Sunday, 31 January 2010

Back to Brum

After a while away I'm back in my hometown Birmingham in the UK. I forgot how cold it can get here. Its not as pretty as Tokyo but at night I managed to capture a few photo's of the city centre after a day of snow.

Above you can see Birmingham's famous Bullring shopping centre designed by Benoy. This part holds a Selfridges department store to a design by Future Systems. Its covered in shiny discs inspired by a Paco Rabanne sequinned dress and at night bright coloured lights are projected onto the walls. Also you can see St Martin's Church which was first built in 1263 AD. The current structure is a rebuilt version from 1873.
 
Here you can see the Rotunda (cylinder shaped building), the Symphony Hall and Birmingham's version of the London eye brought here from France.