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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Birmingham council votes to demolish brutalist landmark

The Ringway Centre
The Ringway Centre is shaped by the roads around it. Photograph: Toby Parsons/Alamy

A brutalist landmark in the centre of Birmingham, described as an outstanding example of the city’s postwar “carchitecture”, is set to be demolished after councillors voted in favour of replacing it with apartment blocks.

Campaigners have been fighting to save the Ringway Centre for months, and dozens protested outside the council house as the planning meeting to decide its fate got under way on Thursday.

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