{"id":989,"date":"2017-09-16T20:56:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T18:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ent2d.ac-bordeaux.fr\/disciplines\/anglaisvoiepro\/?p=989"},"modified":"2022-05-01T22:10:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T20:10:22","slug":"en-savoir-plus-sur-the-bull-ring-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ent2d.ac-bordeaux.fr\/disciplines\/anglaisvoiepro\/2017\/09\/16\/en-savoir-plus-sur-the-bull-ring-birmingham\/","title":{"rendered":"En savoir plus sur … The BULL RING, BIRMINGHAM"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Bull Ring<\/strong> is a major commercial area of central Birmingham. It has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages<\/a>, when its market was first held. Two shopping centres<\/a> have been built in the area; in the 1960s, and then in 2003; the latter is styled as one word, Bullring.<\/em><\/p>\n

The site is located on the edge of the sandstone city ridge which results in the steep gradient towards Digbeth<\/a>. The slope drops approximately 15 metres (49\u00a0ft) from New Street<\/a> to St Martin’s Church<\/a> which is very visible near the church.<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n

The current shopping centre was the busiest in the United Kingdom in 2004 with 36.5 million visitors. It houses one of only four Selfridges<\/a> department stores, the fourth largest Debenhams<\/a> and Forever 21<\/a>. Consequently, the centre has been a huge success, attracting customers from all over the world.<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n

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What is Blob Architecture? What is Blobitecture?<\/h1>\n

Living in Binary Large Objects<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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Selfridges Department store in Birmingham, England designed by Czechoslovakia-born Jan Kaplick\u00fd’s firm, Future Systems, is often considered Blob Architecture. Photo by Christopher Furlong\/Getty Images News Collection\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Blob architecture is a type of wavy, curvy building design without traditional edges or traditional symmetric form. It is made possible by computer-aided-design (CAD)<\/a> software. American-born architect and philosopher Greg Lynn is credited with coining the phrase, although Lynn himself claims the name comes from a software feature that creates B<\/strong>inary L<\/strong>arge Ob<\/strong>jects.<\/p>\n

The name has stuck, often disparagingly, in various forms, including blobism, blobismus<\/em>, and blobitecture.<\/em><\/p>\n

Examples of Blob Architecture:<\/h3>\n

These buildings have been called blobitecture<\/em>:<\/p>\n