Seventies wallpaper makes a comeback in Birmingham

2009-04-03T00:00:00

Has seventies-style wallpaper inspired Mecanoo’s design for Birmingham Library?

Why bother hiring a world-class architect to design your new library when you can simply cover a few very large boxes with a classic wallpaper design from the seventies?

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