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Dudes – did you know there is a blog dedicated to Kenton Bar? Designed by Ryder and Yates – take a look at http://kentonbar.blogspot.com
Not sure if you’re aware of this, but Birmingham Library is touting for suggestions for which book should be the first to be placed on the shelves of the new building when it opens on September 3rd. Library of Birmingham Blog
I’ve suggested this book to them:
John Madin (20th Century Architects)
Which acts as both a sarcastic comment about their philistinism, and also a tribute to the great man whose fabulous Central Library they’re demolishing needlessly.