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Legendary Birmingham architect John Madin has slammed the city's new pounds 187 million library as a "disgraceful waste of taxpayers' money". Mr Madin, who designed the Central Library in Paradise Circus, said the council's new version under construction in Centenary Square would provide poorer facilities for the public and was unlikely to stand the test of time.
It would come to be seen as a very poor use of public funds at a time when city council finances were under great strain, he forecast.See the full content of this document
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'Odd'library Under Fire
Describing the modernistic cage-like exterior of the new building by Dutch architects Mecanoo as "very odd", Mr Madin said he did not believe the steel hoops portrayed the right image for a major c...
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