The Barbican Estate / Stefi Orazi ; photography, Christoffer Rudquist.

Main entry:

Orazi, Stefi, author.

Title & Author:

The Barbican Estate / Stefi Orazi ; photography, Christoffer Rudquist.

Publication:

London : Batford, 2018.
©2018

Description:

283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Foreword / Stefi Orazi -- Barbican : the unique urban vision / John Allan -- Exterior -- Penthouse and pavement / Charles Holland -- Flat types -- A recollection of Joe Chamberlin, Geoffry Powell and Christoph Bon / Polly Powell -- Archival material -- Number of flat types -- Barbican blocks.

Summary:

2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first residents moving into the Barbican Estate in London. This new book is a celebration of this unique complex - looking at the design of the individual flats as well as its status as a brutalist icon. Author and designer Stefi Orazi interviews residents past and present, giving an insight into how life on the estate has changed over the decades. The complex, designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, is now Grade II listed, and is one of the world's most well-known examples of brutalist architecture. Its three towers - Cromwell, Shakespeare and Lauderdale - are among London's tallest residential spaces and the estate is a landmark of the city. This is a beautifully illustrated, comprehensive guide to the estate, with newly commissioned photography by Christoffer Rudquist. It will show in detail each of the 140 different flat types, including newly drawn drawings of the flats as well as original plans and maps. Includes fascinating texts by leading architects and design critics, including John Allan of Avanti Architects on the unique building materials and fittings of the flats, and Charles Holland of Charles Holland Architects (and FAT co-founder) on the home and how these concrete towers have become such an integral part of Britain's domestic and architectural history.

ISBN:

9781849944571
1849944571

Subject:

Rudquist, Christoffer.
Barbican Centre for Arts and Conferences (London)
Planned communities England London.
Apartment houses England London Pictorial works.
Collectivités nouvelles Angleterre Londres.
Planned communities England.
Architecture and Planning.
Apartment houses.
Planned communities.
Barbican (London, England)
England London.
England London Barbican.

Form/genre:

Pictorial works.

Added entries:

Holland, Charles (Architect), writer of supplementary textual content.
Allan, John, 1945- writer of supplementary textual content.
Powell, Polly, writer of supplementary textual content.
Rudquist, Christoffer, photographer.
Rudquist, Christoffer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306315
Call No.: BIB 251931
Status: Available

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