The Brutalist: Barbican unveils plans for £230 million renewal of its concrete spaces
Barbican unveils plans for £230 million renewal of its concrete spaces - The centre was constructed on London’s biggest post-war bombsite and hailed by Queen Elizabeth II at its 1982 opening, as “one ...
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City of London approves Barbican Centre regeneration ahead of 50th anniversary
The City of London Corporation approved the package yesterday, and construction on the Barbican Centre will begin in 2027. The package will fund 80 per cent of the first phase of the renewal programme ...
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Barbican Centre reveals plans for restoration work
London's Barbican Centre has revealed initial plans ... areas in the first round of works at the complex. In December, the City of London Corporation, the centre's founder and principal funder ...
London’s ‘ugliest’ tall buildings where flats can cost £1million
The complex of more than 2,000 homes, which opened on the fringes of the City in 1969, was widely mocked and voted London’s ...
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‘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 ...
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The Barbican Conservatory is reopening to the public this weekend – with late-night opening hours
Concrete brutalist architecture combined with an enormous assortment of tropical plants makes the Barbican Conservatory ... free Time Out London newsletter for the best of the city, straight ...
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First look at 21-storey City of London office block opposite the Barbican
Mock-up images of a proposed new 21-storey office block opposite the Barbican in the City of London have been published for the first time. One Silk Street, a 1980s building currently occupied by ...
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Barbican car park to be turned into club for first time in Spring
Last week the Barbican Centre unveiled a £230 million plan for the biggest overhaul of its famous Brutalist concrete spaces since it was opened in 1982. The arts complex in the heart of the City ...
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Kam Bava breathes new life into the Barbican sunken bars
The much loved Barbican Estate in London comprises many parts and elements – from its famed performing arts centre, a key cultural hub in the City of London and beyond and the largest of its kind in ...
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Ranjani Shettar’s site-specific sculptures unveiled in Barbican Conservatory
In the heart of London, the Barbican Centre’s Conservatory – a 1980s brutalist ... Shettar, who grew up in Bengaluru but now lives and works in a remote village 400km from the city, has made a name ...
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Barbican Centre reveals plans for restoration work
The site opened in 1982 on London's biggest post-war bombsite site London's Barbican Centre has revealed ... In December, the City of London Corporation, the centre's founder and principal funder ...