Birmingham Central Library

Summary

Birmingham Central Library is a library building^[1]. It draws 63 Wikipedia views per month (library_building category, ranking #8 of 46).^[2]

Key Facts

• Birmingham Central Library is located in Birmingham^[3].
• Birmingham Central Library is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Birmingham Central Library's image is recorded as Chamberlain Square, Birmingham - DSC08773.JPG^[5].
• Birmingham Central Library's instance of is recorded as library building^[6].
• Birmingham Central Library's instance of is recorded as public library^[7].
• Birmingham Central Library's architect is recorded as John Madin^[8].
• Birmingham Central Library's owned by is recorded as Birmingham City Council^[9].
• Birmingham Central Library's movement is recorded as brutalist architecture^[10].
• Birmingham Central Library's architectural style is recorded as brutalist architecture^[11].
• Birmingham Central Library's main building contractor is recorded as Sir Robert McAlpine^[12].
• Birmingham Central Library's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123647629^[13].
• Birmingham Central Library's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n93015269^[14].
• Birmingham Central Library's location is recorded as Chamberlain Square^[15].
• Birmingham Central Library's Commons category is recorded as Birmingham Central Library^[16].
• Birmingham Central Library's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20033522^[17].
• +1973-12-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Birmingham Central Library^[18].
• Birmingham Central Library was dissolved in +2016-00-00T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Birmingham Central Library's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.480297222222, 'lon': -1.9047694444444}^[20].
• Birmingham Central Library's structural engineer is recorded as Arup^[21].
• Birmingham Central Library's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01ybhz^[22].
• Birmingham Central Library's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20090901013^[23].
• Birmingham Central Library's floors above ground is recorded as {'amount': '+8'}^[24].
• Birmingham Central Library's replaced by is recorded as Library of Birmingham^[25].
• Birmingham Central Library's Open Plaques subject ID is recorded as 8494^[26].
• Birmingham Central Library's Open Plaques subject ID is recorded as 8493^[27].

Body

Founding

+1973-12-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Birmingham Central Library^[18].

Ownership

Birmingham Central Library's owned by is recorded as Birmingham City Council^[9].

Dissolution

Birmingham Central Library was dissolved in +2016-00-00T00:00:00Z^[19].

Why It Matters

Birmingham Central Library draws 63 Wikipedia views per month (library_building category, ranking #8 of 46).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]