tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49084662622738995912024-02-19T02:50:08.101-08:00Abacus ArchitectsArchitect Birmingham & architects midlands. Abacus are experienced chartered architectsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082331004297909433noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908466262273899591.post-39316203378698833842015-07-01T08:01:00.000-07:002015-07-01T08:01:36.727-07:00Birmingham architects: Abacus Architects<div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.714285714; margin-bottom: 1.714285714rem;">
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<strong>Abacus Architects is an RIBA Chartered Practice based in the <a data-mce-href="http://www.birmingham-jewellery-quarter.net/" href="http://www.birmingham-jewellery-quarter.net/" style="color: #21759b; outline: none;">Birmingham Jewellery Quarter</a>.</strong></div>
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We hold over nineteen years of experience in architecture and source only them most reputable people for our projects across the UK. Our years in the architectural industry mean we are able to develop a client's vision into a living structure. We pride ourselves in providing creative designs at high quality and maintaining our client's satisfaction.</div>
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<span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;">You can see our current clients <a data-mce-href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/clients.php" href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/clients.php" style="color: #21759b; outline: none;" target="_blank">here</a>, alternatively, our portfolio can be viewed <a data-mce-href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/portfolio.php" href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/portfolio.php" style="color: #21759b; outline: none;" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<a data-mce-href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/" href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/" style="color: #21759b; outline: none;" target="_blank">Abacus Architects</a> are the people to go to if you're looking for Birmingham architects for any architectural projects that involve any of the following architectural areas:</div>
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- Commercial<br />- Community projects<br />- Conservation works<br />- Education<br />- Industrial<br />- Listed buildings<br />- Medical<br />- Residential (community and private)<br />- Retail development<br />- Specialist projects</div>
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In order to keep our clients satisfied, we offer a selection of services to meet their needs, including planning, design, and technical drawing services along with our multiple years of expertise.</div>
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<strong>For more information about Abacus - <a data-mce-href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/" href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/" style="color: #21759b; outline: none;" target="_blank">Architects Birmingham</a>, please visit our website!</strong></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082331004297909433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908466262273899591.post-86288781351740274622015-06-04T09:30:00.000-07:002015-06-04T09:40:58.860-07:00Architecture of Birmingham - points of historical interest.<div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;">
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<span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;">Although </span><span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;">Birmingham</span><span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;"> in </span><span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;">England</span><span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;"> has existed for over 1000 years, today's city is certainly a product of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries with variety of </span><span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;">architectural styles</span><span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;">.</span></div>
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Birmingham is a young city, having grown rapidly as a result of the Industrial Revolution starting in the 18th century. As of 2006, there are 1946 listed buildings in Birmingham, 13 scheduled ancient monuments and 27 conservation areas. The <a href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/">Architects Birmingham</a> from Abacus.</div>
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Medival architecture</h2>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Aston Hall, designed in a Jacobean style in 1618</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">St Laurence's Church, Northfield, 12th century</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">St Nicolas' Church, 13th century and Tudor Merchant's House, 1492, in Kings Norton</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Hay Hall in Small Heath, 1423</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Blakesley Hall in Yardley, 1590</li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Regency townhouses in Waterloo Street, ca. 1827</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">The recently-renovated Birmingham Back to Backs on Hurst Street are the last remaining back-to-back houses in the city.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">St Paul's Church by Roger Eykyn, 1779</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Original Georgian terraces in St. Paul's Square, ca. 1780</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Soho House by Samuel Wyatt, 1796</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Regency villa inEdgbaston, ca. 1820</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">St. Thomas', Lee Bank, byHenry Hutchinson, 1827</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Lee Crescent in Lee Bank, ca. 1830</li>
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Victorian architecture</h2>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Midland Bank, Waterloo Street, by Henry Hutchinson</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Old Joint Stock Theatre, byJ. A. Chatwin, 1864</li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Birmingham Town Hall, by Joseph Hansom and Edward Welch, 1834.</li>
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High Victorian architecture</h2>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Birmingham School of Art, designed byJohn Henry Chamberlain.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">The Arts and Crafts Movement</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">21 Yateley Road, Edgbaston,<span style="font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Grade I</span>designed by Herbert Tudor Buckland in 1899 as his own home.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">122-124 Colmore Row<span style="font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Grade I</span> by William Lethaby, 1900</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Birmingham Guild of Handicraft by Arthur Stansfield Dixon, 1898.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;"><i>Garth House</i>, Edgbaston, by William Henry Bidlake, 1901</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;"><i>Winterbourne</i>, by Joseph Lancaster Ball, 1903</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Bournville Junior School, by William Alexander Harvey, 1905</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Four Oaks Methodist Church by Crouch and Butler, 1908</li>
