Editing Centenary Square (section)

==Art and memorials==
All sculptures commissioned for the square in 1989-1991 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.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hazel Duffy|title=Competitive Cities: Succeeding in the Global Economy|year=1995|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=0-419-19840-7}}</ref>

===Current===
*[[Boulton, Watt and Murdoch]] – Unveiled on 14 September 1956, the statue was designed by [[William Bloye]] at a cost of £15,500. The 4.65m high statue depicting the three men discussing engine plans is sculpted in bronze with a [[gold leaf]] finish on a plinth of [[Portland stone]]. The statue is located on the south side of [[Broad Street, Birmingham|Broad Street]] outside the House of Sport, this location was meant to be temporary as it was originally intended to stand outside a planetarium as part of the Civic Centre but this was never built.
*Industry and Genius – Unveiled in 1990 by artist David Patten as a monument to [[John Baskerville]], eight 1.5m high free standing blocks sculpted from Portland stone with bronze letters embossed on each. The letters spell the word "[[Virgil]]" the poet whose work was translated by Baskerville in 1757. Funded by the Public Arts Commissions Agency as part of the Centenary Square scheme. The sculpture is located outside the portico of Baskerville House.
* [[Birmingham Hall of Memory|Hall of Memory]]
* 1914 [[King Edward VII Memorial|statue of King Edward VII]] by [[Albert Toft]], moved to the square in November 2010.

===Former===
* ''Forward'', a sculpture by [[Raymond Mason (sculptor)|Raymond Mason]] which was unveiled in 1991. It cost £275,000.<ref>{{cite book|author=Liam Kennedy|title=Remaking Birmingham: The Visual Culture Of Urban Regeneration|year=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0-415-28838-X}}</ref> It was destroyed by arson on 17 April 2003.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/2970993.stm Sculptor surveys statue damage] - BBC News, 23 April 2003 (Retrieved 12 July 2007)</ref> It was locally known as the "[[Lurpak]] sculpture".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/401341.stm BBC: You'll either love it or hate it] - July 23, 1999</ref>]
* 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 of Enterprise'' (fountain, designed by Tom Lomax) This fountain is currently removed.