Selfridges Birmingham

{{Short description|Department store in Birmingham}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}

{{Infobox building

| name = Selfridges Building

| image = Selfridges Building, Birmingham (2012).jpg

| caption = View from Park St car park

| building_type = Department Store

| architectural_style = Blobitecture

| structural_system = Steel framework with sprayed concrete facade

|cost = £60 million

| location = Park Street, Birmingham, England

| owner = Selfridges & Co.

| coordinates = {{coord|52|28|40.02|N|1|53|32.13|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| start_date = 1999

| completion_date = {{Start date|df=yes|2003|09}}

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| floor_count = 6

| floor_area = 14,864m² (160,000sq ft)

| main_contractor = Laing O'Rourke

| architect = Jan Kaplický, Amanda Levete

| architecture_firm = Future Systems

| structural_engineer = Ove Arup & Partners

| services_engineer = Ove Arup & Partners

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The Selfridges Building is a landmark building in Birmingham, England. The building is part of the Bullring Shopping Centre and houses Selfridges Department Store. The building was completed in 2003 at a cost of £60 million{{Citation | last =Flatman | first =Ben| title =Birmingham: Shaping the City| publisher = RIBA Publishing| year =2008 | page = 147 | isbn =978-1-85946-245-4}} and designed by the architecture firm Future Systems. It has a steel framework with sprayed concrete facade.{{Citation | url = http://www.steelconstruction.org/resources/design-awards/2004/award/selfridges-structural-frame-the-bullring-birmingham.html | title = Selfridges Structural Frame | publisher = Steel Construction.org | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101024155451/http://www.steelconstruction.org/resources/design-awards/2004/award/selfridges-structural-frame-the-bullring-birmingham.html | archive-date = 24 October 2010 }} Since its construction, the building has become an iconic architectural landmark and seen as a major contribution to the regeneration of Birmingham.{{Cite news|title = Regeneration and quality woo savvy shoppers to Birmingham|url = http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0f7247b6-5d3c-11e5-a28b-50226830d644.html#axzz3xyBobQXW|newspaper = Financial Times|location=London|date = 2015-09-28|access-date = 2016-01-22|issn = 0307-1766|first = John Murray|last = Brown}} It is one of the backgrounds as part of the Architecture theme in Windows 7.