Millennium Point (Birmingham)

Millennium Point
General information
Type	Mixed Use
Location	Curzon Street, Birmingham, England
Completed	September 2001
Cost	114 million Pound sterling
Owner	Millennium Point Trust
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Grimshaw Architects
Structural engineer	Buro Happold
Civil engineer	Ove Arup & Partners
Main contractor	Galliford Try

Millennium Point is a multi-use meeting complex in Birmingham, England, situated in the developing Eastside of the city centre. The complex contains Birmingham Science Museum, Birmingham School of Acting and Birmingham City University's Faculty of Computing, Engineering and The Built Environment, part of Birmingham Metropolitan College and formerly a Giant Screen cinema.

The complex was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 2 July 2002, although it had been in use since the previous year.

Millennium Point is a Millennium Commission project, and it was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners. Construction is estimated to have cost £114 million, and £50 million funding was granted by the National Lottery.

The building is constructed mainly as a cuboid, with a cylindrical offshoot holding the cinema. This annexe glows different colours at night. The front facade is mainly glass, and is covered in long slats with the logo of Millennium Point revealed behind.

The purpose of the complex is primarily educational, and as such is home to Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum. The largest tenant of the building is currently the Faculty of Technology, Engineering and the Environment - the technology faculty of Birmingham City University. The university also operates the Birmingham School of Acting on site. Faculties of Birmingham Metropolitan College, the University of the First Age and the Young People's Parliament are located in smaller units, as is teachers' network Tide~ global learning.

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