Barbican estate

The Barbican Centre. Central London.

Building completed April 1971. Willoughby House was part of Phase III of the City’s building programme for the Barbican site. The contractor was John Laing Construction Limited. Location Will…

This drawing was for a commission I completed earlier this year. My client asked me to use her sapphire and diamonds to create a ring inspired by the Barbican, where she lives. I have a passion for brutalist architecture and was initially overwhelmed by the many possibilities this design style offers. My studio was filled with brutalist mood boards for weeks, and I loved working on this project. I became obsessed with all the semi circles and bold arches I kept seeing in the architecture…

Always a popular place to live and as a result, not particularly cheap these days. So be prepared to dig deep for this 1960s Chamberlin, Powell & Bon-designed apartment in Brandon Mews, Barbican Estate, London EC2.

A major row has broken out on the Barbican Estate over Nicholas Hare Architects’ plans for a school expansion, which residents claim will be ‘a major threat to the architectural heritage’ of the listed complex

The Barbican Estate was built on a area of land in London devastated by bombings during World War II. Buildings within the Estate started to open from 1969 onwards, with the last being Shakespeare …

Image 5 of 28 from gallery of AD Classics: The Barbican Estate / Chamberlin, Powell and Bon Architects. Photograph by Joas Souza

29th December 1940. In a single night of incendiary bombing, every street from Moorgate to Aldersgate Street, covering thirty five acres, was destroyed. St Giles Cripplegate was burnt out, with onl…

London’s Barbican Estate is revealed through a social lens by writer Stefi Orazi and photographer Christoffer Rudquist on the advent of the 50 year anniversary of when residents first arrived. Uncovering all the eccentricities of living inside modernist experiment, ‘The Barbican Estate’ tells a story that travels interior design and daily life through essays, residents’experiences and photography.