Barbican Estate, City of London: the corner of Aldersgate Street and Beech Street and the base of Lauderdale Tower
RIBApix ref no |
RIBA59909 |
Architect/Designer | Chamberlin Powell & Bon
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Artist/Photographer | Maltby, John (1910-1980)
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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 / B&W |
Black and white |
Credit |
John Maltby / RIBA Collections
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Notes |
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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Subject tags
skyscrapers, flats, housing, town planning, construction sites