Every great city in the world has some type of outstanding, ageless, structure, New York, the Statue of Liberty, Paris, the Eifel Tower, Brusels, the Atomium, ect. ect. The money spent on this "peanut" could have been better spent on giving Brum something outstanding too. Selfridges looks like a pile of CD's, and it will go out-of-date along with the CD.
I suspect that it is a slapdash piece of work knowing that it will be soon out-of-date and have to be pulled down. I hope that happens soon and that next time they spend their (your) money on something good looking!!!
Graham.