Examples of massive concrete buildings at the Barbican, Brutalist style and represents a Utopian ideal for inner-city living.
The post-war complex was designed in the 1950s by British firm Chamberlin, Powell and Bon. The Barbican Estate offered a new vision for how high-density residential neighbourhoods could be integrated with schools, shops and restaurants, along with world-class cultural destinations.
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