Millennium Point, Birmingham
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Millennium Point is a multi-use meeting and conference venue, public building and charitable trust in Birmingham, England, situated in the developing Eastside of the city centre. The complex contains multiple event spaces, including a 354-seat auditorium,[1] formerly Giant Screen IMAX cinema; Birmingham Science Museum, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's School of Acting and Birmingham City University's Faculty of Computing, Engineering and The Built Environment, part of Birmingham Metropolitan College.
Millennium Point | |
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General information | |
Type | Mixed Use |
Location | Curzon Street, Birmingham, England |
Completed | September 2001 |
Cost | 114 million Pound sterling |
Owner | Millennium Point Trust |
Design and construction | |
Architecture firm | Grimshaw Architects |
Structural engineer | Buro Happold |
Civil engineer | Ove Arup & Partners |
Main contractor | Galliford Try |
The building is owned by the Millennium Point Charitable Trust with a percentage of profits from the organisation's commercial activity being invested into projects, events and initiatives which support science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and education in the West Midlands.[2] The Millennium Point Charitable Trust has contributed on average more than £5 million annually to the region through their charitable work.[3]
The complex was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 2 July 2002, although it had been in use since the previous year.
In 2021, Millennium Point was announced as one of the first eight mass-vaccination centres, and the first in the West Midlands,[4] as part of the COVID-19 Vaccination programme in the United Kingdom.[5] Millennium Point's main Atrium and Level 2 spaces remained in use as a vaccination centre until 31 August that same year.[6]