Where is To The Future?

To The Future is outside of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham , Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, B15 2TH

In brief

A stainless steel double helix or fingers crossed sculpture located outside of the main entrance to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, by the sculptor Richard Thornton in 2013. The piece celebrates the coming together of all the previous hospitals in Birmingham onto the new site in Edgbaston.

To the Future (double helix or crossed fingers) stainless steel sculpture outside the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (January 2015). Photography by Elliott Brown

To The Future - details

The abstract sculpture titled "To The Future" is close to the main entrance of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in Edgbaston.

Richard Thornton created the sculture in 2013 and it represents a double helix structure of DNA in polished stainless steel.
The piece celebrates the coming together of previous Birmingham hospitals onto the new site in Edgbaston.

To the Future (double helix or crossed fingers) stainless steel sculpture outside the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (January 2015). Photography by Elliott Brown

Some people refer to the sculptured as being "fingers crossed" which is apt for a lot of visitors and patients to the hospital.

It is 8.5M tall and the design takes advantage of the perspective of those viewing from the upper floors of the building.

To the Future (double helix or crossed fingers) stainless steel sculpture outside the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (January 2015). Photography by Elliott Brown

On a polished statinless steel panel next to the sculpture is the following:

Richard Thornton
2013
To The Future
This sculpture was commissioned
by the friends of the Queen Elizabeth
Medical Centre with a legacy from the
Mindelsohn family, who have made a
valued and lasting contribution to the
original United Birmingham Hospitals
and the Queen Elizabeth hospital
Birmingham

To the Future (double helix or crossed fingers) stainless steel sculpture outside the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (January 2015). Photography by Elliott Brown