Barbican Estate, City of London: view looking across St Giles' Terrace the City of London School for Girls and St Giles Cripplegate with Cromwell Tower under construction in the background Architect/Designer Chamberlin Powell & Bon Artist/Photographer Maltby, John (1910-1980) Country UK: England City London Subject Date 1982 Image Date 1970 View Exterior Style Brutalist Medium Photoprint Library Reference MAL84981 [Box 136 CPB] Orientation Portrait Colour Info Black and white Credit John Maltby / RIBA Collections Subject Schools ; Town planning ; Construction sites ; Churches ; 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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