The University of Birmingham Exchange

by Make Architects and Glancy Nicholls Architects

Client University of Birmingham

Award RIBA West Midlands Award 2023, RIBA West Midlands Conservation Award 2023.

Birmingham’s Municipal Bank is a prominent 1930s neoclassical building in Centenary Square adapted into The Exchange, a civic hub and an important city-centre presence for the University of Birmingham. 

This Grade II-listed building has been extended and sensitively restored to accommodate a range of different uses, from a café in the former banking hall to a gallery and event space.   

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.

Contractor Galliford Try

Environmental / M&E Engineer WSP

Structural Engineer WSP

Project Management Mace

Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant RLF

Heritage consultant Donald Insall Associates

Gross internal area in m2 4217