The papers of architectural practice Chamberlin Powell & Bon in our collections include over 150 folders on the Barbican Estate, their best known project, ranging from acoustic reports to contract ...

The raw, polarising world of brutalist architecture has a cult following ... London’s best example is, of course, the Barbican Estate, designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon in the Sixties ...

However, the philosophies of Brutalist architecture are not to everyone's taste, and the Barbican has its fair share of detractors. In fact, it was voted London's ugliest building in a public poll ...

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Beton is in Clerkenwell, across the road from the Barbican itself, a proximity that’s referenced ... Jonathan Bell has written for Wallpaper* magazine since 1999, covering everything from architecture ...