Barbican Estate, City of London: the corner of Aldersgate Street and Beech Street and the base of Lauderdale Tower

RIBA Ref No RIBA59909

Architect/Designer	Chamberlin Powell & Bon
Artist/Photographer	Maltby, John (1910-1980)
Country	UK: England
City	London
Subject Date	1982
Image Date	1973
View	Exterior
Style	Brutalist
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	MAL94883 [Box 137 CBP]
Orientation	Landscape
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	John Maltby / RIBA Collections
Subject	Town planning ; Construction sites ; Flats ; Housing ; Skyscrapers

NOTES: This complex of arts buildings and housing covers seven acres in the City of London. Built between 1971 and 1982, it regenerated an area which had been badly bombed during World War II. The estate has three residential towers: Cromwell Tower, completed in 1973; Shakespeare Tower, completed in 1976, and Lauderdale Tower, completed in 1974. The complex was Grade II listed in 2001.

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