Plans have been published to construct a glass conference centre on the roof of the highly visible Fort Dunlop building in Birmingham.

Proposals for the Grade A-listed building, overlooking the M6 motorway and Spaghetti Junction, include adding new meeting areas and landscaping on its roof to include outdoor seating. The proposals also see the addition of two new “garden walkways” to be used as breakout areas over lower car park areas.

Fort Dunlop is now a mixed-use development but once formed part of the world’s largest factory, employing 10,000 workers. The conference centre proposals have been submitted to Birmingham City Council. Currently there is a Travelodge on a section of the Fort Dunlop site.

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