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 ...

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 ...

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 ...