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Post & Mail Building

Colmore Circus, Ladywood
Birmingham ENG United Kingdom

Status:
destroyed
Construction Dates
  Began1960
  Finished1965
  Destroyed2005
Floor Count16
Building Uses
 - office
Structural Types
 - highrise

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Roof220 ft
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Description
• Architect: John H. D. Madin and Partners.

• Structural Engineers: Roy Bolsover and Associates.
• Demolition: Controlled Demolition Group Ltd.
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• The building had white Sicilian marble and black granite from Argentina.

• The Building, inspired by Lever House, is to be replaced by Colmore Plaza.

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