The Barbican Centre in London, a Brutalist landmark which houses three gallery spaces, will close for a year from June 2028 as part of a £240m refurbishment. The Barbican’s foyers, lakeside terrace ...
Written by Maria-Cristina Florian Published on December 18, 2024 Construction is slated to begin in 2027, pending planning permission, with the first phase targeting completion by the Barbican's 50th ...
“There’s a real honesty and integrity to it all,” says Felicity Jones, looking out across a sea of concrete. “You can really see the correspondence between the psyche coming out of the Second World ...
From sidewalks to highways to entire buildings, concrete covers our city. It’s cold, uncomfortable to sit on and dull in color. Still, concrete is beautiful. My love for this cementitious building ...
It’s a Tuesday night and I’m surrounded by cinemagoers who have turned out to see The Brutalist at the Barbican Centre, London’s most celebrated brutalist building. “This is great for architecture,” I ...
Brutalist architecture, known for its raw concrete, geometric forms and imposing presence, has gained a renewed interest in the modern age of social media and more recently through the film The ...
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 ‘architectural ...
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