Birmingham

Shaping the City
Ben Flatman
Craig Holmes (photo editor)

February 2008
Code: 60397
ISBN: 9781859462454
218 pp
Hardback
£19.95

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The book seeks to identify the drivers for change in the renaissance of contemporary Birmingham following its evolutions from Victorian times and explores the depth and complexity of the public-private partnerships involved in the delivery structures and their achievements. Using unique case studies that illustrate the processes involved in the major physical change of the city, it assesses their influence on planned future projects. The book articulates and stresses the importance of urban design for successful regeneration in this ever-changing city.

Birmingham: Shaping the City will make a lasting contribution to city’s collective consciousness and make available, for the first time, a coherent narrative of where the city has come from and where it may be going in both a written and visual form.

For information: this book has been published by RIBA Publishing, in association with Birmingham City Council.