London’s ‘ugliest’ tall buildings where flats can cost £1million
But it bears astonishing parallels to real-life Hungarian-Jewish architect Ernő Goldfinger, who arrived in the UK in the ...
London's best brutalist homes — from the Alexandra Road Estate to the Barbican
The Smithsons are best known for their late-Sixties Robin Hood Gardens social housing project in Poplar. Demolition of the ...
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TYPE uses sliding screens to divide flat on Golden Lane Estate
A series of demountable sliding screens carve out space in this Crescent House flat, renovated by local architecture studio ...
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Beautiful brutalism: Barbican’s Blake Tower debuts its first show apartment
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 ...
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Shakespeare Tower, Barbican
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 ...
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Allies and Morrison and Asif Khan Studio reveal upgrades for several of the Barbican Centre’s signature spaces
The Barbican’s Centre’s history is predicated on renewal. A proposal from the Brutalist-style performing arts center in ...
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Kam Bava breathes new life into the Barbican sunken bars
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.
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Brutalist Barbican unveils plans for biggest renewal since it opened in 1982
Oliver Heywood, director at Allies and Morrison, said: “The Barbican is one of London’s most iconic spaces. Our goal is to honour the centre’s original bold architectural legacy, while ...