Muirhead Tower, Birmingham

£40.00

Muirhead Tower, Birmingham

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A Brutalist landmark, finely detailed in concrete by Spaceplay.

Muirhead Tower, Birmingham

Name: Muirhead Tower, Birmingham
Brand: Spaceplay
SKU: MINI_016
Price: 40.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£40.00

Solid Cast-Concrete Miniature Model
Size: 9cm long, 4.5cm high, 5.5cm deep
Scale: 1:X (approx)

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Keep your campus years close with a hand-cast concrete model. Whether you studied in its shadow or stared at it from a seminar room window, honour a steady, elegant presence.

Made to order and shipped within 30 days

Designed and made in my UK studio

Comes gift-boxed for the perfect concrete gift

Express processing available for UK orders

Shipping

All Spaceplay models are made to order and are usually made and posted within 30 days.

All orders are sent using a tracked postal service, and you’ll receive tracking details once your model has been posted.

UK orders usually arrive within 3 working days after posting. International orders usually arrive within 8 working days after posting, although customs and local postal services can sometimes cause delays.

If you need your order for a specific date, please let me know before ordering and I’ll do my best to help.

UK customers can also select Express Shipping at checkout to have their model made and posted within 8 days.

Returns

You can return unused and undamaged items within 30 days of delivery for a refund, excluding return postage costs.

If your model arrives damaged, faulty, or incorrect, please email me within 14 days of delivery with your order number and photos of the issue. I’ll arrange a free replacement to be made and posted to you.

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Building Information

Location: University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Architect: Philip Dowson (Arup Associates)
Completed: 1971
Status: Still in use, Grade II listed

Brief Overview:
Muirhead Tower is a 16-storey Brutalist high-rise designed by Arup Associates as part of the University of Birmingham’s 1960s expansion. Its exposed concrete frame and distinctive window grid reflect the structural clarity and restraint of the era. Now Grade II listed, the tower remains a defining feature of the campus and a landmark in British university architecture.

Making my concrete model

Muirhead Tower, Birmingham

The Muirhead Tower miniature concrete model is a piece for anyone who spent long hours on its upper floors at the University of Birmingham. Philip Dowson of Arup Associates designed the 16-storey tower in 1971, and its exposed concrete frame and precise window grid still define the Edgbaston campus skyline. This concrete model of Muirhead Tower captures that calm, upright grid at 6cm, a quiet desk sculpture for a study, shelf or office. It's made for University of Birmingham alumni, staff and students, architects who admire Arup's restraint, and lovers of Brutalist architecture on campus. It makes a graduation gift with real meaning. Hand-cast in solid concrete, it has the weight and texture of the building itself, and no two are alike.