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34-468: Paradise Circus may mean: Paradise, Birmingham , formerly known as Paradise Circus Four Walls / Paradise Circus a musical collaboration between Massive Attack and Burial Paradise Circus (album) , a 1989 album by the Lilac Time Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

68-404: A £ 29 million payment to Birmingham City University. This included £12.4 million of council expenditure. The development will provide up to 10 new buildings with about 170,000 square metres (1,800,000 sq ft) space for stores, offices, recreation, societal and cultural amenities. There will also be a hotel. Advertising materials promise that, "Paradise is to be transformed into

102-574: A development manager. The Phase I enabling and infrastructure works are funded through the approved £61 million investment by the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership . The Phase I construction contract with Carillion is understood to be worth £30 million. In March 2016, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) took a 50 per cent share in the £150 million first phase of

136-677: A masterplan for the site. Planning Application 2012/05116/PA was submitted in July 2012 and was approved on 8 December 2013 by Birmingham City Council . Construction work commenced in January 2015. A joint venture between Birmingham City Council and Hermes Real Estate has been formed to run the project. Argent Group are managing the design and delivery of the works. In order to demolish the School of Music, an agreement, made in December 2013, provided for

170-446: A vibrant mixed use development of commercial, civic, retail, leisure and hotel space, providing major improvements to pedestrian access and greatly enhanced public realm befitting this exemplary historic setting." It is to be completed in three phases. The £500 million development is being funded through a joint venture partnership between Birmingham City Council and BT Pension Scheme, managed by Hermes Real Estate with Argent Group,

204-531: Is a street located in Birmingham , England . Edmund Street is one of a series of roads on the old Colmore Estate which originally stretched from Temple Row in the city centre, around St Phillip's Cathedral , to the northern end of Newhall Street . Originally the estate surrounded New Hall which was occupied by the Colmore family. Edmund was one of the sons. Other roads on the estate are named after some of

238-505: Is located partially on the old Central Library site and was designed by Eric Parry Architects . Grant Associates were awarded the contract to design the new common realm. The first phase of the development was predicted to cost £160 million, of that £120 million will be on the first two buildings. Carillion was appointed as contractor for this phase. PricewaterhouseCoopers announced in March 2016 that they had agreed to take office space on

272-458: Is now Centenary Square. A masterplan by William Haywood in 1918 proposed to create a grand civic centre west of Easy Row and north of Broad Street . Due to financial constraints and the onset of World War II , only the Hall of Memory in 1925 and Baskerville House in 1938 were built. After the war, the idea to create a grand civic centre was still greeted with enthusiasm. Herbert Manzoni , who

306-479: Is the name given to an area of approximately 7 hectares (17 acres) in Birmingham city centre between Chamberlain and Centenary Squares . The area has been part of the civic centre of Birmingham, England since the 19th century when it contained buildings such as the Town Hall , Mason Science College , Birmingham and Midland Institute buildings and Central Library. The site was redeveloped from 1960 to 1975 into

340-638: Is today as the central island in a gyratory roundabout. A tunnel was created beneath the site forming the Queensway Tunnel between Great Charles Street and Suffolk Street. Paradise Circus Queensway effectively formed a roundabout around the site running on what was Easy Row and Ratcliff Place to the west of the Town Hall. In combination with Manzoni's highway plans, John Madin produced the Paradise Circus masterplan in 1965. Madin designed

374-562: The Chamberlain Memorial . By the end of the 19th century, the buildings surrounding Chamberlain Place formed a grand civic centre, however beyond this the west and northern parts of the site fronting Great Charles Street and Easy Row remained small Georgian brick buildings comprising workshops, manufacturers and public houses. In the early part of the 20th century, the city had sought to extend its civic centre westwards into what

