Birmingham College of Food and Tourism: Legge Lane College Campus development

[Erebus555]

Not sure if this has been mentioned somewhere else but here it goes!

Location: Legge Lane, Jewellery Quarter
Architect: Glancy Nicholls Architects
Size: 75,000 sq ft.
Cost: £15 million
Status: Planning application to be submitted Spring 2007.
Height: Four storeys with 2 storey underground car park
Facilities: Class rooms, practical areas, lecture theatre, library and admin offices.












Images from architect website: http://www.glancynicholls.com/

[Stefan88]

The bowl thing on the front of it looks cool. It's like a big bowl of soup. Quite appropriate seeing as though it's a food college.

[smysticed]

When i saw it first i thought of a diamond, probably due to the jewelry quarter location, although you're probably closer to it than me. Or we could both be wrong...

[Erebus555]

I think this would be a very attractive building but I really want to know what it's surroundings are like. It is a modern building in a conservation area.

If this were closer to the city centre or somewhere like new Street, it could have the potential to become iconic locally and very maybe nationally.

[smysticed]

Agreed, we need some proper renders to see how this will sit in it's location. I think the design does look striking and could be excellent if built properly.

[U475 Foxtrot]

Here's the site

[Erebus555]

Cheers Foxy! Bloody hell - that really does need help, and this is the development for it, me thinks! There's little architectural quality in that stretch anyway so it'll look fine.

But the circular thing will be at the back and not facing the street...

[U475 Foxtrot]

This helps to orientate it. maybe another gateway into the JQ?

Originally Posted by Erebus555

[Steve-e-b]

And here's a map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...4591&z=16&om=1

It's worryingly close to the heart of the Jewellery Quarter. But it's also not far from the edge - almost on the middleway. And when you think this development will be adjacent to the St Georges development, with its mini Gherkin, maybe there is a chance it will go through.

[U475 Foxtrot]

and if the College of food is relocating then something must be happening with their current building

[Erebus555]

Not sure if it is relocating, but with the so much plus admin offices it sounds very likely. Where is their current site anyway?

[feltip]

On summer row up from Apres although the site is huge i think overlooking lionel street by Express by Holiday Inn.

The way its going and its programmes it may well one day become a university itself. It currently is accredited through the University of Birmingham. Often its derided as College of Cakes but nationally its one of the top colleges of its kind in UK.

Also, if you can book a table or even get a hair appointment you get these at fraction of price of normal places as they 'practice' on you.

[Erebus555]

The Simpson's episode where Bart gets a discount 'practise' haircut has stayed with me for ever and I'll shy away from it. Thanks though! It would be fantastic to see it become a university, indeed!

[Biosonic]

I like this - quirky from one side but respecting the street frontage from the other.

I thought there had already been a planning application approved for this spot - a fairly standard-looking apartment block? Prob on the JQ thread somewhere...

[hammerb24]

I like the look of it, if this goes ahead, and I'm guessing it's just a vision at the moment this would free up the current site?

[Bachy Soletanche]

You can get a good look aross Birmingham* from that car park next to the site, so if I'm reading the pics right the Kenwood Mixing bowl thingy could be quite visable if it's tall enough.

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[NeilM]

I thought it would be a Pyrex bowl myself