Overview

Today, the cultural and architectural communities are re-assessing the site's significance in light of the achievement it represents. To its residents, Barbican living is an addiction. Its story spans decades or changing ideologies and tastes, and this book tells its full story for the first time.

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...a timely revisiting of a building the complexity of which we are only just starting to appreciate... (Building Design, July 04) ...first complete story of the Barbican Estate...provides in-depth design info as well as a wider historical overview... (FX Magazine, August 2004) ...a fascinating study... (Architects Journal, September 04) ...packed with pictures, plans, models and discreet type telling the complicated tale of a landmark project's post-war inception and influences (Civic Focus, No. 47 Summer 2004)

Author Information

David Heathcote is a design writer and architectural historian. In 2002 he curated the 'Barbican: This was Tomorrow' exhibition at the Barbican. He is currently working on a book about the 1970s house.

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