Five Ways Tower

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Building
Five Ways Tower
Type	Commercial
Location	Frederick Road, Five Ways, Birmingham, England
Coordinates	52°28′16.74″N 1°54′58.78″W / 52.4713167, -1.9163278Coordinates: 52°28′16.74″N 1°54′58.78″W / 52.4713167, -1.9163278
Construction
Completed	1979
Height	76 metres (249 ft)
Floor Count	23
Design Team
Architect	Philip Bright

Five Ways Tower is a commercial building on Frederick Road, near to the Five Ways roundabout, in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England. The building is currently empty, as a result of suffering from Sick Building Syndrome.

The building's architect was Philip Bright of the Property Services Agency. Andy Foster described it as being similar to the work of James Stirling.^[1]

[edit] See also

List of highrise buildings in Birmingham, UK

[edit] References

^ Foster, Andy [2005] (2007). Birmingham, Pevsner Architectural Guides. Yale University Press, 238. ISBN 978-0-300-10731-9.

[edit] External links

v • d • e Buildings in Birmingham, England

Highrise (in height order):	BT Tower • 10 Holloway Circus • Chamberlain Clock Tower • Alpha Tower • Orion Building • The Rotunda • 103 Colmore Row • Five Ways Tower • Centre City Tower • 1 Snow Hill Plaza • Quayside Tower • Colmore Gate • The McLaren Building • Metropolitan House • Edgbaston House • Post & Mail Building • Jury's Inn Birmingham

Notable lowrise:	1-7 Constitution Hill • 17 & 19 Newhall Street • Birmingham Assay Office • Baskerville House • Central Library • Council House • Curzon Street railway station • Great Western Arcade • ICC • The Mailbox • Methodist Central Hall • Millennium Point • NIA • The Old Crown • Paradise Forum • Birmingham Proof House • Sarehole Mill • Symphony Hall • Town Hall • Victoria Law Courts

Major railway stations:	Moor Street station • New Street station • Snow Hill station

Major complexes:	Brindleyplace • Bull Ring, Birmingham • Pallasades Shopping Centre

Sports venues:	Alexander Stadium • Edgbaston Cricket Ground • St. Andrews • Villa Park

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