while the curved ends of the door handles reference the estate’s renowned central water fountain, Frobisher Crescent. 'We have been inspired by the historical, architectural and cultural ...

This is the rethink of an apartment buried in the height of Shakespeare Tower on the Barbican Estate. Having spent many years overseas ... and the result is a project where traditional Japanese ...

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 ...

It all results in a set of spaces, the new Barbican sunken bars, that feel respectful and celebratory of the estate's long and important history, while at the same time are fit for 21st-century use.

The Barbican Centre is often ... For some, the massive concrete estate is a ‘soulless’, maze-like ‘hellscape’. But, for others, it’s an ‘architectural treasure’ and ‘one of the ...

Many design themes in The Barbican Estate can be traced ... from the sleek modernism of earlier post-war architecture, such as nearby Parkleys Estate. By the Sixties and Seventies, brutalism ...