Title & Author:

Building utopia : the Barbican Centre / edited by Nicholas Kenyon.

Publication:

London : Batsford, 2022.
©2022

Description:

287 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Serious and fine entertainment' / Robert Hewison -- 'A fuller way of life' / Nicholas Kenyon -- 'A haven of cultural perfection' / Elain Harwood -- Concrete / Roma Agrawal -- Running the Barbican 1 / Philip Dodd -- Music / Fiona Maddocks -- Theatre / Lyn Gardner -- Running for Barbican 2 / Philip Dodd -- Brand Barbican / Theo Inglis -- Art / Tony Chambers -- Cinema / Sukhdev Sandhu -- Running the Barbican 3 / Philip Dodd.

Summary:

"A beautifully designed celebration of the 40th birthday of the Barbican Arts Centre, in the heart of the City of London. It is the largest multi-arts centre in Europe, encompassing an art gallery, theatres, concert halls, cinemas and a much-loved conservatory, and regular collaborators include the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Shakespeare Company."--Amazon.ca.

ISBN:

9781849946810 hardcover
1849946817 hardcover
electronic book
9781849947800

Subject:

Barbican Art Gallery
Art centers England London.
Centres d'art Angleterre Londres.
Art centers.
England London.

Added entries:

Kenyon, Nicholas, 1951- editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315470
Call No.: 315470
Copy: 1
Status: Available