Sujet

Barbican, City of London, Greater London Authority, 01/10/1984. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

A view of the completed Barbican development from a high vantage point to the south-east, showing Shakespeare Tower (left) and Cromwell Tower (right) on either side of Frobisher Crescent. Work began on building London’s Barbican development in 1962. The construction of this complex megastructure was designed to be carried out in six phases, with different contractors working on the site. In 1964 John Laing and Son Ltd won the tender for Phase III. Laing were also responsible for the construction of the Barbican Arts Centre, Phase V, which began in the early 1970s and was completed in 1981.

Date

1984

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM21A85_071

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

81,5Mo (5,7Mo) / 45,0cm x 45,4cm / 5311 x 5361 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors urban building England architecture country construction housing British English color location century tower block city of london estate Britain barbican seventies block of flats Sixties Eighties Colour 1970s Construction Industry 1980s 1960s 20th century decade TGN outside photograph Barbican Estate brutalist Shakespeare Tower Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc Cromwell Tower Frobisher Crescent