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, ...

The Barbican is a bonafide London icon. So it’s good news that the 50-year-old brutalist behemoth’s Barbican Centre is getting a massive renovation, so it will be enjoyed for generations to come.

They are often in fantastic central locations ... on a studio apartment in the Barbican to use as a London pied-à-terre. They split their time between the flat and a home in Suffolk.

It’s a familiar story all over London. Yet despite the occasional ... barrel-vaulted ceilings — reminiscent of the Barbican flats. One of the most impressive feats of concrete engineering ...

whose last performance at the Barbican in 2023 was described as “completely engrossing” by The Guardian, celebrates his 85th birthday in April. It's also 51 years since his first London ...

They are often in fantastic central locations ... on a studio apartment in the Barbican to use as a London pied-à-terre. They split their time between the flat and a home in Suffolk.

The former council flats now rent for more than £2,000 per month ... monolithic concrete forms with an imposing or monumental appearance. London’s best example is, of course, the Barbican Estate, ...