Barbican : Penthouse Over the City
Editorial Reviews
Review
“…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)
Book Description
Penthouse Over the City sheds light on one of the most ambitious, and controversial, architectural undertakings of the last century; the Barbican Estate.
This leviathan project, with its futuristic vision and Byzantine intricacy included, in its final incarnation, the highest apartments in Europe, an underground railway and an arts centre composed of a theatre, concert hall, art galleries, cinemas and a library.
Its grand-scale conception included elements drawn from the rustication of Florentine palaces, the water and walkways of Venice, the elegant squares of Georgian London and the high-rise designs of the U.S.
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.
Barbican : Penthouse Over the City
Barbican: Penthouse Over the City,David Heathcote,Academy Press,0470851430,20th century,Apartment houses,Architecture,Barbican Centre for Arts and C,Domestic,England,General,History - General,History Of Architecture,London,Modern movement (Architecture),Planning,Urban Architecture,Architecture / General,Houses, apartments, flats, etc,London, Greater London,Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc
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