Developers are planning to create a new piece of public art as part of a scheme to create a public square in the city.
Colmore Business District (CBD) and Birmingham City Council have commissioned award-winning artist Wolfgang Buttress.
The art piece in Church Street Square is part of a transformation of a previously wide carriageway into a new open space with reduced carriageway, benches, greenery and enhanced lighting.
Mr Buttress has been appointed following a competition that saw artists submit artwork for the new enhanced space in the city’s professional quarter. Born in Birmingham he will work closely with CBD and Birmingham City Council to ensure the piece complements the surrounding area.
Gary Cardin, chairman of CBD, said, “We are delighted to be adding to the legacy of this project by commissioning a piece of art that will contribute and stimulate interest in this high quality and impressive scheme that we have been working to deliver.
Mr Buttress is the artist who designed the public art installed at Spiceal Street at the Bull Ring.
