ranks buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that are undergoing demolition or have been demolished since the year 2000, having stood at least in height. List: Timeline of tallest buildings and structures This is a list of the tallest surviving buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area constructed during each of the UK's major architectural periods, listed in chronological order. Buildings are only included where their existing highest point was built during the period and in the architectural style stated. Gallery Birmingham See also List of tallest buildings in Europe List of tallest buildings in the United Kingdom List of tallest structures in the United Kingdom List of tallest buildings by United Kingdom settlement List of tallest buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by usage List of tallest church buildings in the United Kingdom Architecture of Birmingham History of Birmingham History of Coventry Notes A.The following Wikipedia entries are taken to define the terms "building" and "free-standing structure": Building: "...a structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place". Examples include: residential buildings, offices, hotels, serviced apartments, student accommodations, public facilities (e.g. hospitals), leisure and entertainment facilities (e.g. shops, casinos, leisure centres, cinemas), educational establishments (e.g. university buildings, schools), civic buildings (e.g. town halls, libraries, prisons), places of worship (e.g. churches, mosques), transport hubs (e.g. airport buildings, railway stations), stadia, industrial facilities (e.g. factories, works), or any mix of these uses. Free-standing structure: "...any body or system of connected parts used to support a load that was not designed for continuous human occupancy." Examples include: bridges, castles, chimneys, ferris wheels, monuments, storage tanks, and most types of self-supporting towers (which form the subset "tower" below), but not guyed or self-supporting communication masts. B.The following Wikipedia entries are taken to differentiate between two different types of towers: Tower (block): "...a tall building [...] used as a residential, office building, or other functions including hotel, retail, or with multiple purposes combined." Examples include: residential towers, office towers, hotel towers, student residential towers and mixed-use towers. Tower: "...a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures. Towers are specifically distinguished from buildings in that they are built not to be habitable but to serve other functions using the height