Shakespeare Tower, Barbican

by Takero Shimazaki Architects

Client Private

Award RIBA London Award 2024

This is the rethink of an apartment buried in the height of Shakespeare Tower on the Barbican Estate. Having spent many years overseas, the owner clients yearned for a design that was inspired by their time in Japan and Scandinavia, and a home that could happily accommodate the Danish furniture, Japanese lamps, Swedish paintings, and Korean pots that they had acquired along the way. Their architect embraced this fully, and the result is a project where traditional Japanese architectural language, customs, and culture comfortably meet Brutalist Modernism.

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.

Contractor Thomson Brothers Ltd

Gross internal area in m² 116