenson Tower	Residential	63	207	20	City Centre	1967	2011	Demolished in the summer of 2011 as part of site clearance for the redeveloped New Street railway station.
12	Wheel of Birmingham	Ferris Wheel	62	203	–	Westside	2004	2006	The wheel normally comes back every Christmas season between November and January, along with an ice rink.
13=	Dalton Tower	Residential	61	200	21	Eastside	1971	2011	Demolished on 8 May 2011 as part of phase II of the Aston University student village development.
17=	Lawrence Tower	Residential	59	194	21	Eastside	1971	2011	Demolished on 8 May 2011 as part of phase II of the Aston University student village development.
	Clyde Tower	Residential	59	194	20	Aston	1967	2006	Demolished on 5 February 2006.
22=	Calthorpe House	Office	58	190	17	Five Ways & Hagley Road	1968	2008	Demolished on 9 March 2008.
	Stafford Tower	Residential	58	190	21	Eastside	1971	2014	Demolished on 27 April 2014 as part of phase II of the Aston University student village development.
28=	Bayley Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Hodge Hill	1967	2011	Demolished 2011.
	Brooks Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Aston	1971	2002	Demolished on 4 August 2002.
	Charlecote Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Southside fka Lee Bank	1965	2000	Demolished on 29 October 2000 to make way for Village Park Central.
	Chatsworth Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Southside fka Lee Bank	1966	2002	Demolished on 27 October 2002 to make way for Village Park Central.
	Chillinghome Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Hodge Hill	1967	2004	Demolished on 21 November 2004.
	Concorde Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Castle Vale	1968	2000	Demolished 2000.
	Flint Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Edgbaston	1971	2004	Demolished on 8 February 2004.
	Haddon Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Southside fka Lee Bank	1967	2006	Demolished on 23 July 2006 to make way for Village Park Central.
	Holbrook Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Hodge Hill	1968	2018	Demolished March 2018.
	Longleat Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Southside fka Lee Bank	1968	2000	Demolished on 29 October 2000 to make way for Village Park Central.
	Princethorpe Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Hockley	1970	2003	Demolished on 17 August 2003.
	Sapphire Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Aston	1971	2016	Demolished December 2016.
	Stoneycroft Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Hodge Hill	1967	2011	Demolished 2011.
	Warstone Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Hodge Hill	1967	2019	Demolished December 2019.
	Wiggin Tower	Residential	57	187	20	Aston	1967	2002	Demolished on 4 August 2002.
45	No. 12 Gasholder, Windsor Street	Gas Holder	55	180	–	Nechells	1877/1934	2022
49=	Cornwall Tower	Residential	52	171	18	Hockley	1970	2014	Demolished on 26 October 2014.
	Dorset Tower	Residential	52	171	18	Hockley	1971	2010	Demolished 2010.
	Norfolk Tower	Residential	52	171	18	Hockley	1971	2017	Demolished 2017.
	Normansell Tower	Residential	52	171	18	Aston	1972	2012	Demolished on 2 September 2012.
53=	Axis Building	Office	51	167	12	Westside	1976	2022	Demolition commenced August 2022.
	Longbridge Car Plant	Chimney	51	168	–	Longbridge	1995	2020	Demolished December 2020.
55=	Arconic Aluminium Chimney 1	Chimney	50	165	–	Kitts Green	1938	2018	Demolished May 2018.
	Arconic Aluminium Chimney 2	Chimney	50	165	–	Kitts Green	1938	2018	Demolished May 2018.
	Arconic Aluminium Chimney 3	Chimney	50	165	–	Kitts Green	1938	2018	Demolished May 2018.
	Eden Tower	Residential	50	165	18	Edgbaston	1964	2014	Demolished March 2014.
	No. 13 Gasholder, Windsor Street	Gas Holder	50	165	–	Nechells	1885	2022
	No. 14 Gasholder, Windsor Street	Gas Holder	50	165	–	Nechells	1885	2022

Timeline of the tallest

This is a list of the tallest surviving buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area constructed during each of the UK's major architectural periods, listed in chronological order. Buildings are only included where their existing highest point was built during the period and in the architectural style stated.

  Was the tallest building or structure in the city or district authority upon completion.

  Currently the tallest building or structure in the city or district authority.

