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Plans for a major new office development that will open up the famously hard to find entrance to the Barbican Arts Centre have been submitted to the City of London authorities.The proposals for the 91 ...
London’s Barbican Estate is revealed through a social lens by writer Stefi Orazi and photographer Christoffer Rudquist on the advent of the 50 year anniversary of when residents first arrived.
London's Barbican Centre has launched a digital platform to publicise its vast collection of drawings, photos and never-before-seen material that tell the story of the brutalist icon.
The Barbican Estate, icon of brutalist architecture and all-round cool-looking place, has just got the green light for the next stage of its makeover. The next part of its ongoing glow-up involve ...
The Barbican Centre / Estate is one of the most famous examples of Brutalist architecture in the world. Credits: Getty Images/iStockphoto) You might recognise Rowley Way from Stanley Kubrick’s A ...
Shanay Jhaveri, the Barbican Centre's new head of visual arts, is mapping out his future by considering the London institution’s past: "The Barbican’s first administrator, Henry Wrong ...
The Barbican Centre is often described as Marmite: you either love it or hate it. For some, the massive concrete estate is a ‘soulless’, maze-like ‘hellscape’. But, for others, it’s an ...
The Barbican Centre lures fans of serious culture into a labyrinthine arts complex, part of a vast concrete estate that also includes 2,000 highly coveted flats. Go to the content Go to the footer.
Barbican Residents: Inside the Iconic Brutalist Estate does what it says on the tin; a glossy, magazine-style glimpse into these gold-dust apartments, with their chunky concrete balconies, vintage ...
London's Barbican Centre has revealed initial plans to renovate three of its most well-known spaces. The Grade-II listed cultural destination is publicly consulting on proposals to restore and ...