NewsgalleryBirmingham Central Library over the yearsBookmarkShareNewsByGraeme Brown11:21, 13 NOV 2013Updated09:26, 5 JAN 2015Work taking place on the Central Library in May 19711 of 21Looking at the Central Library from its successor the Library of Birmingham2 of 21Birmingham Central Library in 19783 of 21Charity abseilers goes down the side of Birmingham Central Library4 of 21Workers move stock to the new Central Library from its Victorian predecessor in 19735 of 21Birmingham Central Library's 'Brutalist' architecture6 of 21Staff celebrate the Central Library's tenth birthday in June 19837 of 21Two banners were put on the Central Library in Birmingham to celebrate the Queen's 80th birthday8 of 21The Central Library stone-laying ceremony in June 19709 of 21Birmingham Central Library under construction. The library is seen as Britain's best example of brutalist architecture10 of 21The colourful mural by Katharina Grosse on the side of Birmingham's Central Library11 of 21The Thomas Attwood sculpture and Birmingham Central Library12 of 21Central Library in years gone by13 of 21Birmingham Central Library under blue skies14 of 21Birmingham's skyline with the Central Library in the centre of the picture15 of 21The Central Library as seen from the new Library of Birmingham16 of 21Central Library designer John Madin17 of 21Birmingham Central Library18 of 21Birmingham Central Library19 of 21Birmingham Central Library20 of 21Birmingham Central Library21 of 21More OnLibrary of Birmingham