Spanish architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo gets New Street station makeover job
THE man chosen to mastermind Birmingham’s New Street Station makeover is revealed today as leading Spanish architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo.
He has been handed the task of bringing the project to life by London-based Foreign Office Architects, winners of a Network Rail competition to design the £600 million project.
Mr Zaera-Polo today promised to build a station that will “provide the community with a legacy that reflects the quality, spirit, ambition and commitment of a city that wants to become an international centre”.
Drawings showing what the new station will look like will be released later today.
Mr Zaera-Polo confessed that when he first saw New Street’s “dark and claustrophobic” appearance he understood why the station had become such an embarrassment to so many people.
He added: “This new, modern gateway will not just be another interesting building.”
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