The Birmingham Rotunda, Birmingham

£40.00

The Birmingham Rotunda, Birmingham

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A modernist landmark, finely detailed in concrete by Spaceplay.

The Birmingham Rotunda, Birmingham

Name: The Birmingham Rotunda, Birmingham
Brand: Spaceplay
SKU: MINI_009
Price: 40.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£40.00

Solid Cast-Concrete Miniature Model
Size: 8cm high, 5.5 cm wide, 5cm deep
Scale: 1:1000 (approx)

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Carry home with you, in concrete. Whether you grew up beneath the Rotunda or spotted it from the train, it always meant you were back.

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: Birmingham, UK
Architect: James A. Roberts Associates
Completed: 1965
Status: Grade II listed, residential and commercial use

Brief Overview:
The Rotunda is a 25-storey cylindrical tower that has become one of Birmingham’s most recognisable landmarks. Originally built as an office building and later converted to residential use, it was part of a wider post-war redevelopment of the Bull Ring area. Though once threatened with demolition, the Rotunda was saved, refurbished, and now stands protected as an enduring symbol of the city’s architectural legacy.

Making my concrete model

Some buildings feel like they’ve always been part of a City's skyline. The Birmingham Rotunda is one of them. Tall, cylindrical, and unmistakably modern, it rises from the heart of the city like a calm and steady watchtower. Since its completion in the 1960s, it has stood through decades of change, surviving near-demolition and emerging as one of Birmingham’s most enduring icons.

I’ve looked up at this building all my life. Its curve is simple, but getting that shape to feel right in miniature was anything but. Every detail, from the proportion of the bands to the softness of the profile needed to sit together. I worked and reworked it until it held the same stillness the real building has.

Now it’s here. A small tribute to the structure that has watched over Birmingham for generations.

The Birmingham Rotunda, Birmingham

If you've ever arranged to meet under the Rotunda, this Birmingham Rotunda miniature concrete model needs no introduction. James A. Roberts' 25-storey drum has watched over the Bull Ring since 1965. It survived threats of demolition, is now Grade II listed, and is still the shape most people picture when they think of Birmingham. This concrete model of the Rotunda keeps its clean cylinder and crown at 8cm, a small architectural sculpture for a desk, shelf or windowsill. It's made for Brummies, people who've moved away and miss the skyline, architects, and fans of Brutalist architecture and Birmingham modernism. It's an instantly
recognisable Birmingham gift, and it sits well beside the Ringway Centre, also
by Roberts. Cast by hand in solid concrete, it has the weight of the real thing
and a surface all its own.