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 ...

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 ...

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 ...