Skyscrapers And Modular Housing: Birmingham City Living Is On The Move
Birmingham’s residential scene is diversifying, with plans for modular housing revealed at the same time as plans for the city's second 100 metre-plus residential tower take a leap forward.
Aprirose is to develop the 33-storey block as part of The Bank scheme, between Brindleyplace and Broad Street. It is due to complete late next year. The tower plan is launched as the site's first completed block of 22 storeys is now 70% pre-sold, the Wolverhampton Express & Star reports.
The skyward thrust comes as Birmingham City Council-owned Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust reveals pioneering plans to trial modular housing.
A 50-home off-site manufactured housing development will begin in spring 2019 with a larger programme following in 2020. Contractors are being invited to work on five models already designed by the council, Construction Enquirer reports.
The move into modular housing coincides with a city council announcement that it is demolishing five examples of the advanced construction methods of the recent past.
A £43.3M scheme will see so-called "large panel system" blocks at the Druids Heath Estate demolished. Three further blocks will be refurbished as part of a 250-unit redevelopment, Inside Housing reports.
