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London's best brutalist homes — from the Alexandra Road Estate to the Barbican
The raw, polarising world of brutalist architecture has a cult following ... London’s best example is, of course, the Barbican Estate, designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon in the Sixties ...
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The Barbican as muse: composer Shiva Feshareki on bringing the brutalist icon to life through music
Whether you love or loathe the concrete geometry of the iconic Barbican estate, it tends to inspire strong feelings: for every Londoner charmed by its sharp Brutalist architecture, you’ll find another ...
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London’s ‘ugliest’ brutalist estates where flats cost £1,000,000
Brutalism as an architectural philosophy was associated ... Golden Lane Estate sits adjacent to the Barbican Estate (Picture: View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) There have ...
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New York High Line architect Ricardo Scofidio dies aged 89
The studio's statement read: ‘It is with great sadness that we announce DS+R founder Ricardo Scofidio has passed away peacefully on March 6, 2025 at the age of 89. ‘He was surrounded by his family, ...
London’s ‘ugliest’ brutalist estates where flats cost £1,000,000
But it bears astonishing parallels to real-life Hungarian-Jewish architect Ernő Goldfinger, who arrived in the UK in the 1930s and went on to design some of London’s most enduring brutalist landmarks, ...
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London's best brutalist homes — from the Alexandra Road Estate to the Barbican
By the Sixties and Seventies, brutalism began to be used as a broader term to describe architecture characterised by monolithic concrete forms with an imposing or monumental appearance. London’s best ...