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Glazing has been installed on the Urban Splash redevelopment of the Rotunda in Birmingham, designed by Glenn Howells. External cladding specialist Lindner Schmidlin and main contractor Urban Splash Build installed 1,250 panes measuring 2.6m x 1.4m and weighing 150kg each. The glazing on the 232-apartment block took six months and the building is expected to open next April.
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Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne, Noddy Holder … the Midlands has produced its fair share of rock stars. Sadly, frustrated musician Glenn Howells wasn’t one of them. But now, with a Stirling prize nomination to his name, the Birmingham architect is about to get his turn in the limelight.
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