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 ...
‘Concrete hellscape’ London attraction to get biggest overhaul in its 42 year history
The £230 million plan will be its biggest overhaul since it opened 43 years ago and, subject to planning permission, work ...
'Concrete hellscape' London landmark to get major £191,000,000 makeover
Yet, despite disagreement, London’s divisive complex, which welcomes around 1.7 million tourists every year, is set for a ...
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Allies and Morrison and Asif Khan unveil Barbican revamp plans
Allies and Morrison and Asif Khan’s much-anticipated proposals for ‘restoring and enhancing’ the Barbican Centre’s most ...
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Barbican Architecture
Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, the architects who designed the Barbican, claimed to be designing not just buildings but an entire neighbourhood, with a multitude of entrances and exits. If you have a ...
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Brutal utopias: the National Trust launches a new tour series
Tours will take in concrete delights including Frederick Gibberd's Lansbury Estate; Chamberlin, Powell and Bon's Barbican Estate; the Alexandra Road Estate by Neave Brown; and Ernö Goldfinger's ...