Category: The Barbican

Defoe House, Barbican Estate - Isolated
Chamberlin

We’re still here!

After a great splurge of activity in December…it’s all gone quiet! Well, Christmas and some family illness have impinged on my march across the country

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The Barbican
Chamberlin

A Tentative Start

I travelled into London on Saturday to take a look at 3 Brutalist buildings. The Civil Aviation Authority, Kings College London and The Barbican. To

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A Brutalist Laundrette at The Barbican
Chamberlin Powell & Bon

So What is Brutalism?

From Google’s Dictionary: brutalism /ˈbruːt(ə)lɪz(ə)m/ noun 1. cruelty and savageness. “exchanging one kind of social and economic brutalism for another is not what they had

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