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The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central London, England, within the City of London. It is in an area once devastated by World War II bombings and densely populated by financial institutions, 1.4 miles (2.2 km) north east of Charing Cross . [ 1 ]
The Barbican was such a large job they set up a sub-practice to deal with it: Chamberlin Powell and Bon (Barbican) Ltd. The firm was strongly influenced by the work and ideas of Swiss/French architect Le Corbusier , [ citation needed ] with the essence of the innovative design being encapsulated by the project architect Leopold Rubinstein who ...
The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London, England, and the largest of its kind in Europe. [1] The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions .
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It forms part of the Barbican estate, and lies to the west of Wood Street. The Worshipful Company of Barbers owns Barber-Surgeons' Hall, which was established in Monkwell Street in the 14th century. The Hall survived the Great Fire, but was destroyed by enemy bombing in the London Blitz in the Second World War.
Peter Hugh Girard Chamberlin CBE RA FRIBA (31 March 1919, London [1] – 23 May 1978, Berkshire [2]), most commonly known as Joe Chamberlin, was a post-War English architect most famous for his work on the Barbican Estate in London.
This image was selected as picture of the day on the English Wikipedia for September 25, 2019. Description Lauderdale Tower, Barbican Estate, London.jpg English: Lauderdale Tower at Barbican Estate , City of London, seen from corner near Barbican tube station in evening light.
The origin of the English word barbican is thought to be found in either Persian or Arabic (see here or here).. Paul Deschamps (1888–1974) interpreted the Arabic word 'bashura[h]' as used in 13th-century chronicles to mean barbican, a defensive structure placed ahead of a gate but this has been debunked, 'bashura' denoting rather an entire section of the outer fortifications, which may ...