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Barbican Estate, City of London

RIBA Ref No RIBA104537
Architect/DesignerChamberlin Powell & Bon
Artist/PhotographerCharles, Martin (1940-2012)
CountryUK: England
CityLondon
Subject Date1982
Image Date1979
ViewExterior
StyleBrutalist
MediumNegative
Library ReferenceMC F 200679
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditMartin Charles / RIBA Collections
SubjectHousing
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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