Birmingham Foyer
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Protected entrance and courtyard on the north side of the building
Martine Hamilton Knight Download Original
Five-storey building housing integrated learning and accommodation centres and secure housing, support and training for young people
The reception space is at the knuckle of the curved plan with the restaurant and main social area adjacent with full height, south-facing glazing.
On each of the upper four floors the corridor terminates at its western end in a triangular common room with two fully glazed walls coming to a sharp point. The residential rooms face north and are treated with brick cladding panels.
Data
- Begun: Nov 2004
- Completed: May 1998
- Sector: Civic
- Total cost: £3.3M
- Procurement: JCT 80 Standard Form of Contract
- Address: William Booth Lane, St. Chad's Circus, Birmingham, B4 6HJ, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Ian Simpson Architects
- Project architect: Helen Trott
- Client: Focus Housing Group
- Quantity surveyor: Silk And Frazier
- Structural engineer: Maurice Johnson and Associates
- Services engineer: Powerline
- Project manager: Cyril Sweett Project Consultants
- Main contractor: Moss Construction
Suppliers
- Precast concrete: Birchwood
- Glazing and curtain walling: Saint-Gobain Ecophon
- Aluminium fascias: Central Industrial Roofing
- Bricks: Marshalls Street Furniture