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Edwardian Architecture</h2>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">The former Odeon Cinema in Sutton Coldfield by Harry Weedon and Cecil Clavering, 1936.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">The Birmingham Medical School and Queen Elizabeth Hospital by Henry Vaughan Lanchester and Thomas Arthur Lodge, 1938<span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;"> </span></li>
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Contemporary architecture</h2>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Buildings in Brindleyplace, by CZWG, 1997 andStanton Williams, 1999</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Millennium Point, byNicholas Grimshaw & Partners, 2002</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">10 Holloway Circus by Ian Simpson, 2006</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">The Cube, by Ken Shuttleworth of MAKE Architects, 2010</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">Newman University Library, by Glenn Howells Architects, 2011</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;">The Library of Birmingham, by Mecanoo, 2013</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082331004297909433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908466262273899591.post-48513795253853033152015-03-03T07:53:00.003-08:002015-03-03T07:53:30.947-08:00Cutting edge architecture to house Birmingham's books<div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.714285714; margin-bottom: 1.714285714rem;">
The new Library in Birmingham, Europe's largest public library - opened in the first week September 2013. Complimenting the <a data-mce-href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/portfolio.php?pid=All%20Projects" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/portfolio.php?pid=All%20Projects" style="color: #21759b; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714; outline: none;" title="Architects Midlands">modern architecture</a><span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;"> is a room from the 19th Century that has been recreated inside to house one of the UK's most important Shakespeare collections.</span></div>
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Can cutting edge architecture inspire bookworms and playwrights alike? Either way, it's a stunning addtion to Birmingham archtiecture. See the <a data-mce-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23870240" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23870240" style="color: #21759b; outline: none;" title="Birmingham Architecture">BBC video</a> for an sneak preview. As <a data-mce-href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/" href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/" style="color: #21759b; outline: none;" title="Architect Birmingham">Architects in Birmingham</a>, we'd like to hear your thoughts on the design, how nice you find it on the eye, and whether you'll be visiting.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082331004297909433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908466262273899591.post-33877287703741769372015-02-04T05:25:00.001-08:002015-02-04T05:25:08.784-08:00Birmingham Canals - architecture to be admired<div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.714285714; margin-bottom: 1.714285714rem;">
<strong>The whole Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) system adds up to 100 miles of canals, showcasing some stunning scenery and <a data-mce-href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/" href="http://www.abacusarchitects.co.uk/" style="color: #21759b; outline: none;" title="Architects Midlands">architecture</a>.</strong></div>
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It is one of the most intricate canal networks in the world. The hub of the BCN is the bustling city centre junction at Gas Street Basin. Here, colourful boats and historic canal architecture sit side-by-side with vibrant restaurants, cafes and bars. The basin is in the heart of Birmingham’s cosmopolitan nightlife and shopping districts. The mainlines and city centre canals are busy with boaters, walkers and cyclists.</div>
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However, elsewhere on the BCN, you can really get away from it all on winding suburban canals and some surprisingly rural branches. In the northern waters of the BCN, there are some rarely-explored waterways and architecture that are truly off the beaten track.</div>
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The canals were the life-blood of Victorian Birmingham and the Black Country. At their height, they were so busy that gas lighting was installed beside the locks to permit round-the-clock operation. Boats were built without cabins for maximum carrying capacity, and a near-tidal effect was produced as swarms of narrowboats converged on the Black Country collieries at the same time every day.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082331004297909433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908466262273899591.post-11198710687719091812015-01-05T08:23:00.002-08:002015-01-05T08:24:12.055-08:00Birmingham’s architectural influence on JRR Tolkien<div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.714285714; margin-bottom: 1.714285714rem;">
Not many people know that JRR Tolkien was raised in the Birmingham suburb of Kings Heath and that his time in Birmingham clearly influenced his famous fantasy novels. Fans can explore locations across Birmingham city that shaped the ideology and setting of his famed stories. With this in mind, we hope you enjoy our top Tolkien sights in Birmingham....<b> </b></div>
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<b>Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clocktower</b><br />
<span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;">Known affectionately as </span>Old Joe<span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;">, the world’s tallest freestanding clock-tower is situated right in the heart of the Edgbaston campus of the </span>University of Birmingham<span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;">. Tolkien was influenced by this 100-metre high clock-tower in his design of the stone tower Orthanc, the black tower of Isengrad from </span><i data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;">The Lord of the Rings.</i></div>
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<b>Perrot’s Folly and Edgbaston Waterworks Tower</b><br />
<span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;">The Edgbaston landmarks of </span>Perrot’s Folly<span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;"> and the Waterworks Tower inspired Minas Morgul and Minas Tirith, the Two Towers of Gondor, after which the second volume of </span><i data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;">The Lord of the Rings</i><span data-mce-style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;" style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;"> is named.</span></div>
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<b>Moseley Bog</b><br />
Moseley Bog nature reserve was Tolkien’s childhood playground and he stated that the site inspired the Old Forest, where Frodo Baggins and company meet Tom Bombaldil in <i>The Fellowship of the Ring</i>.</div>
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<b>Sarehole Mill</b><br />
The 200-year-old Sarehole Mill, referred to as 'the great mill' in <i>The Hobbit</i>, stands on the River Cole, near King's Norton. Tolkien said that the village of Sarehole was the model for the Shire, home of Bilbo Baggins in <i>The Hobbit</i>.</div>
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