103_colmore_row | architect | john_madin <tsp> john_madin | birthplace | birmingham <tsp> birmingham | leadername | andrew_mitchell <sep> 103 colmore row is a 108-metre tall, 26-storey commercial office skyscraper located on colmore row, birmingham, england completed in 2021, this building replaced the former natwest tower designed by john madin and completed in 1975 in 2008, a plan by then owners british land to demolish natwest tower and replace it with a taller modern equivalent was approved this plan never progressed and in 2015 the building passed to the developer sterling property ventures, who successfully applied to have the building demolished construction of the new tower began in june 2019 and completed in 2021 
john madin was born in birmingham (with andrew mitchell as a key leader) and became an architect. designing 103 colmore row.the building replaced the former natwest tower designed by john madin and completed in 1975