page_title: List of tallest buildings and structures in Birmingham
hierarchical_section_title: List of tallest buildings and structures in Birmingham
caption_attribution_description: BT Tower, Lionel Street, Birmingham, England as seen from Snow Hill railway station.
context_page_description: This list of the tallest buildings and structures in Birmingham ranks buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham by height.
  Birmingham currently has five towers completed at a height of 100 metres or more and a further two towers above 100 metres under construction. At, this is the third highest number of high rises of any metropolitan area in the United Kingdom after Greater London and Greater Manchester.
  The first structure to reach a height of 100 metres was the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower constructed in 1908 and located in the Bournbrook area of the city.
  However, further high-rise development in Birmingham did not begin until the post war development of the 1960s and 1970s as a means to house a high number of residents in and around the city core. During this period two further high rise buildings over 100 metres were constructed - the 152 metre BT Tower which remains the tallest structure in Central Birmingham to this day and the 100 metre Alpha Tower.
  High rise development slowed during the 1980s and early 1990s, with few significant proposals coming to fruition.
context_section_description: This list of the tallest buildings and structures in Birmingham ranks buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham by height.
  Birmingham currently has five towers completed at a height of 100 metres or more and a further two towers above 100 metres under construction. At (7), this is the third highest number of high rises of any metropolitan area in the United Kingdom after  Greater London (over 150) and  Greater Manchester (16).
  The first structure to reach a height of 100 metres was the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower constructed in 1908 and located in the Bournbrook area of the city.
  However, further high-rise development in Birmingham did not begin until the post war development of the 1960s and 1970s as a means to house a high number of residents in and around the city core. During this period two further high rise buildings over 100 metres were constructed - the 152 metre BT Tower which remains the tallest structure in Central Birmingham to this day and the 100 metre Alpha Tower.
  High rise development slowed during the 1980s and early 1990s, with few significant proposals coming to fruition. However the turn of the 21st century saw a renewed interested in high rise buildings in Central Birmingham with numerous tall proposals being brought forward. The 122 metre 10 Holloway Circus became the tallest habitable building in Birmingham when completed in 2006 and helped to begin a coherent cluster with the nearby BT Tower and Alpha Tower developments. However due to economic factors and a conservative policy towards tall buildings from Birmingham City Council, the majority of these proposals failed to come to fruition with examples such as the 201 metre Regal Tower and the 200 metre VTP tower never being built. 
  Unlike some other cities in the United Kingdom, Birmingham has historically had a strict attitude towards approval of high rise buildings. One reason for this is due to the fact Central Birmingham is located on a 110 metre sandstone ridge and as a result, the Civil Aviation Authority has previously imposed a maximum building height limit at 242 metres. Typically, all proposed high rise buildings therefore need consultation with Birmingham airport and any proposed skyscraper over 175 metres need further consultation with the CAA.
  This cautious attitude has again abated somewhat in recent years with a number of tall buildings approved centred mainly in two distinct areas of the city - Westside and Eastside. These approved developments will join the central business district in creating a number of tower clusters in the city and include the first four official habitable skyscrapers in Birmingham.
  In the Westside of Central Birmingham the 132 metre The Mercian residential tower is currently under construction and will become the tallest habitable building in Central Birmingham when completed in 2022. This will be surpassed by the approved nearby 193 metre 100 Broad Street residential tower due for completion in 2024 which will overtake the BT Tower as the tallest building in the city. This tower will become the third tallest building in the United Kingdom outside London. Other significant developments in the Westside include the recently completed 102 metre The Bank Tower as well as the approved 117 metre 211 Broad Street and 100 metre Axis Square residential developments.
  The Eastside of Central Birmingham will be home to the 155 metre approved One Eastside residential skyscraper due for completion in 2024. This tower will be joined by two more approved residential towers - the 123 metre tower in Glasswater locks and the 111 metre Exchange Square tower. However these two areas are not the only areas of Central Birmingham that will join the central core in significant developments moving into the 2020s. Digbeth will see a number of significant developments including the proposed 151 metre Irish Centre tower, the approved 113 metre Beorma Quarter residential tower as well as smaller developments including the proposed 98 metre Stone Yard tower.  
  Already home to a number of the city's tal
caption: The BT Tower. At 152 metres, the tallest structure in Birmingham since its construction in 1966.
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