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408-591: The Mayor of the West Midlands . After Carillion went into liquidation in January 2018, BAM Construct UK was appointed to complete the construction of One Chamberlain Square. BAM Construct UK also secured the contract to deliver Two Chamberlain Square. The topping out ceremony for Two Chamberlain Square took place on 25 January 2019. In April 2019, wine bar and restaurant Vinoteca confirmed it would be opening on

442-403: The 19th century, Birmingham developed rapidly as a manufacturing centre and the domestic dwellings on the site became filled with small manufacturers and workshops. Birmingham Town Hall was constructed between 1832 and 1834 in the south east corner of the site and the area of what is now Chamberlain Square was cleared of buildings during its construction. After the Town Hall was built, this area

476-523: The Central Library as the centrepiece part of a large civic centre scheme on the newly created Paradise Circus site. The library was constructed between 1971 and 1973 with the old Central Library demolished soon after. The space created from demolition allowed the School of Music and Fletcher's Walk shopping arcade to be built south of the library. Originally planned to be built alongside the library

510-466: The design of J.H. Chamberlain opened in 1882. Mason Science College opened in 1875 occupying the area north of Edmund Street. This college was a grand gothic revival building designed by Jethro Cossins. Also at this time the Liberal Club was built on the corner of Congreve and Edmund Streets. The cleared area north of the Town Hall was laid out as Chamberlain Place in 1880 with the erection of

544-463: The fact that the 'circus' element would disappear when Paradise Circus Queensway next to the Town Hall was pedestrianised. The early settlement of Birmingham was focused on the parish church of St Martin in the Bull Ring , approximately 8 m (26 ft) east of the present Paradise Circus. As the medieval settlement grew in the 16th and 17th centuries, the area was on the western boundary of

578-565: The ground floor of Two Chamberlain Square in early 2020. A four star hotel will be built on the south west corner of the site overlooking Suffolk Street Queensway . This hotel will be built as a replacement for the Copthorne Hotel who will take ownership of it before their current building is demolished. Ian Springford Architects have been chosen to design the hotel. In March 2018, Birmingham City Council's planning committee granted permission for One Centenary Way to be constructed on

612-483: The other siblings. It was formerly known as Little Charles Street and Harlow Street. Edmund Street extends from Chamberlain Square at its western end to Livery Street and Snow Hill station at its eastern end. It originally continued westwards to Suffolk Street, where it became Broad Street , but in the 1960s this part was redeveloped as Paradise Circus, part of the Inner Ring Road . Much of Edmund Street

646-405: The present Paradise Circus based within a roundabout on the Inner Ring Road system containing a new Central Library and School of Music . From 2015, Argent Group will redevelop the area into new mixed use buildings and public squares. Although there are no maps dating from the period to confirm this, a manorial survey of 1553 (reproduced as the conjectural 1857 Bickey and Hill map) records that

680-400: The project. The first phase started on 5 January 2015 with the scope including revised road layout, new public realm and two new office buildings providing 250,000 sq ft (23,000 m ) of office space to be completed between 2018 and 2019. Two Chamberlain Square was constructed adjacent northwest of the Town Hall and was designed by Glenn Howells Architects. One Chamberlain Square

714-532: The scheme. In May 2021, Birmingham City Council announced that Paradise Circus would be renamed Lyon Queensway and would not reopen to motorists. Instead it would be prioritised for buses, trams, taxis and bicycles. This decision to change the road name was met with criticism from Birmingham historian Carl Chinn in May 2021. 52°28′48″N 1°54′18″W  /  52.4799°N 1.9051°W  / 52.4799; -1.9051 Edmund Street Edmund Street

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748-406: The site of the old Adrian Boult Hall conservatoire. Designed by Glenn Howells Architects, the 280,000 sq ft (26,000 m ) office building is 13 storeys tall, with space for shops and restaurants at street level. This final phase will comprise five buildings projected to be built between 2020 and 2025. The following is a table of schemes currently under construction or in planning for

