Ringway Centre

Ringway Centre
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Alternative namesSBQ
General information
Architectural styleModern
AddressSmallbrook Queensway
Town or cityBirmingham
CountryEngland
Elevation127m
Completed1962
OwnerCEG
Technical details
Floor count6
Design and construction
Architect(s)James Roberts, Sydney Greenwood
Main contractorLaing Construction

Ringway Centre is a Grade B locally listed[1] building located on Smallbrook Queensway in the city centre of Birmingham, England. The six-storey, 230 metres (750 ft) long building was designed by architect James Roberts as part of the Inner Ring Road scheme in the 1950s and is notable for its gentle sweeping curved frontal elevation.[2]

Completed in 1962, the Ringway Centre was the first part of the Inner Ring Road scheme to be completed, and the only part with street-level shops and footways.[3] The building currently provides office space on its upper floors and commercial space at street level.

  1. ^ "What is a locally listed building?". Birmingham City Council. Birmingham. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. ^ Foster 2005, p. 201.
  3. ^ Harvey 2003, p. 67.