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The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central London, England, within the City of London. It is in an area once devastated by World War II bombings and densely populated by financial institutions, 1.4 miles (2.2 km) north east of Charing Cross . [ 1 ]
The Barbican was such a large job they set up a sub-practice to deal with it: Chamberlin Powell and Bon (Barbican) Ltd. The firm was strongly influenced by the work and ideas of Swiss/French architect Le Corbusier , [ citation needed ] with the essence of the innovative design being encapsulated by the project architect Leopold Rubinstein who ...
The interior of one of the Smithfield Market buildings that will be occupied by the museum on its new site. In 2016, the museum announced it would be closing its London Wall site and moving to a set of disused market buildings in West Smithfield in 2021. [23] The new site will increase the museum's size from 17,000 square metres to over 27,000 ...
The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London, England, and the largest of its kind in Europe. [1] The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions .
All articles associated with Barbican in London. Pages in category "Barbican Estate" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Peter Hugh Girard Chamberlin CBE RA FRIBA (31 March 1919, London [1] – 23 May 1978, Berkshire [2]), most commonly known as Joe Chamberlin, was a post-War English architect most famous for his work on the Barbican Estate in London.
The Barbican Highwalks(including the new London Wall walkways) Blackfriars / Baynard House pedway; Peter's Hill pedway (all at ground level) Fyefoot Lane pedway; Suffolk Lane pedway; Swan Lane pedway (all that remains of this pedway is a staircase to a landing) Pudding Lane pedway; Bishopsgate pedways; Middlesex Street Estate (currently no ...
London Wall became an "unpleasant 1960s dual carriageway", a "mini-motorway which acted as divisively upon its surroundings as the old wall had". [3] [4] The sites surrounding the roadway were developed under high-rise schemes including the Barbican Estate to the north. The site beside the road upon which Alban Gate was built was originally ...