782-425: The site of the present Paradise Circus is on the western boundary of the town. The field name 'Paradise Close' is shown on the map where the current site derives its name. The name 'Paradise' could reflect satisfaction with the quality of land or indicate the presence of a medieval pleasure garden, among other possibilities. As a result of this the street at the southern end of the site was named Paradise Street when

816-416: The street was laid out in the late 18th century. When the road layout was transformed into a gyratory roundabout in the 1960s, the site became known as Paradise Circus. Areas within the site were named Paradise Place and the shopping arcade created under Central Library in the early 1990s was named Paradise Forum. In 2014, it was announced that the new development would be named as simply 'Paradise' to reflect

850-515: The title Paradise Circus . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paradise_Circus&oldid=1185514836 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Paradise, Birmingham Paradise , formerly named Paradise Circus ,

884-464: The top 4.5 floors of One Chamberlain Square on a 20-year lease, moving in early 2019. In December 2017, PricewaterhouseCoopers made the decision to lease the entire building. Piling works for One Chamberlain Square began in August 2016 and were complete by December 2016 when construction of cores commenced. A topping out ceremony on One Chamberlain Square was carried out on 15 December 2017, attended by

918-467: The town and remained as fields. The area remained rural until the Colmore family began to expand their estate in the 1760s. In Hanson's map of 1778, the site is now bounded by Great Charles Street, Congreve Street, Paradise Street and Easy Row with Edmund Street running through its centre dividing it into two blocks. The buildings within the blocks are large domestic dwellings with rear gardens. During

952-506: Was Congreve House which connected the library to the Birmingham Art Gallery but it was never used for its intended purpose and became office space. The council failed to implement the original plan for Paradise Circus. Spending cuts led to the council's decision to sell off the land surrounding the library, ending the vision of a publicly financed and owned civic centre occupying the entire site. A 200-seat Library Theatre

986-435: Was a School of Music, Drama Centre, Athletic Institute, offices, shops, public house, a car park with 500 spaces and a bus interchange. The collection of civic buildings were all to be connected by high level walkways and the network of galleries which bridge the roads. The School of Music and a public house (The Yardbird) were the only other buildings in the original plans to be built and the only high level walkways completed

1020-400: Was appointed City Engineer and Surveyor in 1935, developed a plan for an Inner Ring Road between 1942 and 1952 and presented them in the publication Birmingham: 50 Years On . This plan for an urban motorway running through the centre of Birmingham came to fruition when Smallbrook Ringway began construction in 1957. The Inner Ring Road would in between 1960 and 1971 create Paradise Circus as it

1054-587: Was built between the School of Music and the reference library block in 1983–86. The theatre was a design and build scheme by Henry Boot Projects. Although the design was in Madin's original plans, he had no involvement in the construction phase. Chamberlain House and the Copthorne Hotel were built to the west of the library in 1985–87 with wedge shaped ends. To the north of the library where an Athletic Institute

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1088-456: Was developing into the civic centre of Birmingham. The Birmingham and Midland Institute was built to the west of the Town Hall in 1857 with a new street named Ratcliff Place dividing them. The first Central Library opened in 1865 occupying a site south of Edmund Street and west of the Town Hall adjoining the BMI building to the north. This library was destroyed by fire in 1879 and its replacement to

1122-449: Was named Paradise Forum, originally proposed as an alfresco eating and entertainment area but eventually leased to property companies who sublet the units to shops and fast food outlet tenants such as McDonald's , J D Wetherspoon , Greggs and Nando's . The uncompleted bus interchange became service areas for the tenants of Paradise Forum. In 1999, the whole of Paradise Circus was sold to Argent Group. Glenn Howells Architects produced

1156-486: Was originally to be built, a six-storey office block (77 Paradise Circus) was constructed in 1988–89. A footbridge connecting the library with Centenary Square was added as part of improvements to the square in 1988–89, replacing a pedestrian subway. The roadway was lowered at the same time. The library's atrium was enclosed with a glass roof and screens by the City Architect's Department in 1989–91. The space below

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