The Barbican Centre — a Brutalist landmark that has housed world-class performances, exhibitions, and cinema since 1982 — is heading into a major transformation. After more than four decades of heavy ...

The Barbican is to undergo a huge renewal – and the plans have finally been approved. The City of London Corporation has green-lit the programme, which is part of a long-term plan to ‘future-proof’ ...

It even has it's own signature cocktail called The Brutalist ONE of the most iconic spaces in London will close for a whole year as it goes under important upgrades. The Barbican, which opened in 1982 ...

1. Carola Bauckholt’s Doppelbelichtung required Linda Jankowska to produce a range of unlikely sounds from her violin, viz.: creaks, squeaks, whistles, swirls, swoops, wails, whines and rasps. They ...

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 ‘architectural ...

The Barbican will close for a multimillion-pound makeover that will allow the cultural institution to stay open in the future, its chairman said. With a £191 million funding injection from the City of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. London’s Barbican Centre is set for a major transformation (Credit: Chris Jackson / Staff) The Barbican Centre — a Brutalist ...

2. Playing the double bass animatedly for 25 minutes in a three-piece tweed suit in a greenhouse, as the very dapper Marcus Vergette did (pictured below by Mark Allan), was always going to be pretty ...