Period (AD)		Architectural style		Name	Function	Image	Height		Year completed	Notes	Ref.
							(m)	(ft)
1066 – 1485	Medieval
		Early English Gothic	c. 1189 – c. 1307	St Laurence's Church	Place of worship		~14	~46	c. 1230	Grade I listed Church of St Laurence in Northfield dates from the 12th century and contains some of the finest Early English work in the West Midlands.
1603 – 1714	Stuart	Jacobean	c. 1603 – c. 1630	Aston Hall	Prodigy House / Museum		~23	~75	1635	Designed by John Thorpe and built between 1618 and 1635 for Sir Thomas Holte, Grade I listed Aston Hall is one of the last great Jacobean prodigy houses and the largest of its type in the region. Located two miles to the north of Birmingham city centre in Aston Park, it is now a community museum and visitor attraction managed by the Birmingham Museums Trust.
			c.1625 – c.1660
		English Baroque	c.1690 – c.1730	Cathedral Church of St Philip	Place of worship		40	131	1715	The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip is the Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham, having been granted cathedral status in 1905. Built between 1711 and 1715, it was the city's tallest building for 52 years, until it was supplanted by the 58 metre (190 feet) spire of Parish Church of SS Peter and Paul in 1777. It is a Grade I listed building.
1714 – 1837	Georgian
		Greek Neoclassical	c.1810 – c.1880	St Thomas' Church	Ruin		~40	~131	1829	St Thomas' was a Commissioners' church constructed between 1826 and 1829. At the time it was the largest church in Birmingham. Although architect Thomas Rickman was noted for his contribution to Gothic revivalism, St Thomas' neoclassical design took its cues from Greek revivalism, typical of the Regency period. In 1940, the building was largely destroyed during the Birmingham Blitz. The remaining portico and tower, rising to 40 metres, have been preserved and form part of St. Thomas' Peace Garden.
		Regency (Medieval Revival)	c.1810 – c.1840	St Mary's College, Oscott	Education		~26	~85	1838	Grade II* listed St Mary's College is the Roman Catholic seminary of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. It was designed by Joseph Potter of Lichfield and built between 1835 and 1838. The tudor building envisaged by Potter was supplemented by the decorative input of Augustus Pugin, forming a unique combination of medieval and Gothic Revival architecture in red brick and stone. This fusion of styles marks a step change from the early Gothic Revival of the Georgian era to the High Victorian Gothic of the mid-to-late 19th century.
1837 – 1901	Victorian
		Victorian Gothic Revival (incl. Early English; Decorated; Perpendicular)	c.1840 – c.1900	St Martin in the Bull Ring	Place of worship		61	200	1855	St Martin in the Bull Ring is the original parish church of Birmingham and stands between the Bull Ring Shopping Centre and the markets. The present Victorian Gothic church was rebuilt by architect J. A. Chatwin on the site of a 13th-century predecessor, although the eighteenth-century tower and spire were preserved. St Martin's supplanted the Church of SS Peter & Paul in Aston as the tallest building in Birmingham, which it remained for 53 years.
		Renaissance Revival (incl. Italianate; Neo-Baroque)	c.1850 – c.1890	Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery	Civic building		45	148	1885	Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery was built to extend the Council House, which had been completed in 1879. Designed by Yeoville Thomason, the building follows the Neo-Baroque design of the Council House, with entry through a two-storeyed portico with sculptured pediment. Directly to the left of the entrance is the 45-metre clock tower with tiled roof known locally as 'Big Brum'.
		Eclectic	c.1860 – c.1910	Methodist Central Hall	Hall		56	131	1904	Methodist Central Hall is a Grade II* listed red brick and terracotta building located at the northern end of Corporation Street. It was built between 1903 and 1904 to complement the Victoria Law Courts on the opposite side of the street, but unlike the Victorian-gothic courts is built in an eclectic style with baroque detailing, swinging voussoirs, paired ionic columns, domed corner turrets and a 56-metre tower rising to a square belfry. The main hall was designed to seat 2,000 people but the building has remained empty since 2015.
		British Arts and Crafts movement (incl. British Queen Anne Revival)	c.1870 – c.1940	St Agatha's Church	Place of worship		37	120	1901	Designed by the noted Birmingham architect, William Bidlake, St Agatha's church is an expression of the Arts & Crafts approach to Gothic architecture at the end of the 19th century, combining red and blue brick with decorative stone features. It is a Grade I listed building.
1901 – 1910	Edwardian	Edwardian Classicism (incl. Edwardian Baroque)	c.1901 – c.1914	Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower	Education		100	131	1908	Forming the centrepiece of Chancellor's Court on the University of Birmingham's main campus, "Old Joe" was designed by architects Aston Webb and Ingress Bell and constructed between 1900 and 1908, helping to popularise the term "Red Brick" university. The 100-metre campanile was modelled on the Torre del Mangia in Siena and remained the tallest building in Birmingham until 1965.
1910 – 2000	Modern
		Art Deco	c.1920 – c.1940	Heritage Building (Queen Elizabeth Hospital)	Education		~54	~177	1938	The main building, including the clock tower, was constructed between 1933 and 1938 as a wing of the old Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The new 600-bed Hospital Centre building was designed by architectural firm Lanchester and Lodge. Completed in 1938, the medical school building and hospital opened simultaneously.
