The Library of Birmingham was designed by Mecanoo, with Francine Houben as lead architect and Buro Happold as structural and civil engineer, for Birmingham City Council. The infobox gives a start on January 7, 2010 and completion in April 2013. The text says work began in January 2010, with completion scheduled for September 3, 2013, the opening date.
The article lists the style as Postmodern and High-Tech. It names no materials. The building is 200 feet (60 m) tall, with ten floors above ground and one below, and 20,798 square meters of floor area plus 6,804 shared with the Rep theatre. The estimated cost was 188.8 million pounds.
It won the Architects' Journal Building of the Year in 2013 and was a Stirling Prize nominee in 2014. It replaced Birmingham Central Library, which was demolished in 2016. The article cites 2015 and 2016 hours, closed Sundays, and gives no current hours.
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