Selfridges Looks Like Its Made of Silver Smarties ; (but I Love the Rotunda) Tv Design Guru Gives His Verdict On Birmingham's Landmarks Special Report

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A TOP television design guru has blasted Birmingham's iconic Selfridges building.

Kevin McCloud, host of Channel 4's Grand Designs, says it is a "blobby, silver Smarties building".

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Selfridges Looks Like Its Made of Silver Smarties ; (but I Love the Rotunda) Tv Design Guru Gives His Verdict On Birmingham's Landmarks Special Report

But he adores the Rotunda - for many years the city's most unloved landmark.

It is, he says, "wonderful" and "important."

Kevin is coming to Birmingham to host the Grand Designs show at the NEC from October 5 to 7.

"Every city sings a song and has its own character," he says.

"It's important th...

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