What is Birmingham Central Library?
{{Use British English|date=June 2018}}{{Infobox building | name = Birmingham Central Library | status = Demolished | image = BCL 20131106.jpg | building_type = [[Public library]] | architectural_style = [[Brutalist architecture|Brutalist]] | structural_system = | cost = 4.7 million [[Pound sterling]] | location = [[Chamberlain Square]], [[Birmingham]], [[England]] | owner = [[Birmingham City Council]] | coordinates = {{coord|52|28|49.07|N|1|54|17.17|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | start_date = April 1969 | completion_date = December 1973 | opening_date = 12 January 1974 | closing_date = 29 June 2013 | demolition_date = 2016 | height = {{convert|22.6|m|ft}} | top_floor = | floor_count = 8 | floor_area = 224,918m<sup>2</sup> | main_contractor = [[Sir Robert McAlpine]] | architect = [[John Madin]] | architecture_firm = John Madin Design Group | structural_engineer = [[Arup Group Limited|Ove Arup & Partners]] | services_engineer = R.W. Gregory & Partners | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = L.C. Wakeman & Partners | awards = | url = }} '''Birmingham Central Library''' was the main public [[library]] in [[Birmingham]], [[England]]. It closed on 29 June 2013 and was replaced with the [[Library of Birmingham]]. It was once the largest non-national library in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/news/birmingham-library/|title=Birmingham Central Library|access-date=2013-11-02|date=2009-11-23|publisher=English Heritage}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category-inline}} [[Category:Libraries in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Birmingham]] [[Category:1974 establishments in England]] [[Category:2013 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:21st-century disestablishments in England]] {{UK-stub}}