Features
All sculptures in the square were paid for by the "Per Cent For Arts" scheme which only pays toward building costs if public sculpture forms at least 1% of the entire building project.
- Boulton, Watt and Murdoch (statue, re-gilded September 2006)
- Forward!, a sculpture by Raymond Mason which was unveiled in 1991. It cost £275,000. It was destroyed by arson on 17 April 2003. It was locally known as the "Lurpak sculpture".
- Birmingham Rep theatre
- Industry and Genius (sculpture), in front of Baskerville House
- International Convention Centre and Symphony Hall
- Hall of Memory
- Hyatt Regency Hotel
- In 2005 a Ferris wheel known locally as the Birmingham Wheel was constructed in the square to provide views for the public. The wheel finally closed on 5 September 2006 and was sold to a company in Australia.
- Spirit & Enterprise (fountain, designed by Tom Lomax) This fountain is currently removed.
- 1914 statue of King Edward VII by Albert Toft, moved to the square in November 2010.
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