Rotunda Gets New Glass Skin

New glazing that acts as a glass "skin" has been applied to the iconic Rotunda building in the centre of Birmingham. The tower was originally built as offices, but has been re-developed as a residential building by the regeneration company Urban Splash. This is the first time the building's glazing has been changed since it was built in the 1960s. Using 72 panes per floor, glass bands now encircle 17 floors of the building, with each pan housed in anodised frames and installed at a 5 degree angle from the next. The panes were produced in Germany by Linder Schmidlin Facades, and are floor-to-ceiling units that slide to give residents access to viewing balconies.