		Functionalist	c.1930 – c.1980	BT Tower	Communications Tower		152	499	1965	BT Tower is currently the tallest structure in Birmingham city centre. Construction of the tower commenced in July 1963 and was completed in September 1965. At one time the Post Office wanted to increase the height from 500 feet (150 m), which had been agreed by the Ministry of Aviation, to 600 feet (180 m), but this was refused to avoid non-standard procedures for aircraft on the approach to Birmingham Airport.
		International Style	c.1930 – c.1980	McLaren Building	Office		69	226	1972	The 21-storey McLaren Building characterises the rectangular footprint, box-shaped form and grid-like glass and steel facade of the post-war, international-style commercial high rise. Designed by Paul Bonham Associates and built in 1972 for HSBC, the thin, brown-tinted slab is currently the 21st tallest occupied building in Birmingham.
		Brutalist	c.1950 – c.1980	Centre City Tower	Office		76	249	1975	The tallest of several remaining Brutalist office buildings in the centre of Birmingham, Centre City was designed by Richard Seifert & Partners. The complex consists of two buildings, the Tower and the Podium. The Podium is a low-rise building that surrounds the Tower base, but (with the exception of fire escapes) there is no direct connection between the two. This arrangement means that the first floor of the Tower is at approximately seventh-floor level when compared with other buildings.
		Late Modernist	c.1950 – c.1980	Alpha Tower	Office		100	328	1973	Alpha Tower is a Grade II listed office skyscraper designed by the Birmingham-born architect George Marsh of Richard Seifert & Partners and was the former headquarters of ATV (Associated Television). Marsh's architectural influences are said to have included Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer and the American architectural practice Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, marking a departure from the Brutalist movement of the time. Prior to the completion of 103 Colmore Row in 2021, Alpha Tower was the tallest commercial building in the city and one of only three commercial buildings outside of London to reach a height of 100 metres.
		Structural Expressionist (High-tech)	c. 1960 – present	International Convention Centre (ICC)	Conference facility		~25	~82	1991	The International Convention Centre (ICC) is a major conference venue owned and operated by the NEC Group. Designed by Percy Thomas Partnership, the main entrance is marked by blue-tinted windows and exposed stanchions, while inside the building, connecting bridges and walkways criss-cross the atrium. The centre incorporates Symphony Hall, which has since been redesigned with a dedicated front entrance.
1970 – present	Postmodern	International Postmodern	c. 1970 – c. 2000	Colmore Gate	Office		70	230	1992	One of the few tall buildings to be constructed in Birmingham during the 1980s and 1990s, Colmore Gate draws on Art Deco features within its postmodern aesthetic. Its glazed appearance bears a notable resemblance to Philip Johnson's PPG Place in Pittsburg.
		New Classical (Neotraditional; Neohistoric)	c.1970 – Present	Three Brindleyplace	Mixed-use		55	180	1998	Brindleyplace is a large mixed-use canalside development in the Westside district of Birmingham. A variety of architects were commissioned to design buildings in a range of architectural styles. Situated between the canal and Central Square, Three Brindleyplace was designed by Demetri Porphyrios, an exponent of New Classical Architecture, and this is reflected in the Venetian Palazzo-style facade of the building. Its 55-metre (180 feet) clock tower makes it the second tallest building in the complex.
		Deconstructive	c.1980 – Present	The Cube	Mixed-use		71	231	2010	The Cube is a 25-storey mixed-use development in the centre of Birmingham, designed by Ken Shuttleworth of Make Architects. In an ironic postmodern twist, the outer cladding – a kaleidoscope of glazed and gold colour anodised aluminium panels – obscures the fact that the building is not, in fact, cuboid, but a deconstructed crown sitting atop a glazed atrium.
2000 – Present	Contemporary
		Biomorphic	c.2000 – Present	Selfridges Building	Retail		~35	~115	2003	Designed by British-based Czech architect Jan Kaplický of (Future Systems), the iconic building is the part of the Bullring Shopping Centre that houses the Selfridges Department Store. It is one of the world's leading examples of "Blobitecture", a neofuturist architectural movement based on amoeba-shaped forms. Its biomorphic façade comprises 15,000 anodised aluminium discs mounted on a blue background.
		Neofuturist	c.2000 – Present	Bournville College	Education		30	99	2011	Designed by global architecture and design practice Broadway Malyan, this landmark campus in Longbridge is set in 4.2 acres of grounds on the site of the former MG Rover automobile factory and is home to 15,000 students. The building is hinged around a linear central spine which houses classrooms, and is described as one of the most contemporary learning environments in Europe.
		Neomodern	c.2000 – Present	The Mercian	Residential		132	433	2021	Designed by Glenn Howells Architects, The Mercian (right) is a 42-storey skyscraper located on Broad Street in the Westside district of Birmingham. It is the tallest habitable building, and second tallest built structure, in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area.

Gallery

Birmingham

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Europe
• List of tallest buildings in the United Kingdom
• List of tallest structures in the United Kingdom
• List of tallest buildings by United Kingdom settlement
• List of tallest buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by usage
• List of tallest church buildings in the United Kingdom
• Architecture of Birmingham
• History of Birmingham
• History of Coventry

External links

• Skyscrapernews Birmingham Database Archived 1 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
• Emporis Birmingham Database