Millennium Point is a complex in Birmingham, situated in the developing Eastside of the city centre. It is a Millennium Commission project. Construction is estimated to have cost £114 million. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 2 July 2002.

The building as a whole is home to Birmingham Thinktank Science Museum, a Technology Innovation Centre which is a part of the University of Central England, the University of the First Age, the Young People's Parliament, an Imax cinema, and commercial leisure, retail and office space around a public mall - the hub.

The building is constructed as a massive box like creation with a rotund offshoot which glows different colours at night.

The front fascia is covered in long slats with Millennium Point revealed behind.

The front car park of the building was converted into the T-mobile Fan Park which housed a large screen which would air football matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. On June 20, the screen was subject to strong winds and the supporting tubes were lowered into the slots further than usual so that the screen could withstand this. However, the screen continued to sway and the area around it was evacuated. Not long after, the screen collapsed backwards which was part of the design if it was to fall so that none of the LED cubes which made the screen could smash. The screen was not repaired and re-erected in time for England's football match with Sweden. Several thousand football fans were expected to watch the game there however were all sent home and offered free tickets. ^*

External links

• Millennium Point website

Buildings and structures in Birmingham, England | IMAX venues | Structures celebrating the third millennium