The Barbican Estate
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Residential neighbourhood spread over 35 acres, incorporating a centre for education and the arts, on a bomb-damaged site in the City of London
Grade II listed megastructure, containing 2,104 units made of 140 interlocking flat typologies, situated in the heart of London's financial and commercial district.
The City of London Corporation specified the creation of plentiful open and green space, meaning the scheme consists of three high-rise, high-density 400ft towers among the 13 residential buildings.
The blocks are interlinked by high level walkways and a concrete podium that is softened by water features and landscaping. The podium was created to raise the housing above the underground lines it sits upon and to make space for 2,000 car parking spaces and 3 miles of service ducts, sewers and waste disposal.
The Barbican complex contains schools, an art centre, theatre, cinema and leisure centre making it a self contained residential, educational and cultural centre.
Data
- Begun: 1965
- Completed: 1974
- Sector: Residential
- Funding: Corporation of London
- Address: The Barbican, Silk Street , London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: Chamberlin, Powell & Bon
- Client: Greater London Council
- Quantity surveyor: Davis, Belfield
- Services engineer: G. H. Buckle
- Theatre consultant: Theatre Projects Ltd
- Acoustic consultant: Hugh Creighton
- Lettering and Signposting Consultants: Herbert Spencer and James Sutton
- Structural engineer: Arup
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