Octagon tops out

The Octagon, Birmingham’s first skyscraper and the world’s tallest pure octagonal residential tower has reached the highest point of construction.

At 49 floors and 155 metres, The Octagon will offer residents panoramic views across the city when the first Build to Rent (BTR) apartments become available in late summer 2025 after a three-year build programme.

Our innovative design offers homes of individuality, with each apartment enjoying a generous 13-metre facet of the Octagon and a much larger-than-average outlook, bringing ample daylight into the ‘radial’ arrangement of the internal spaces. It offers spatial quality in homes for rent as part of an overall mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments.

The Octagon is a key part of the £1.2 billion Paradise estate being brought forward by development and asset manager MEPC, masterplanned by Howells, to deliver 10 new buildings and three new public squares as well as new pedestrian connections and thousands of new jobs in the very heart of the city.

Dav Bansal, Partner, says: “The Octagon shows how innovation is helping us reshape city centre living, with the unique form devised from the site footprint and the hard-working floor plan providing generous space for the eight apartments on each floor. The Octagon is the city’s first official skyscraper and with a design inspired by Birmingham’s modernist landmarks, it is already loved by Brummies. We are delighted to have reached this important milestone and be moving towards delivering much-needed new homes for the city”.