Frobisher Crescent: the building

'Frobisher Crescent helps to relate, because of its non-directional plan, the converging axes of north and south Barbican'.

That’s what Chamberlin Powell & Bon, the architects, said. Frobisher Crescent is the crescent-shaped building between Shakespeare Tower and the Barbican Arts and Conference Centre in the Barbican Estate (the Barbican Centre).

Frobisher Crescent forms part of the Barbican Centre. It links to the Barbican Centre itself on its east side, and some of the Barbican Centre facilities are underneath and form part of Frobisher Crescent. Frobisher Crescent also straddles the two levels or podia - north and south - of the Barbican Estate.

The building has nine ‘levels’ in all.

Levels 1 to 3. Levels 1 to 3 are taken up by car parking and void parts of the building.

Levels 4 to 6. There are six levels or floors above podium level. The lower three floors above podium level (levels or floors 4 - 6) are occupied by the Barbican Centre.

Levels 7 to 9. The top three floors (levels or floors 7 to 9) are where the new flats have been created. There are 69 studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom apartments on six floors.

 

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