One secret of our cities is that they generate heat almost everywhere you look. From the local data centre powering your ...

Wall Street's biggest bank, JPMorgan , has announced plans to build a 3-million-square-foot (280,000 square metres) tower in ...

Built in the 1960's, Barbican Estate is a brutilist utopia for inner city living. The estate is a massive complex of 2000 apartments, surrounded by gardens, lakes and arts spaces, known as one of ...

Plans for a 20-storey office block in the City of London have 700 objections from residents, with one fearing he will “never be able to see the sky again” from his study. The proposed development at 1 ...

A team of architects have been tasked with helping visitors find their way through the Barbican's notoriously bewildering maze of walkways and levels. But how will it work? BBC Radio London's Ross ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Simon Rattle is in charge, an orchestra is likely to find itself in demand. During his tenure at the ...

But Taras Bulba has a wider range of music than that of a family’s suffering. The Polish dance elements, a second movement Mazurka and a third movement Krakowiak, were also vividly realised by the ...

It’s a common adage that fashion comes in cycles, but you might not know that mud is back in vogue. A new London exhibition, “Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion,” dives headfirst into fashion’s ...

The City of London Corporation has selected a consortium co-led by Assemble to design a major wayfinding upgrade of the Grade II-listed Barbican Centre The Turner Prize-winning practice is co-leading ...

London Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Community Voices are joined by Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir for a powerful evening of Spirituals and Gospel. A big celebration of Gospel music has become an annual ...

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced full casting for its production of Twelfth Night, which transfers to the Barbican this winter following its run in Stratford-upon-Avon. The company also ...