London's best brutalist homes — from the Alexandra Road Estate to the Barbican
The Smithsons are best known for their late-Sixties Robin Hood Gardens social housing project in Poplar. Demolition of the ...
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Concrete and Clay
This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an ...
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Allies and Morrison and Asif Khan Studio reveal upgrades for several of the Barbican Centre’s signature spaces
The Barbican’s Centre’s history is predicated on renewal. A proposal from the Brutalist-style performing arts center in ...
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Shakespeare Tower, Barbican
This is the rethink of an apartment buried in the height of Shakespeare Tower on the Barbican Estate. Having spent many years overseas, the owner clients yearned for a design that was ... acquired ...
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Kam Bava breathes new life into the Barbican sunken bars
The much loved Barbican Estate in London comprises many parts ... showing off its angular brick forms in London 2025 Serpentine Pavilion: this year's architect, Marina Tabassum, explains her design ...
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Beautiful brutalism: Barbican’s Blake Tower debuts its first show apartment
We have been inspired by the historical, architectural and cultural characteristics of the Barbican to create a fresh, exciting and crafted design,' says Simon Kincaid, project director at Conran + ...
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Barbican unveils Allies & Morrison and Asif Khan’s £240m refurbishment plans
Plans by Allies & Morrison and Asif Khan for a long-awaited £240m refurbishment of the Barbican have been unveiled in a first ...
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Brutalist Barbican unveils plans for biggest renewal since it opened in 1982
Oliver Heywood, director at Allies and Morrison, said: “The Barbican is one of London’s most iconic spaces. Our goal is to honour the centre’s original bold architectural legacy, while ...