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Pictures: Birmingham's tallest buildings and structures

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Tamlyn JonesBusiness Reporter

10:05, 11 JUN 2015
Updated17:53, 22 JUN 2015

BT Tower in Lionel Street is Birmingham's tallest structure - 499 ft1 of 20
10 Holloway Circus, home to the Radisson Blu hotel, in Smallbrook Queensway - 427 ft2 of 20
Alpha Tower in Suffolk Street Queensway, by Bs0u10e0 (from Post & Mail Flickr Group) - 328 ft (Image: Bs0u10e0)3 of 20
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower at the University of Birmingham's campus in Edgbaston - 325 ft4 of 20
Orion Building in Navigation Street - 295 ft5 of 20
Clydesdale Tower, in Holloway Head - 295 ft6 of 20
The Rotunda peers over Bullring and St Martin's Church - 266 ft7 of 20
103 Colmore Row, better known as NatWest Tower - 262 ft8 of 20
Chimney at Veolia's Tyseley Incinerator - 262 ft9 of 20
Centre City (left) in Hill Street - 249 ft10 of 20
Five Ways Tower in Frederick Road - 249 ft11 of 20
Hyatt Regency in Broad Street - 246 ft12 of 20
Two Snowhill in Snow Hill Queensway - 246 ft13 of 20
One Snow Hill Plaza, in Snow Hill Queensway, before a makeover to turn it into a Holiday Inn Express - 236 ft14 of 20
The Cube - 231 ft15 of 20
Londonderry House in Newton Street is a car park and student accommodation run by Unite - 230 ft16 of 20
Colmore Gate in Colmore Row - 230 ft17 of 20
Quayside Tower in Broad Street - 230 ft18 of 20
Mclaren in Priory Queensway - 226 ft19 of 20
One Hagley Road at Five Ways Island - 226 ft20 of 20

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