SOM has submitted proposals for two office buildings next to the Barbican Centre to the City of London Corporation ...

The City of London Corporation and Barbican Centre are seeking ‘visionary’ proposals for the future of the Barbican’s vacant ...

The Barbican Estate is one of London’s most striking examples of post-war Brutalist architecture. Developed on a bomb-damaged site in the aftermath of World War II and designed by British architecture ...

First constructed in post World War II London by architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, the sprawling complex aimed to revive an area of the capital that had been devastated by bombing, but was ...

The Barbican Estate was designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon in the Sixties as luxury housing (Universal Images Group via Getty) Many of the themes in the Barbican, however, can be traced back to ...

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 ...

London’s best example is, of course, the Barbican Estate, designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon in the Sixties as luxury housing.

The Barbican Centre sits within the wider Barbican Estate, built on the ruins of the largest bomb site in London. The project began in the 1950s and continued for over 30 years, with the arts centre ...

The Barbican Centre is often described as Marmite: you either love it or hate it. For some, the massive concrete estate is a ‘soulless’, maze-like ‘hellscape’. But, for others, it’s an ...

The Barbican Centre, one of the keystones of London’s cultural life, has secured £191 million from the City of London Corporation to fund the first phase of its ambitious Renewal Programme. This large ...

For this is London, this is life! A stanza taken from A Ballad of London – Richard Le Gallienne The Barbican Estate, designed by the firm of architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon in the 1960s, Central ...